Need your experience

[archimedes84]

Hello and thank you in advance for your help. I'm having the worst Xmas in my life.

Five weeks ago I kissed deeply with a girl and suddenly I tasted some of her blood inside my mouth.
After talking with her I have some reasons to believe that she could be HIV+ and not being on meds.

2 weeks after, I had very dry lips for a week. This could be due to the winter cold, Ok.

At week 3 I found 2 small supraclavicular lymph nodes (one at each side o the neck). They are small but I can clearly feel them and they weren't there 2 months ago. I can also feel an occipital node if I press hard enough.

I also had very mild sore throat (winter, Ok) and an ulcer in my tongue.

At 4 1/2 weeks I had a burning sensation on my inner thigths for a couple of days.  

Finally, today some rash appeared on the left side of my trunk: a 1 cm line that really scares me.

So far no fever. I felt hot at work some times but my temperature was at the 36's celsius.

In your experience, is all this consistent with HIV infection? What else could cause the lymph nodes and the rash?
Remember that I had some of her blood in my mouth (mucous membrane).

Thanks and sorry for bothering you with my own problems.

[shaunw84]

Fever is characteristic of HIV infection.  That you don't have it is good.  Rashes can occur because of stress and so can some of your other symptoms.  The description is not a typical ARS rash.  The mouth with all its enzymes and saliva is extremely hostile environment and HIV is a weak virus.  So that's on your side.  

The best thing to do is get a 4th generation HIV test from your doctor.  At 4 weeks after the incidence.  A negative at 4 weeks with 4th generation is considered conclusive.

[Midnight_Sun]

First, your exposure was no risk. You can't be sure what you tasted was blood, and even if you did, saliva neutralizes HIV. So, in the highly unlikely event this girl was HIV+ (you don't know for sure, I don't care what you "feel"), you were NOT at risk of acquiring HIV. Second, "symptoms" are never used to diagnose HIV, which is impossible in your case considering your exposure would NOT have resulted in an infection.