Aa
really really worried
Hellow , please can someone answer me in regards to hiv. I have had a very very low hiv risk, 4 months back that i never even thought i would ever be exposed. The thing is i dont know whether the partner was hiv positive, at that time i never thought of it as she was young(just turned 18) and never seemed to be a girl who sleeps a lot. That is not important though. I kissed her(french kiss) and kissed her boobs and all over her neck where she had some small pimples. I had a small sore in my mouth at that time. I never tested blood or milk from her boobs(she has never had a baby). The thing is after around 3-4weeks i got a swollen lymph node behind my ear( i was in africa at the time which hiv is a lot and really really hot). the second day i got fever and when i went to a doctor, he said it was rare and gave me antibiotics. After 4-5 days it went away. At that time i didnt know about hiv, and had some stress due to my back which was giving e problems. I had neurological problems and when i went to a doc he let me test crp and esr, which were clean. After three months, i got this swollen lymph nodes probably around 1cm at the right side of my neck(two of them). They are there for one month + now, after what i thought i contacted flu. They are posterior cervical am sure of that. I went to the NT specialist he said its nothing bad and gave me antibiotics. But when i was searching about them, i got hiv as the cause. Now am just very much in worrying moment that i cannot even study well. am in my last year of my degree and only just turned 22 this april. Please guide me on this, is it a must for it to be generalized or it can be localized?? am just really depressed. Please help me
lol ... no Lizzie thought maybe if he is in South Africa then i would give him the number for the HIV/AIDS hotline maybe he needs to speak to someone to help allay his fears ...
makes no difference where he's from...he had NO risk.
if you want to have a discussion to see if your "neighbors"...take it to the private message feature
if you want to have a discussion to see if your "neighbors"...take it to the private message feature
I never told my doctors about hiv, i just showed all of them the lymph nodes. Honestly speaking i cannot get tested in a country away from my parents, it will kill all my ambitions for studying. And one thing for sure, no one will believe me about my exposure, they always take me as a good man with no such bad things in my life. It was just a mistake that was never thought to be that bad. This world sometimes can be unfair. Thats why i wanted you to answer me about the lymph nodes, thats all i want to know. Other things are all planned by God. Thanx again
stop with the self diagnosing and listen to the THREE DOCTORS who dismissed your lymph nodes concern.
you do not have hiv...period ! ! !
you do not have hiv...period ! ! !
thanks a lot LIZZIE, am giving the lymph nodes time, i hope they will go down with time. The good thing is they are just two of them in the same place and not bigger than a centimeter, and that am a young adult maybe its normal. But still am disturbed because they are there and not going. Am praying and hoping for the best. Thanx for your response, God bless
I went to three doctors so far, two specialists and one physician. They always dismiss the lymph nodes, they say they are small and nothing to worry. But its 6 weeks and they are still there. Does it have to be generalized or can be localized? Am actually in a different country studying, am from Africa. Its really disturbing and i cant even concentrate with studies from just something which i never thought it would turn that bad. I never sleep with any girl, but it was a mistake even doing that. Almost all sites am searching talk about hiv lymph nodes being generalized, but there are others saying localized ones which persist are the definate symptoms. Am confused. Thanx in advance
hiv is transmitted through...
unprotected vaginal / anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child
hiv is NOT transmitted in the ways that you have described.
you did NOT put yourself at risk and do not need testing.
unprotected vaginal / anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child
hiv is NOT transmitted in the ways that you have described.
you did NOT put yourself at risk and do not need testing.
no risk ..... you are fine something else is causing this , speak to your doctor again definitely not HIV related
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