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Worried I may be infected with HIV

70 days ago, I engaged in risky sexual behavior and am now extremely worried I may have HIV. It...

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Why am I convinced?

So I had a possible exposure back in August. Unprotected straight sex, one time. From this horrible decision...

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Positive for 18 yrs!

Hi, I am new to this. I just wanted to share my story with HIV. I am a 46 yr old female. I was diagnosed...

Posted by An_249390

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DO I STND A CHANCE

Hi everyone I am sick and tired of wondering do i stand a chance. I met this girl through a friend,...

Posted by harrytooworried

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what to do, how to sleep or think

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Worried contracted HIV

Dear Doctor. Greetings to you and may God bless all for your good work for the people. Iam a 30-years man...

Posted by An_249359

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HIV scare. losing my mind. going to test, but afra...

ok... so about halfway through october of 2012... i dated a girl very briefly. we only had...

Posted by IHateInternetDiagnosis

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HIV scare. losing my mind. going to test, but afra...

ok... so about halfway through october of 2012... i dated a girl very briefly. we only had...

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symptoms/deep kissing with open cut in mouth

in september i had met a previous iv drug user and we kissed heavily alot, the last time i met him i had a...

Posted by An_249321

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Exposure-need help

Hello, I am usually very careful but i made a mistake last week. i saw an escort. It started off as her...

Posted by An_249291

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do i need hiv test please im so scared and crying

went to a small local lab to get test for hiv just to be sure who is owned by 1 person he is alone in the...

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repeated NEG. results but symptoms persist

I have nausia,diarrhea,frequent headaches,severely decreased appetite,at one time had swollen lymph...

Posted by name39

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sincerely worried

About 20 days ago I penetrated a male stranger thinking it was safe. I put a condom on but it broke when we...

Posted by An_249209

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Comfort needed

Had a low risk encounter with a man, I did not see any physical proof, but he says he is clean. Condoms were...

Posted by MC1978zz

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Alot of stress/anxiety HIV

I am a 25 year old healthy straight male I had unprotected sex on oct 31 2011 and nov 30 2011 I also had...

Posted by Carnell46

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Concern at 1 month

Gay male, had sex with another male unprotected for about 45 sec, told him no once i realized he had no condom...

Posted by hope222

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Unknowingly exposed

Hello, I was in a relationship with someone who just told me that this whole time he has been taking HIV...

Posted by An_249148

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HIV Test Accuracy for my Situation

Hi there, I had a potential exposure in early October (received oral sex, gave oral sex for less than 15...

Posted by An_249117

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Going Crazy! I Always Think I have HIV Wen I know ...

Hi,My name is Giovanni I Had sex with some guy. And He had toldd that he was negative this was may of this year...

Posted by Neneh

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I'M REALLY SCARED OVER HERE

About two weeks ago I had a sex with a shemale escort (and that was the worst thing i had ever done) anyways...

Posted by adenjoe12

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i am so scared to death

I saw my ex girlfriend from 10 years ago and we had sex. Mostly it was protected, but there is this 2-3 minute...

Posted by dagi1975

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Given situation - Should I Undergo Test?

Dear Friends, I undergoing given situation and I need help to decide if I "MUST" undergo into HIV clinical...

Posted by An_249007

Dear Friends,

I undergoing given situation and I need help to decide if I "MUST" undergo into HIV clinical tests.

1) In August 3rd Week of 2012, I had sex with Two girls at the Same time
2) I used Condom, separate for each girl
3) It happened in HK SAR (I am mentioning this because exposure varies with Countries)
4) The girls are sex workers, one of them i knew for 2 months, whenever i go for a particular bar i used to talk to her, she always looked healthy and clean
5) I dont know the other girl (friend of hers) also looked healthy and clean
6) My fear is, after a brief session with the girl i already knew, I was surprised that the condom's gone
7) She pulled it off her vagina, it was stuck there, i dont know if it was long gone before and I ended up in contact with vaginal fluid (i am not sure the wetness that was on my penis was vaginal fluid)

