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319532 tn?1250988576

showing HIV symptoms

I used to come to this forum many months ago, cuz i thought i caught HIV due to the symptoms i was having, i now know they were due to herpes and not hiv. Now with the dumbest luk in the world am back scared as ever. The prob is i recently had a condom failure with a girl and since then i've been getting the very same symptoms, except fever. Soar throat, muscle and joint pains, headaches, neck pain and one gland in my neck swollen for a couple days. i also got a diahorrea for one day but it may or may not be connected to this. Here's the thing, the girl also has herpes but due to the fact that i already have antibodies for it i shouldn't be gettin those symptoms which have been going on for 2 weeks now. So its not herpes, then what cud it be!!! Am really afraid. What else cud cause those symptoms?
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461503 tn?1212066010
What ever, just wait for your test they will prove you wrong.
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319532 tn?1250988576
didn't have joint pain. look, wen i got herpes i got the same symptoms i'm having now and i also thought it was hiv. the symptoms are pretty similar and people were tellin me it was stress. i know stress. i used to have panick attacks and i know this isn't stress related. i no longer hav panik attacks or its effects.
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461503 tn?1212066010
Good work men
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Here are the symptoms of stress.  Many of these symptoms we have all had thinking we have had HIV.  Which leads to more stress which leads to more symptoms.  Hope this helps.

Cognitive Symtopms:

Memory problems
Indecisiveness
Inability to concentrate
Trouble thinking clearly
Poor judgment
Seeing only the negative
Anxious or racing thoughts
Constant worrying
Loss of objectivity
Fearful anticipation
Moodiness
Agitation
Restlessness
Short temper
Irritability, impatience
Inability to relax
Feeling tense and “on edge”
Feeling overwhelmed
Sense of loneliness and isolation
Depression or general unhappiness

Physical Symptoms Behavioral Symptoms :

Headaches or backaches
Muscle tension and stiffness
Diarrhea or constipation
Nausea, dizziness
Insomnia
Chest pain, rapid heartbeat
Weight gain or loss
Skin breakouts (hives, eczema)
Loss of sex drive
Frequent colds
Eating more or less
Sleeping too much or too little
Isolating yourself from others
Procrastination, neglecting responsibilities
Using alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs to relax
Nervous habits (e.g. nail biting, pacing)
Teeth grinding or jaw clenching
Overdoing activities (e.g. exercising, shopping)
Overreacting to unexpected problems
Picking fights with others  
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461503 tn?1212066010
I other words your chance is 4 times lower that the chance you can guess my phone number in the first try if a I give you mi country and area code. you will have to dial
+54341_ _ _ _ _ _

I`ll be waiting your call.
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461503 tn?1212066010
I told you once, your symptoms can be due for thousands of diseases or illnes, the go from stress and anxiety throu flu, cold, mono, ect, to cancer, ect. so if you want to link them to hiv becouse you have and OCD-HIV fobia menthal illnes thats up to you, the real facts are you had condom failure while having sex with your gf, and she had sex with a guy you think that is on high risk, thats equal as an extremly low probability that you had been nfected with hiv, putting that in numbers lets say the chance the other guy had hiv is 50% (really atronomical high), then the chance your gf got it is 1/1000, and then the chance you got it is 1/2000 so your overall risk is 1 in 4 millions, with that odds I would bet all that I have that you are hiv negative,
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