Am I at risk for Hiv?

[Scarredtissue]

I had sex with an escort 2 weeks ago with a condom. I'm not sure if it broke or slipped. Last 2 days my nose was running heavily and sneezing profusely.  Should I have reason for concern and get tested?

[biology2017]

Please do not rely on symptoms. They are inaccurate. You wil know if the condom broke. So i think it didnt. There isnt really a need for hiv test as the sex is protected

[Scarredtissue]

I woke up this morning, I was sweating, then check my temperature, it was 100 degrees, what does this mean?

[AnxiousNoMore]

This is an HIV forum and you don't have HIV. Maybe see your doc and a therapist because at this point your anxiety is a bit of a mental health issue, and you need some one on one discussion to deal with that issue.

[Kirstie_MHModerator]

As advised, you did not have any risk for HIV, so your symptoms are not related to HIV.  There is nothing more for our members to say about your no-risk event.

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[paulryan1204]

After you finished having sex did you look at your penis and a condom on it? Or did you see your penis?

Condom breaks are obvious. You can never miss it unless you were heavily drunk to the extent of being unconscious. But even though no matter how drunk you are, you will realise if your condom ever broke.

Unless you provide more details this seems to be a NO RISK situation.

Escorts use condoms to protect themselves from you and thats totally true.

[Scarredtissue]

The condom was still on but not sure about holes or leakages.  What worries me is I started sneezing and having runny nose two weeks after exposure which sounds about the right time when ARS symptoms appear.  Do these symptoms warrant a test? Thanks.

[paulryan1204]

Not at All...i had this same anxiety about condom leaks or holes...it just does not happen...i have been told this by experts again and again and again....and our anxiety and what if questions cannot clearly beat their years of scientific research, knowledge and experience.

Runny nose and sneezing alone are not ARS symptoms.

You dont have HIV suck it up and believe it, testing should be done only for you to move on.

Get an HIV DUO test at 6 weeks just for your peace of mind.

Lastly, HIV is a very and difficult virus to transmit, its even harder to find someone who has HIV and presuming you had Vaginal Sex with a Condom that did not break, your sex was totally protected - NO RISK - There are higher chances of you dieing from a lightning strike next year than from this exposure.

[Scarredtissue]

Thanks, I would also like to mention I'm sweating a lot which is unusual since I barely break a sweat.   Since the escort used her condom, what is the possibility of the condom being left in poor environmental conditions, like in a car during hot temperature or tainted or tampered with?

[CurfewX]

There is no way to "taint" a condom to purposely give you an STD or HIV.  Condoms with holes poked in them will burst.  As for the conditions, it does not matter - as long as the condom did not visibly burst, which it did not, you were protected from HIV.  There is no "what if" that you can come up with that will make this event a risk for HIV.  Forget about it and move on.

[Scarredtissue]

Sorry I have one last question.  I was told lambskin condom doesn't protect against hiv.   I wasn't aware the kind of condom that was used but if she used a lambskin condom,  then does my risk now change from low to high, as high as having unprotected sex?

[CurfewX]

Enough "what ifs."  She didn't use a lambskin condom, because she was trying to protect herself from YOU.  If you feel like you're visiting escorts that are deliberately trying to infect you with HIV, you should possibly examine your life choices.  She DID NOT give you a lambskin condom.  Your risk was not low - it was non-existent.  

Time to forget about this event and move on.

[Chima7]

Lambskin condoms are never used by escorts because they are aware of the fact that they don't protect from HIV. They're also more expensive to buy and harder to find, so no one ever buys them anymore.