Thik Bubbly Saliva

[kop99]

I had an encounter with a sex worker and unfortunately I don’t recall the status of my condom after the encounter was very brief less than 2 mints. I suffered from many symptoms like abdominal pain and lose stool rashes all over my body, headaches, night sweats, very dry mouth and bubbly saliva, thick white stuff over my tongue and furry tongue. As I am an expat living in a foreign country I couldn’t risk going and ordering STD test because I would be deported if I was +ve for anything. I ordered three hiv kits from the internet (they are made in China they claim to be ELISA they are not FDA approved or EU approved) and preformed the test on myself at deferent intervals after the window period. The first two gave me a –ve result the third one gave me a faint +ve result. I went to hospital and they performed on me a proper ELISA in laboratory and I got a -ve result this was nearly 20 weeks after the exposure. My questions are:
1) Can I trust the result that I am –ve or must I confirm it a 6 months? Do I need to perform a WB test to confirm I am –ve?
2) Does thick bubbly saliva resemble any STD?
3) I got some white heads on my chin they come and go do they resemble herpes?
4) I never had any rashes over my penis and no blisters nor I did get any discharges out of me urethra is that a good sign?
5) The only symptom that really is bothering me is a dry mouth feeling my dentist told me that my saliva glands are working well but I still have that feeling and Thick bubbly saliva do they resemble any STD?

[kop99]

Thank you very much I can now live my life normally again. I would also like to thank you on you giving the time to respond back to me. God bless you and your family.

Regards,
kop99

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

1) See sentence 2 of my reply above.

2) See answer no. 4 above.  Did you think I might have changed my mind?  Absence of symptoms is reassuring, but not proof you weren't infected.

3) There is no vaccine against hep C.  I have no idea how widely the A and B vaccines are used in your country.

4) You definitely don't have HIV, despite the apparently weak false positive result on one of the early tests.  Therefore, it is safe for you and your girlfriend to conceive a child.

[kop99]

Thank you Sir for your reassurance and I would just like you to clarify a couple of things that I have read on this site.

1) Does the duration of the intercourse have an effect on the chances of transmition?
2) If no symptoms are present  with in the first couple of weeks after the intercourse the we can saflly say that  is unlikely you caught any STD? i.e. Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, & Syphilis.
3) Most people are vacsinated for Hepatitis I know that in my country the do vaccenate us but its for which one Hepatitis A, B, or C?
4)From your answer I anderstand that you believe that my results for HIV are -ve and that the faint +ve I got from that kit is no relaible and that I can safelly go ahead and try to have a baby with my Girl Freind?

Thank very much for all the efforts that you are putting in this site along with Dr Hook you are really helpfull.

Regards,
kop99

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

If you "don't recall" condom status, almost certainly it was intact.  And with such a brief exposure, the STD/HIV risk would have been low even without a condom.  Finally, as has been discussed innumerable times on the HIV forum, symptoms never are useful indicators for or against HIV.  But your symptoms don't sound like HIV or any other STD anyway.

1) You can trust the result.  HIV western blot should never be done when the ELISA test is negative.  You don't have HIV.

2,3,5) Change in saliva and pimples on the chin are not a symptoms of HIV or any STD, and probably are not due to herpes.

4) Yes, that is a good sign.  It is unlikely you caught any STD.

All your symptoms, especially thick saliva, sound like anxiety, nothing else.  But see a doctor or medical clinic if you remain concerned.  Since there is no chance you have an STD, there is no risk you will be deported.

HHH, MD