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Worried about HIV infection
I'm a 20 years old homosexual male
I've had unprotected sex (penetration) with 3 people in my whole life. Two of them happened earlier this month, both as a bottom
The first was on July 11st and the second on July 21st. In the first one, he didn't cum. But the second one did. (different guys)
Since this Sunday (July 26th), I've been having a high fever (up to 39,3ºC on Tuesday) but it's never been below 37ºC, usually only between 38ºC-38,5ºC when I take medicine.
Also on Sunday I felt a little pain in the left side of my throat, so I went to the hospital on Tuesday and the doctor said it should be a bacterial pharyngitis. I started taking medicine for this also - azithromycin - for five days (so I just had the second one), but it seems not to work very well until now. Actually when I woke up today my throat was hurting even more. I'm with 39ºC right now, and since Sunday a headache which comes and fades.
What should I expect from it?
I've had unprotected sex (penetration) with 3 people in my whole life. Two of them happened earlier this month, both as a bottom
The first was on July 11st and the second on July 21st. In the first one, he didn't cum. But the second one did. (different guys)
Since this Sunday (July 26th), I've been having a high fever (up to 39,3ºC on Tuesday) but it's never been below 37ºC, usually only between 38ºC-38,5ºC when I take medicine.
Also on Sunday I felt a little pain in the left side of my throat, so I went to the hospital on Tuesday and the doctor said it should be a bacterial pharyngitis. I started taking medicine for this also - azithromycin - for five days (so I just had the second one), but it seems not to work very well until now. Actually when I woke up today my throat was hurting even more. I'm with 39ºC right now, and since Sunday a headache which comes and fades.
What should I expect from it?
A duo at 4 weeks is conclusive. A 3rd Gen at 6-8 weeks is about 99% conclusive and very unlikely to change
Take a DUO at 28 days. If your symptoms were due to the ARA, your test, any test, will be positive about a week after the onset.
HIV can't be foretold by symptoms. Testing is the only way to find out. Sometimes people don't show any at all and test positive after an exposure.
You've had risk. Test again 4-6 weeks from your most recent exposure for a true baseline result.
oh I also had a test yesterday for HIV which was neg so it means before July I certainly was a negative
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