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Oral Sex with 7 day old Canker sore, no ejaculation
Hi,
Like many, I've been scanning forums as I wait for my exposure window time to pass before testing. I've been experiencing very weird symptoms, all of which seem to be HIV/ARS related.
Here is what happened. One night, conveniently, I performed oral sex (very briefly) on another guy. I had a canker sore that I had actually had for about week and thought had healed. After realizing how troublesome this activity might be, I stopped. The guy never ejaculated and I can't be sure if there was pre-cum or not. I believe about 4 weeks after that episode, I started to experience nausea that seemed to take place after eating, but lasted about a week and a half. I don't know what a low grade fever is, but if I had to say, I was kind of warm for a couple of days, but there was no sweating, no sore throat, no diarrhea, etc. After this bout ended, I started to feel warm like sensations in my feet. It feels like I put icy hot or bengay on. It would come and go. Maybe a week went by and I didn't feel the sensations, then suddenly, I feel them all over again. I don't feel them when I am up walking and moving, but when I am seated, the sensations return. I generally don't feel them until late afternoon to the evening. What would you say my risk is from this encounter? Is sudden Peripheral Neuropathy for a 24 year old a definite sign of HIV infection? Thanks for taking the time to read and answer.
Like many, I've been scanning forums as I wait for my exposure window time to pass before testing. I've been experiencing very weird symptoms, all of which seem to be HIV/ARS related.
Here is what happened. One night, conveniently, I performed oral sex (very briefly) on another guy. I had a canker sore that I had actually had for about week and thought had healed. After realizing how troublesome this activity might be, I stopped. The guy never ejaculated and I can't be sure if there was pre-cum or not. I believe about 4 weeks after that episode, I started to experience nausea that seemed to take place after eating, but lasted about a week and a half. I don't know what a low grade fever is, but if I had to say, I was kind of warm for a couple of days, but there was no sweating, no sore throat, no diarrhea, etc. After this bout ended, I started to feel warm like sensations in my feet. It feels like I put icy hot or bengay on. It would come and go. Maybe a week went by and I didn't feel the sensations, then suddenly, I feel them all over again. I don't feel them when I am up walking and moving, but when I am seated, the sensations return. I generally don't feel them until late afternoon to the evening. What would you say my risk is from this encounter? Is sudden Peripheral Neuropathy for a 24 year old a definite sign of HIV infection? Thanks for taking the time to read and answer.
Yeah, I've been reading all over the place from you, Teak, and several others on this website that oral sex is basically a no risk... And in this situation, there was no ejaculation, even if a canker sore was present... So I don't know. I asked about PN because I read that it can show up as a possible symptom of early HIV infection and I had never felt these sensations before until about 6 weeks after the encounter. So of course, out of curiosity and fear, I automatically begin to assume that PN is an obvious indicator of possible infection.
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