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Hello, I completed PEP. 12-13 weeks post exposure, I develop a boil on my lower back and another painful purple, reddish boil on my left upper inner thigh. The boils are small. Are these boils symptoms oh HIV?
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So is Staph not indicative of HIV, because I dont think I had this before; before the boil formed on my thigh, it had a black/gray bump. I scratched it vigorously and the next day the boil appeared as swollen.
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370181 tn?1595629445
NO!

Boils are usually caused by a bacteria called Staphylococcus (staph).........NOT a symptom of HIV.
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