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Hi I Know It Might Sound Ridiculous But I'm Having An HIV Scare. Recently I Decided To Go To A Clinic I Never Heard Of Or Been To But I Wanted To Get Tested So I Went Anyway. Plus It Was The Only Facility Open On Weekends. The Instructor Told Me The Only Test They Had Available Was The Orasure Specimen Test And That I Wouldn't Get My Results Back Until A Week Later. Honestly I Was A Little Scared to Take An Oral Test (Weird, But I Was) Because The Other Clinics I've Been To Always Offered The Oraquick Rapid Testing, But I Took It Anyway. A Week Later I Came Back The Results Said Negative. I Was Kinda Relieved, I Asked Him Repeatedly Was The Test I Was Tested With Clean And New And He Assured Me That It Was. Fast Forward A Month Later I Went To My Aunt House On A Monday And By Tuesday Night I Woke Up Because I Started To Feel Chills. I Ignored It And Went Back To Sleep But Ended Up Waking Up Again With Stomach Cramps Eventually Rushing To The Bathroom And Throwing Up. Afterwards I Felt Better And Decided To Go Back To bed. Around 5 In The Morning I Woke Up Again Due To Stomach Cramps And Vomited Again, Followed By Diarrhea Constantly. My Aunt informed Me That It Seems It Must Be A Bug In Her House Because Her Kids Had Diarrhea And Vomiting Also. So I Went To The Hospital And Was Told By The Doctor That It Seems I Have Gastroenteritis. No Test Was Done, Only The Story I Told Him Of My Other Family Members Having It. I Was Released And Was Told It'll Leave Within 3days. (Which I Thought Was AWESOME). Until I Noticed The Next Day I Got A High Fever Of 102 Along With Chills. I Started To Freak Out. The Vomiting Had Stopped But The Diarrhea Wouldn't. I Asked My Other Family Members Were They Still Having Symptoms And They All Said No It Went Away Fast. Which Made Me More Concerned. I Couldn't Eat Because I Didn't Have Any Appetite And I Noticed I Lost A LOT Of Weight. NO One In My House Caught The Stomach Flu Which Is Very Contagious(I Slept In The Same Bed With My Little Brother) Which Lead Me To Freak Out Even More. Fast Forward A Week Later I'm still Having Diarrhea, Headaches, Muscles Aches In My Legs And Neck And All Over My Body, Sore Throat, A Tingling Feeling, Even Began Having Cold Night Sweats . ( Which I Began To Cry) The Nights Sweats Was Only On My Neck And Under My Arms. It Didn't Really Soak My Bed Only The Top Area Of My Shirt. After A Week And Like 5 Days I Finally Began To Feel Better, Although I Still Have Muscle Pain In My Legs Constantly. I'm Very Scared. Everyone Keep Telling Me The Stomach Flu May Have Lingered Longer In Me And The Muscle Aches And Nights Sweats Might Be Due To Constant Anxiety And Stress. Do You Think It's Possible He Could've Done Anything To The Testing Material To Infect It? I Know It Sounds Crazy But I'm Just Scared Because All Of These Symptoms. Or Am I Just  Over Exaggerating??
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I Got Tested Originally Because I Drank From A Friend Who Was Hiv Positive. I Drank After Her In February And Went To Get Tested From This Place In May.
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What was the exposure that made you test?
How long after this exposure did you test?
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Also I have Bumps Towards The Back Of My Tongue. Everyone Says It's Normal (I Never Noticed It At All Until Now) But I'm Having A Tingling Sensation In My Mouth.
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