I cleaned my penis with Soap water after this incident
9) I am not circumsized
10) I Insisted the girls clean their vagina with soap before the session and they did that
11) Till today I didnt had any symptoms of Flu/fever
12) I consume drink almost every day, Ofcourse i had head aches and hang overs once in a while
13) I dont know if i sweat in nights, I had fever in nights most of the nights I am "Black Out" due to booze
14) I dont see any symptoms like swollen lymph nodes/fever/head aches/any symptoms of viral infection/whatsoever till now
15) I had a scratch in face (May be Due to my long nails in my fingers) where a very little puss formed now (is this a symptom?)
16) Apart from these definitely feel sound, strong and healthy
17) I am having a minor weightloss (hard to find good food out here!) due to that i am not having food well last couple of months
18) I never had sex with any stranger before this incided (apart from the sessions i have with a girl friend, i definitely know she is not promiscuous)
19) I never had sexual sessions with any stranger after this incided either (decided not to do with any stranger anymore, because i could not bare this uncanny, fearful, doubtfull feeling after this incident i am undergoing. It is very stressfull to spend 10 minutes before mirror and check for symptoms fearing that i have contracted HIV. So I DECIDED NOT TO BE PROMISCUOUS anymore and be faithful to my girlfriend)
20) I have not made any sessions with my girl friend after this incident (because I dont want to expose her too if in case i have contracted HIV)
21) I have not tested for HIV so far either, because we know that it we need to give HIV some time to be large enough (in count) to be deducted in our system, I was just waiting for the high viral load (in case i have it in my system) before i can undergo test

Now, I could not answer my girlfriend's questions that why i am not having sex with her these many days, I could not "All of a sudden" suggest to use a condom (because we never used one and she might question abt that too or find out that i had sex with sex workers, i dont want her to know about this, I want to get out of this clean and lead my usual life with my girl friend.

Now, I am very healthy, sound and strong with no symptoms. Should I undergo tests before I have sex with my girl friend? DO I REALLY HAVE HIV IN ME?

Kindly let me know if any more information is required, I am happy to answer. Million thanks for ones who is going help me, advise me regarding this.

Warm regards,
A good friend!View Thread

Posted byAn_249007

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Afraid For Our Future

I am getting married in a few months, and I have made some decisions that has sent me into fear and despair. Lack...

Posted by TheRz

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Blood on hand

I was at the gym yesterday and, after sharing an exercise machine with a stranger, I noticed what looked...

Posted by Anon_126579

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Please help with your thoughts.

Last Friday on 11/2/12 I engaged in a sexual encounter with a transsexual prostitute. The details are as...

Posted by An_248951

Last Friday on 11/2/12 I engaged in a sexual encounter with a transsexual prostitute. The details are as follows. We had multiple deep kissing sessions, we performed unprotected oral sex on each other, and we had protected anal sex where I was inserting. He said that he is clean, was last tested in September, and has no visible symptoms of HIV. I also found that he had no visible symptoms when we were together, I did not see a rash, warts, sores, or the like. There was no blood at any time during our encounter. He did finish himself on his stomach and I did not touch his semen. We used a lubricant to help with the anal penetration, and several times, I spit in my hand to add some lubrication. When it was time for me to finish, I removed the condom and finished with my hand, the same hand that I spit into. It looked as if some of the lubricant naturally escaped on to the sheet. But I am confident that I did not come into contact with any blood, semen, or pre-cum. The only thing, as noted, would be the potential for anal secretions as noted on my hand, during masturbation.
For the first few days, roughly until Wednesday, nothing happened to me. But around that time, I really started to worry about the possible contraction of HIV. So I started reading about the symptoms non-stop, every site possible. I went out and bought an OraQucik test (which was negative, but means nothing). Thursday, I started to develop lower back pain, which I suffer from often. I ordered a HIV RNA test for Monday (11/12/12). Throughout this past week, I have been taking my temperature, and it was good until today (Friday). When I got home from work on Friday at 2:45 pm it was 99.2. In a rush, I went to the ER to see what they had to say. I recounted what I have written here, and the doctor said I have nothing to worry about. They took a urine sample for STD testing, and asked me to follow up with the clinic that I go to for the HIV RNA test this Monday. Friday my temperature is 99.5, and I have chills, which come and go. I cough a little bit, but it's more of a clean one's throat attempt.
At around 2:30 Saturday morning, I awoke and took my temperature and it was 100.5. I had a very slight headache (which I posit might be the side effect of the trazadone, as seen below).
I am so incredibly worried and anxious. I took trazadone (50 mg) several times on Friday (which I normally take for insomnia). I am obviously showing signs of stress, like morning gagging, and loss of appetite. On Saturday at 5 pm, my temperature is around 100, plus or minus a few degrees, after taking some DayQuil.
When waking Sunday morning, I had a fever 101.5, and taking medication reduces it to 99.9 +/- a few degrees. At the moment, I really do not have any other symptoms, not really coughing, I had some aches this morning, but they went away. So obviously my fever has been increasing since Friday.
So I guess my question is, have I worried myself sick? Has my stress precipitated this fever with little symptoms? It has been cold the past week, and I walk to work in the cold, and take public transportation as well, so I suppose it can be a flu or cold. But is this either this is an amazing coincidence or do I really have something to worry about?
Additionally, what is, statistically, the earliest one can get tested using an RNA test. As noted, I have one scheduled for 10 days after an encounter. Thoughts? Recommendations? Should I trust the result? I will also get the antibody test at 3 weeks.

