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Fear of infection and testing options
Hello,
I've visited a sex massage parlor and managed to pop a pimple on my back with a towel after showering. First, I lay on my stomach upon a towel-covered bed. As the sex worker prepared to apply the oil, she noticed I was bleeding from my back and announced that she was going to apply oil around that area and skip it. At a certain point she began rubbing her genitalia against my lower back(away from the pimple), after which I flipped on my back, at which point she proceeded to give me a handjob. There was no penetration. I tried to stay on the towels that covered the bed, and I hope I managed; however, I fear that I might have somehow touched the open pimple to parts of the towel that could have soaked her vaginal fluids mixed with the oil from my back, seeing as I twitched and once tried to rearrange the towels.
That was just short of two weeks ago. The very next day saw the onset of a general itch all over my body, and a headache accompanied by intermittent dull throbs in my ears developed perhaps as early as that same day. Perhaps there was also a slight increase of body temperature to around 37C(98.6F) present, but I cannot say for sure. Possibly by that time pressure in the ears has build up somewhat and a very low-intensity dry cough, sneezing, running of the nose, and inflammation of the throat became just barely noticeable. Day 8 saw an increase in temperature to above 37.5C(99.5F). Heartburn and nausea also began that day. Finally, day 11 saw the onset of frequent watery diarrhea and pressure in the upper stomach area, right side. Temperature was 37.2C(98.96F). Now, the temperature seems to have dropped to a normal value and the diarrhea to be abating along with other symptoms, except for the cough and throat inflammation(which have possibly worsened a bit). Whether or not I've noticed a rash, I honestly cannot tell(there are several suspicious, extremely faint blotches on my back and chest, but these are areas where I've always had pimples, plus this is mosquito season). The doctor said it was a rash.
My questions are:
(1)In light of this description, are the chances of infection high?
(2)How soon can I get reliably tested with an antibody and an RNA PCR test ,respectively, and is it enough to book HCV and HBV PCR tests only?
Any help will be appreciated.
I've visited a sex massage parlor and managed to pop a pimple on my back with a towel after showering. First, I lay on my stomach upon a towel-covered bed. As the sex worker prepared to apply the oil, she noticed I was bleeding from my back and announced that she was going to apply oil around that area and skip it. At a certain point she began rubbing her genitalia against my lower back(away from the pimple), after which I flipped on my back, at which point she proceeded to give me a handjob. There was no penetration. I tried to stay on the towels that covered the bed, and I hope I managed; however, I fear that I might have somehow touched the open pimple to parts of the towel that could have soaked her vaginal fluids mixed with the oil from my back, seeing as I twitched and once tried to rearrange the towels.
That was just short of two weeks ago. The very next day saw the onset of a general itch all over my body, and a headache accompanied by intermittent dull throbs in my ears developed perhaps as early as that same day. Perhaps there was also a slight increase of body temperature to around 37C(98.6F) present, but I cannot say for sure. Possibly by that time pressure in the ears has build up somewhat and a very low-intensity dry cough, sneezing, running of the nose, and inflammation of the throat became just barely noticeable. Day 8 saw an increase in temperature to above 37.5C(99.5F). Heartburn and nausea also began that day. Finally, day 11 saw the onset of frequent watery diarrhea and pressure in the upper stomach area, right side. Temperature was 37.2C(98.96F). Now, the temperature seems to have dropped to a normal value and the diarrhea to be abating along with other symptoms, except for the cough and throat inflammation(which have possibly worsened a bit). Whether or not I've noticed a rash, I honestly cannot tell(there are several suspicious, extremely faint blotches on my back and chest, but these are areas where I've always had pimples, plus this is mosquito season). The doctor said it was a rash.
My questions are:
(1)In light of this description, are the chances of infection high?
(2)How soon can I get reliably tested with an antibody and an RNA PCR test ,respectively, and is it enough to book HCV and HBV PCR tests only?
Any help will be appreciated.
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