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nervous about some symptoms
my background info :
Im a 25 year old male living in south asian subcont.
i work full time on a job related to computers. where some times i had to work long hours without sleep even. (2 or 3 days per month)
question ;
when i was 21, i had sex with 5 sex workers in 5 different times- only virginal-all the time wearing condoms. all the times it was not adventurous, just 5 to 10 min encounters with just doggy or missionary position and one time one gave me oral without a condom.
since then i had no serious illnesses but time to time sore throat and fever. but i didn't know they are symptoms of hiv so i proceed with my life.
but about year earlier (in mid 24s) when i got a sore throat, i searched for what may causing it, and found out its a symptom of hiv too. since then i have this fear lurking every time i have a sore throat and fever (did't get fever as much as i got sore throats). to make matters worse, it started to pain a little under my arms (not the armpit but about 2 inches under the arm pit) and area between my armpit and nipple. but there is no unusual lumps under my armpit but the slight pain is there 'around' my armpit area now for a long time. and recently (starting from 1 and half months before) i started to have a mild itchy rash on outer forearms where my skin got dry and itchy with pores becoming white; (now they are not that itchy). and i started having sore throat time to time and as i'm typing this, im recovering from a sore throat which is at its end trails, that lasted for about 5 days; that gave me mild fevers in day 2 and 3..
am i showing early symptoms of hiv? im so scared and depressed.
Im a 25 year old male living in south asian subcont.
i work full time on a job related to computers. where some times i had to work long hours without sleep even. (2 or 3 days per month)
question ;
when i was 21, i had sex with 5 sex workers in 5 different times- only virginal-all the time wearing condoms. all the times it was not adventurous, just 5 to 10 min encounters with just doggy or missionary position and one time one gave me oral without a condom.
since then i had no serious illnesses but time to time sore throat and fever. but i didn't know they are symptoms of hiv so i proceed with my life.
but about year earlier (in mid 24s) when i got a sore throat, i searched for what may causing it, and found out its a symptom of hiv too. since then i have this fear lurking every time i have a sore throat and fever (did't get fever as much as i got sore throats). to make matters worse, it started to pain a little under my arms (not the armpit but about 2 inches under the arm pit) and area between my armpit and nipple. but there is no unusual lumps under my armpit but the slight pain is there 'around' my armpit area now for a long time. and recently (starting from 1 and half months before) i started to have a mild itchy rash on outer forearms where my skin got dry and itchy with pores becoming white; (now they are not that itchy). and i started having sore throat time to time and as i'm typing this, im recovering from a sore throat which is at its end trails, that lasted for about 5 days; that gave me mild fevers in day 2 and 3..
am i showing early symptoms of hiv? im so scared and depressed.
Weather changes and other cold beverages as well as some allergies cN cause sore throat as all said no risk at all related to hiv
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