Possible ARS - Very very scared

[strid1]

Hi Doc

I have had a sexual expierence with a sex worker on the 23/11/11. I performed oral sex and i have bleeding gums. 2 weeks later i had a terrible head ache which lasted a week and is persistant until today.Could not eat for about a week. Lost some weight. Was feeling tired for a week and had chest pains but now much better. Had a repit test 2 weeks which was negative.Developed a rase (itchy) around late December on the inner thigh area and is slightly fading now. Recent sore throat but not hsectic however feels like i cannot sollow sometimes. My neck hurts but i am not sure if it was lymph nodes which only lasted about 2 days without swelling. I had another rapid test 25 days later which showed negative but i still feel very terrible and scared. Whats worst is that my wive have had diarrhea a few times now, slight headaches and lower back pain for about 3 days.She also complaining of being very tired recently. I am so scared that i feel i have every symtom within the ARS timeframes. Not sure what to do, going insane. Please share some advise

[strid1]

Hi Sir

Thanks for your feedback. Yes i have to admit that i possibly am having anxiety related symptoms however i think i am more scared because i performed oral sex on a SW not knowing if she had her menstrual cycle or not and whats worst is that i have bleeding gums. Sadly to say exactly two weeks later i got this terrible headache which still persists until now, was feeling weak and neck was sore and was really fatigued and had chest pains. I could not eat for 2 weeks and lost weight. In week 3 i developed a redish rash on my inner thigh which was slightly raised but a little ittchy. I see that now in week six it is fading and skin becoming dried around it. Week 5 i had a itchy troat and it was like that for about 3 days and also developed a white coat on the side of my toungue and top.

Now the thing that really gets me scared is that my wive had loose stools in 2 different weeks, a slight sore troat once, really fatigued for 2 weeks and still persists, slight head aches and the other morning she woke up and told me her arm was numb and she had no feeling , hot flushes and a dry cough at odd occassions. Strangly the same happened to me and my vision seems blurred.

I had went for a rapid test 25 days later which checks for antibodies and it was negative however the symptoms still persist and i know that it is somewhat accurate at 3 months. People say that i have had no risk but how is that possible?

Now i am sure you understand why i am the way i am. I am sorry but maybe people are thinking that i am crazy or something but i am really really going through a bad time

[joggen]

See a doctor to get your anxiety treated and under control. Sitting on the internet reading about symptoms and posting in forums is only going to make your situation worse- trust me on that. Your issue is anxiety not HIV.

[strid1]

Sorry what also made me more crazy was the fact that my wive have had diarrhea a few times now, slight headaches and lower back pain. She has been feeling very tired for the past week now

[strid1]

Sorry to sound stupid. Possibly i did not word my timeframes correctly. My head achce ,fatige and loss of appetite stated 2 weeks after exposure. During week 3 ,4 and  5 was rash ,muscle pains and painful neck around the lymp nodes. How is it that the internet is telling me that all my symptoms are pointing to be a possible HIV case? This is what is making me go crazy, however thanks for the feedback. I should have been more careful and not risk my family and life. I hope to God that i test negative after 3 months as i mentioned it is only 45 days now

[LIZZIE LOU]

ars symptoms come at 2-4 weeks post infection and last for 1-2 weeks.  they come at once...not one after another.

the symptoms you are describing are not even symptoms associated with ars.

you had NO risk.  if you are having health concerns, see your dr...its NOT hiv related.

[strid1]

So why would i feel this way especially in ARS perid. It's already been 45 days now and i even have a white coat on my toungh and on the sides. But how do i know if there were no risks whilst i have all these symptoms. I am going insane