Worried

[adubai]

Hi I had gone to a massage parlour about 8 weeks back, i just fingered the lady, i have a habit of biting my nails and also sometimes have cuts on my finger skin due to that,

i had fever after 3 days of the same, the fever went away in 2 days time but i read about the symptoms of HIV post exposure and have been worried since then, after around 4 weeks of exposure i noticed i had a swollen lymph in my neck just under the chin and also behind my jaws, i also had a white patch kind of a thing on my throat, and heavy itching on my chest area which caused rashes, sine then i have been worried and been poking all parts of my body to check for some swollen nodes and all, i have also had some hot flashes in my neck,  also 2 days back had some pain in my thigh at just a particular area, can that be a swollen lymph there, i am really worried, plesae help, i got tested at 4 weeks which came out to be negative

[LIZZIE LOU]

hiv can only infect a very few, very specific types of cells. these cells are not found in your finger. if you had a cut on your finger larger enough, open enough and bleeding enough to be a real pathway to cells that hiv CAN infect, believe me, you wouldn't be sticking it into some woman's vagina.

[adubai]

Assistance accepted mate, thanks a lot once again guys cheers to you all for the great support out here

[mike_no]

No. It's actually beyond my understanding because I am sure in the last 8 weeks you have already found out that there has been not even single reported case of an individual acquiring the virus in the fashion you mention above, what makes you think, you're going to be the first one in the history of this disease?

Please refrain from searching "HIV" on the internet, accept the assistance and move on.

[adubai]

Thanks a lot guys, you are doing an excellent job, sorry for asking the same questions which you answer daily but i hope you can understand the anxiety and stress i have been through in the last 8 weeks

[adubai]

Hi Teak, are these a matter of concern?

[Teak]

See your doctor if you are concerned about your symptoms.

[mike_no]

See your doctor for determining the cause. We can only tell you that HIV is not causing it.

[adubai]

but what are these symptoms for? also do swollen lymph nodes related to hiv appear at the same time in different arts of the body or gradually over a period of time? can these symptoms be due to anxiety and firstly are they symptoms of hiv because they have not appeared together, thanks a lot for your prompt replies though

[Teak]

You never a risk of contracting HIV from fingering, even if you bite your fingernails, pull your hangnails, have abrasions or cuts.