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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?
yes but whatif my immune system was able to suppress it before it got to the fever stage or even swollen glands. Look i have never felt headaches like what i felt yesterday and the day before. My doc gave me antibiotics incase its bacteria but also did some std tests on me and my partner which means she suspects it. I have had fears and close calls with this disease for a long time and i feel like am destined to get it.
You were protected until the condom failed. Test at 3 months post exposure and collect your conclusive test result.
Because youre probably just fine. Anxiety is probably causing symptoms, trust me its entirely possible. I have anxiety and I get the strangest physical symptoms sometimes.
Now my headache has suddenly stopped after attacking me for 2 days and now i have sensitive skin on my tummy, no physical signs of rash though. Tell me, with all of the symptoms listed above howcome i didn't get fever. i know people sometimes don't get symptoms at all but when they i i expected fever to b one.
It could be anything man, there are lots of germs to catch out there and HIV is a very rare one. Plus your obviously have bad anxiety over the whole thing which can have a physical affect on your body, trust me on that one because I actually have anxiety and have for a long time. It can cause all kinds of weird symptoms.
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