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VD and HIV

Hi I had a possible exposure and hence to ward off everything am getting myself tested. Though my greatest...

Posted by An_247772

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Don't Know What To Think & Very Nervous and Scared

Thank you for taking the time to help me with this, All. I had unprotected vaginal sex w a...

Posted by HopingForPersonalFreedom

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I'm terrified I have caught HIV-Please help!

Ok, I'll give a background to why I'm so scared right now! I have been with my boyfriend for three years....

Posted by Bornworrier83

Ok, I'll give a background to why I'm so scared right now! I have been with my boyfriend for three years. Earlier this year however we broke up for around five months. During that time I had an unprotected one night stand with a guy from Poland. I regretted it instantly (as I'm sure a lot of us do) and I'm filled with guilt every day for what I did! Three weeks later I had been working several late nights at my bar job then awoke one morning with what felt like flu, my throat wasn't sore but I has that painful, swollen feeling that you get behind the nose and felt very shivery, to my recollection I had no fever! This turned into a full cold/flu with a really bad productive cough which lasted a couple of weeks. About two weeks after the cold/flu subsided I then noticed I was gettin a lot of itching in my vagina and anal itching, also i has been having a burning sensation after i urinated......never when i was actually peeing, just after (i did actually start getting the burning and anal itching before the unprotected sex) so I thought I was gettin thrush (I have had this a few times before). I used canesten which siding help so I decide to go to my sexual health clinic as I was worried I may have gonorrhoea or chlamidya. This was now around 5 weeks after having unprotected sex.

The doctor said it looked like I had BV, and I was tested for gonorrhoea, chlamidya and trichonomiasis. I declined a HIV test as I was terrified of what the results could be.....I wish I'd just has it now as at least my mind would be to rest. I was given metronidazole and a tablet for thrush (can't remember the name).

As soon as i started taking the tablets i noticed i felt even more itchy amd my discharge has become heavier and more watery. I got my results a week later which were negative for the STI's.

However I am still continuing with the after burn from peeing and very slight vaginal itching to this day. I have never had BV before, just thrush and I am worried this could be an indication of the HIV virus, as well as the cold I had! I am absolutely terrified right now! I was on holiday last week and starte getting a stratchy throat the last couple of days which i still have, nothing as bad as some of the sore throats I've had in the past....but enough to scare the crap out of me! II know that I need to get tested as it is the only way of finding out but I feel I couldn't cope if I tested positive, not just for myself buy my boyfriend who I subsequently got back together with! I'm just in turmoil right now. I can't eat or sleep.....I have no one I am talk to about this which I why I am turning to this forum.View Thread

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So scary. I got HIV symptoms like fever coming eve...

I am a male 31 years. One stripper of unknown HIV status gave me a blowjob a 40 days ago from now in a...

Posted by samg148282

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HIV / STD risk from Plastic wrap

Hello, I am here regarding a thing which is worrying me for past 2 days. I met this lady online and we...

Posted by worried2012

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HIV from Insertive Fellatio (receiving) + Kissing?

I occasionally (once a year on average) use female escorts for massage, kissing, receiving unprotected or...

Posted by souljah_m

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