Flu

[Ilikelamp]

The end of March I had a flu that lasted about 9 days. Symptoms came on suddenly from one day to the next, I had headaches for 2 days, sore throat for a couple days, cough, runny nose, limited nausea, a bit of dizziness, no appetite, some diarrhea for 2 days and fatigue for 2 weeks and laryngitis that caused me to lose my voice for a week. I didn't think much of it and didn't even go to a doctor because it wasnt anything out of the ordinary and was a textbook flu (thinking it was h1n1 because I haven't had the flu in close to 20 years and no flu shot), but then on a whim I looked up ars symptoms which are described as flu like. I didn't have the rash, mouth ulcers or swollen nymph nodes.

In January (66 days previously) I did have a sexual encounter on a business trip with someone I met in a hotel bar, I did wear protection  (she had the condom it was latex). The condom didn't break. Now, I realize that my having been infected by hiv is slim to none and I'm not too worried, but is it enough to worry about to where I should get tested specifically for this case? Or can I safely assume it was a seasonal disease?

Otherwise I've not been sexually active since I broke up with my girlfriend a year ago and did get tested negative for stds 6 months ago. I do have an idea from whom I could've gotten the flu.

Thanks a lot!

[diver58]

As you said yourself, protected sex carries Zero risk of HIV transmission, the cause of the flu is not HIV (flu alone is not a valid HIV symptom).

[Ilikelamp]

I'm just saying it probably was the flu (say 99.99999%), a disease that has similar symptoms to ARS. The reason it gave me a little pause was that I got the symptoms 9 weeks after my encounter. I'm not that worried, just needed an informed opinion on whether I'm ok thinking it wasn't anything like ars and that I don't need another test or another visit to the doctor.