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got exposed to HIV virus 2 weeks ago
hello,
thanks for reading y question, I had brief unprotected anal sex (I was the top) with someone who told me he was negative, next morning he informed me that he was pos. I went to a clinic and startednPEP (Zidovudine, Lamidovudine and Epivir), the nausea and vomiting has been really bad, also some diarrhea, but i am dealing with it. But today on day 17 of the Treatment I started running a low temperature, 37.5C / 99.6F, also i feel some enlarge nodes, that might have been there before, but not sure.
I am quite scared as the fever started sudden and with no other symptoms of illness. I know that the meds can cause you to run a fever, but I am scared that this might be seroconversion symptoms.
The clinic said that they will do the regular test and the PCR at the end of the 28 day cycle, but should I do a PCR elsewhere? will the fact that i am doing PEP affect the results of the PCR test if I do it mid cycle?
please help
Thanks
thanks for reading y question, I had brief unprotected anal sex (I was the top) with someone who told me he was negative, next morning he informed me that he was pos. I went to a clinic and startednPEP (Zidovudine, Lamidovudine and Epivir), the nausea and vomiting has been really bad, also some diarrhea, but i am dealing with it. But today on day 17 of the Treatment I started running a low temperature, 37.5C / 99.6F, also i feel some enlarge nodes, that might have been there before, but not sure.
I am quite scared as the fever started sudden and with no other symptoms of illness. I know that the meds can cause you to run a fever, but I am scared that this might be seroconversion symptoms.
The clinic said that they will do the regular test and the PCR at the end of the 28 day cycle, but should I do a PCR elsewhere? will the fact that i am doing PEP affect the results of the PCR test if I do it mid cycle?
please help
Thanks
Thanks, do you think I should pay for a viral load - pcr test now. Or wait till the end of the 28 day treatment to get the free pcr test that the clinic offers?
do not change your prescipted treatment
simptoms are not an indication,,, PEP works and you´ll be fine
REMEMBER ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLWAYS USE CONDOM
simptoms are not an indication,,, PEP works and you´ll be fine
REMEMBER ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLWAYS USE CONDOM
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