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Tested negative 9 times out to 84 days
Hello. I had protected receptive anal sex on January 4th. The condom was removed for ejaculation outside my body. 5 days after this encounter, I started getting sick. Started with bad headache and stiff neck. Turned into fever, nightsweats, muscle weakness, mild sore throat, strange sunburnt look all over my skin, swollen lymph nodes, complete lack of appetite, diarrhea, left and right side abdominal pain under the rib cages, tingling and burning in hands and feet, brain fog, dizziness, fatigue, lack of concentration, feeling uncomfortable in social situations, anxiety, runny nose, nasal congestion, mouth ulcers, Fever blister. I lost 10 pounds the first couple weeks but have gained it all back. I tested negative 4th generation hiv test at 3,4,5,7,10, and 12 weeks. The person I had sex with also tested negative at 5,8 and 12 weeks 4th generation. We both also tested for Hep B and C at 12 weeks negative. I have tested positive for EBV (mono). I am now 107 days post exposure and still have fatigue, muscle weakness, loose stool, nasal congestion, and tingling and burning in hands and feet. Should I continue testing for HIV with myself and partner both continually testing negative? Can I chalk all of this up to EBV? Any input would be awesome.
Do his negative tests out to 12 weeks prove that he is in fact hiv negative and there wouldn't have been a risk even if protection was not used?
The condom prevented HIV as long as it wasn't lambskin. It is abnormal to keep testing for a disease that you had no chance to catch. Consider therapy to deal with your HIV phobia, since you have put yourself through daily agony for no reason.
Self diagnosis is generally wrong and you have been an example. You have no medical training, so it isn't surprising that you have wasted so much time trying to work up a self diagnosis of a disease you can't have. If you are sure you are sick then your doctor is the go to person to identify the problem, since you are looking at the wrong disease.
The solution is to see the therapist who can focus you on germ theory and convince you to seek a doctor;s help.
Self diagnosis is generally wrong and you have been an example. You have no medical training, so it isn't surprising that you have wasted so much time trying to work up a self diagnosis of a disease you can't have. If you are sure you are sick then your doctor is the go to person to identify the problem, since you are looking at the wrong disease.
The solution is to see the therapist who can focus you on germ theory and convince you to seek a doctor;s help.
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