Worried about HIV

[sagar77]

Hi, I am a male and I met up with a man 4 weeks ago and we ended up rimming each other and sucking each other's penis. I did have anal intercourse, but was wearing a condom.

I met up with him again last Friday and did similar things.

Since this Wednesday I am having all the flu like symptoms, fever, headaches and have pain in my legs. No sore throat.
I am bit worried now about HIV, do you think this are symptoms of an HIV infection? Are there any other symptoms should I look for?

How do I know if this is normal flu or HIV infection?

When is the best time to get tested?

Thanks in advance.

[sagar77]

Thanks Dr José for your response,

I did get the HIV DUO test which was negative, just to be sure will do another one in 2 weeks time.

Cheers.

[Dr. Jose Gonzalez-Garcia, MD, MRCGP, PhD]

Hello,
Thank you very much for your post and welcome to our forum.
Your sexual encounters did not involve any significan HIV risk at all whatsoever and therefore I do not believe that those symptoms would have anything to do with HIV sero-conversion.  
Your symptoms seem to be very non-specific and not typical of acute sero-conversion.  However it is very difficult to know if they are or not unless you are tested.  If you are having symptoms and you get a simple antibody test now and is negative, that would exclude completely that those symptoms were related with HIV.
Best wishes
Dr José