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How Likely Am I To Test Positive?
Hi all,
2 months ago, I had protected sex with a message parlor. However, before having the intercourse I used a razor to shave; therefore, having few very small cuts. The problem is that she came all over me and her cum touched my small cuts. After 1 month later, I started to get a mild cough (I checked it and the doctor said it's not an std without taking blood sample or anything else I dont know how did she know, and prescribed me a medicine called Telfast and I've been taking it for almost 2 weeks now but the cough is not getting any better), mild joints pain, redness around the vermilion boarder (I checked it and the doctor said that's an eczema; which I've never had before) and a white tongue (I did a mouth swap test to check if the whiteness is thrush or not, but it came back negative).
Currently I'm literally dying from anxiety since the cough is not getting any better and I read that eczema might appear or become irritated because of HIV transition.
so my question is how likely am I to test positive after having such symptoms?
2 months ago, I had protected sex with a message parlor. However, before having the intercourse I used a razor to shave; therefore, having few very small cuts. The problem is that she came all over me and her cum touched my small cuts. After 1 month later, I started to get a mild cough (I checked it and the doctor said it's not an std without taking blood sample or anything else I dont know how did she know, and prescribed me a medicine called Telfast and I've been taking it for almost 2 weeks now but the cough is not getting any better), mild joints pain, redness around the vermilion boarder (I checked it and the doctor said that's an eczema; which I've never had before) and a white tongue (I did a mouth swap test to check if the whiteness is thrush or not, but it came back negative).
Currently I'm literally dying from anxiety since the cough is not getting any better and I read that eczema might appear or become irritated because of HIV transition.
so my question is how likely am I to test positive after having such symptoms?
COMMUNITY LEADER
You would have known if your condom broke. Condoms break wide open and are difficult to remove when it happens. You did not get HIV from this exposure - you can relax and move on with your life.
Whatever your symptoms are, they have nothing to do with HIV.
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ok but what if, what if the condom broke and i didnt notice. would such symptoms apply for hiv?
If you were protected the entire time during intercourse, you did not have a risk for HIV ((cuts or no cuts)).
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Thanks, but then why do i have hiv-like symptoms ? I don't recall ever having a cough for almost 3 weeks, or such strange joints pain (the feeling is just like when you type for so long, and feel your fingers are becoming fatigued for few seconds it's not even pain it's just that i don't feel comfortable). Also, I woke up few times covered in sweats (I don't know if that's because of anxiety or not)
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