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Hello Teak, Lizzie and all other experts. I am narrating my experience and I really need your inputs on this. I will be really thankful to all of you. I Know it is a lot of text to go through but I have tried my best to include all dates and my symptoms.
On February 14th I kissed my friend for the first time and we DEEP KISSED for a few days. After that I got a terrible sore throat. After this we decided to have sex. My Penis was semi erect when I wore the condom and penetrated into her. Since I wasn't completely erect I stopped and laid down on the bed for a few seconds and after a few seconds I removed the condom which had vaginal fluids. We decided to do it again. While removing the condom I had FLIPPED it around i.e. turned it inside out and then wore it again. Later on I realized that there were VAGINAL FLUIDS on the condom which in turn came in CONTACT WITH MY PENIS . Around second week of March I fell terribly ill. It was like the WORST FEVER EVER. The illness had me bed ridden for 5 days and with medication I was fine by day 6.
Then in April roughly 1st week of April she performed ORAL SEX on me for approximately 2 minutes and I performed oral sex on her for not more than 5 seconds. April I had an upset stomach.
On June 15th I felt one SWOLLEN CERVICAL LYMPH NODE on the left side of my neck. God knows how long it has been there. Not at all painful and not visible. Its presence can be felt only when touched.
On 28th June my PHYSICIAN AND ULTRASOUND CONFIRMED a swollen node. But my physician said it was within the swollen range so it is normal. But I had no other sickness around that period. My physician wasn't very helpful and on asking a few questions he ridiculously told me to leave. In June for 2 weeks I had JOINT and MUSCLE PAIN in both elbows and both knows as well as ankles and shoulders and NECK. This pain would last for a few seconds and would kept coming a few times in a day. I never had any night sweats. And now in July I am having an upset stomach. The lymph node is still there.
Anxiety is killing me. From my experience is it possible to contract any infection? Is any test suggested and how reliable is the rapid hiv test?
My anxiety is killing me. My fear is the vaginal fluids that came in contact with my penis when the condom was flipped and worn again and the oral sex she performed.
On February 14th I kissed my friend for the first time and we DEEP KISSED for a few days. After that I got a terrible sore throat. After this we decided to have sex. My Penis was semi erect when I wore the condom and penetrated into her. Since I wasn't completely erect I stopped and laid down on the bed for a few seconds and after a few seconds I removed the condom which had vaginal fluids. We decided to do it again. While removing the condom I had FLIPPED it around i.e. turned it inside out and then wore it again. Later on I realized that there were VAGINAL FLUIDS on the condom which in turn came in CONTACT WITH MY PENIS . Around second week of March I fell terribly ill. It was like the WORST FEVER EVER. The illness had me bed ridden for 5 days and with medication I was fine by day 6.
Then in April roughly 1st week of April she performed ORAL SEX on me for approximately 2 minutes and I performed oral sex on her for not more than 5 seconds. April I had an upset stomach.
On June 15th I felt one SWOLLEN CERVICAL LYMPH NODE on the left side of my neck. God knows how long it has been there. Not at all painful and not visible. Its presence can be felt only when touched.
On 28th June my PHYSICIAN AND ULTRASOUND CONFIRMED a swollen node. But my physician said it was within the swollen range so it is normal. But I had no other sickness around that period. My physician wasn't very helpful and on asking a few questions he ridiculously told me to leave. In June for 2 weeks I had JOINT and MUSCLE PAIN in both elbows and both knows as well as ankles and shoulders and NECK. This pain would last for a few seconds and would kept coming a few times in a day. I never had any night sweats. And now in July I am having an upset stomach. The lymph node is still there.
Anxiety is killing me. From my experience is it possible to contract any infection? Is any test suggested and how reliable is the rapid hiv test?
My anxiety is killing me. My fear is the vaginal fluids that came in contact with my penis when the condom was flipped and worn again and the oral sex she performed.
The swollen lymph node doesn't budge from its place even after 7 weeks. Swollen lymph node, muscle and joint pains, gastrointestinal problems that I had for a couple of weeks are all signs of an infection, right? I know symptoms are not determinants. It is the kind of exposure that matters. Do the number of exposures matter? because this is my first experience of this kind.
No chance whatsoever even after me being sure there was vaginal fluid on my penis, penis head from the flipped condom?
No chance whatsoever even after me being sure there was vaginal fluid on my penis, penis head from the flipped condom?
diver58 thank you so much. What made me even more scared was that my physician and the ultrasound doctor both had the same questions. 1) Do you have any STD such as HPV or HIV? 2) Anybody with a history of cancer in my family? One of them also said that lymph nodes are not usually palpable. When they are palpable that means there is something wrong. But as I mentioned I had no illness when I spotted this node.
And were there no chances of the fluids coming in contact with any of the receptive membranes?
And were there no chances of the fluids coming in contact with any of the receptive membranes?
The swollen lymph node doesn't budge from its place even after 7 weeks. Swollen lymph node, muscle and joint pains, gastrointestinal problems that I had for a couple of weeks are all signs of an infection, right? I know symptoms are not determinants. It is the kind of exposure that matters. Do the number of exposures matter? because this is my first experience of this kind.
No chance whatsoever even after me being sure there was vaginal fluid on my penis, penis head from the flipped condom?
No chance whatsoever even after me being sure there was vaginal fluid on my penis, penis head from the flipped condom?
diver58 thank you so much. What made me even more scared was that my physician and the ultrasound doctor both had the same questions. 1) Do you have any STD such as HPV or HIV? 2) Anybody with a history of cancer in my family? One of them also said that lymph nodes are not usually palpable. When they are palpable that means there is something wrong. But as I mentioned I had no illness when I spotted this node.
And were there no chances of the fluids coming in contact with any of the receptive membranes?
And were there no chances of the fluids coming in contact with any of the receptive membranes?
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Non of your act you mentioned, puts you at HIV risk. Contact of vaginal fluids outside the host body is a zero risk because even if the fluids were infectious, the virus becomes inactivated (unable to infect others) as soon as it is exposed to ambient oxygen.
Unprotected oral sex, either way is again a zero risk. Your symptoms are not because of HIV. Symptoms are confusing most of the time because almost all of the HIV related symptoms are also similar to those due to other common infections and illnesses
Unprotected oral sex, either way is again a zero risk. Your symptoms are not because of HIV. Symptoms are confusing most of the time because almost all of the HIV related symptoms are also similar to those due to other common infections and illnesses
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