My husband had a cbc test completed last week, & the doctor's office informed him that he had a low white blood cell count of 2.9. He came back in & had more blood test taken, inculding an HIV test. The doctor seemed very concerned when he told him he had had more than 5 unprotected partners in the past. My question is, what could be causing this? Could it be HIV? Here's a little background info on my hubby: he's a 32 year old white male, had his gallbladder taken out about 2 years ago, currently takes Prilosec daily, also takes Zyrtec & Mucinex D for allergies almost daily, has had a persistant fungal infection on his groin area (jock itch?) for at least 3 months that he's treated with prescription drugs & otc powders & creams to no avail, has had diarreah & stomach ache over the last few weeks, he also recently started complaining that he was having pain in his kidney area, but he hasn't had any kind of fever. When he had his gallbladder taken out, he was told that he had a "fatty liver" but that it was nothing to worry about. The doc just said he needed to lose weight. He has lost several pounds since then: he's currently about 5'6 or 5'7 & weighs between 150 & 155 lbs, so he's not overweight, but he has lost several pounds recently. He's also in his 3rd semester of nursing school & is under a trememdous amount of stress. Could any of this stuff be contributing to his low wbc? Also, he was diagnosed with mononucleosis about 3 or 4 years ago. Is it possible he's having some sort of reoccurance of this or side effect of the Epstein-Barr Virus? And earlier this year, he also had dizzy spells accompanied by a rapid heart beat. He had an echocardiogram & EKG & both were normal. The doctor told him he was probably just experiencing anxiety. I've also noticed that he's had some hair loss in the past few months. Nothing visibly noticable on him, but more hair than usual left in the bathtub drain. Could he have HIV? We've been together since 2004, & both of us had HIV tests before we got together (I had one in 2000 & another in 2003, he had one in 2000) which came back negative. In the past, we both had unprotected vaginal sex with multiple partners, & neither of us have been tested again since we got together in 2004. I'm just confused because I'm not having any kind of health problems (no yeast infections, no kinds of "jock itch", no respiratory infections, etc), but he seems to be having one after another. I was diagnosed as having iron deficiency anemia about a year & a half ago, but after taking iron supplements for quite some time, I had blood work done a few months ago & everything is now back to normal. I'm getting really anxious & the slow process of the doctor's office isn't helping. Every day for 5 days we have called & they still keep telling us that the HIV test isn't back yet & the other blood test results haven't been reviewed. I'm really getting anxious & impatient. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.