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I used to come to this forum many months ago, cuz i thought i caught HIV due to the symptoms i was having, i now know they were due to herpes and not hiv. Now with the dumbest luk in the world am back scared as ever. The prob is i recently had a condom failure with a girl and since then i've been getting the very same symptoms, except fever. Soar throat, muscle and joint pains, headaches, neck pain and one gland in my neck swollen for a couple days. i also got a diahorrea for one day but it may or may not be connected to this. Here's the thing, the girl also has herpes but due to the fact that i already have antibodies for it i shouldn't be gettin those symptoms which have been going on for 2 weeks now. So its not herpes, then what cud it be!!! Am really afraid. What else cud cause those symptoms?
I dont know. How about some of the same ailments that caused those symptoms way before HIV was ever around?
Look its definitely an STD cuz my symptoms started right after the incident. And not many STD's have these sympyoms. Herpes, Hepatitis, HTLV and syphilis i think. The thing is she got tested for those the same month she stopped seing the cheating guy she was with. So it only leaves HIV i think
OK, if you are dead set on hiving HIV then go ahead and believe it. Im not gonna say anything else other than that your symtoms are caused by so many other things and its pretty easy to catch the flu or anything else shortly after having sex. For example, I sleep with a woman that has mono and 2 weeks later I get symptoms, do i have HIV? Nope but i probably have mono.
Go get tested at 6 weeks anyway and again after 12 weeks.
Go get tested at 6 weeks anyway and again after 12 weeks.
Look i will obviously take the test but you have to understand that i have an excrusiatingly long wait and so until then i need to find out my chances.
the hiv infection chances are here read them.
http://depts.washington.edu/hivaids/post/case5/fig1d.html
http://depts.washington.edu/hivaids/post/case5/fig1d.html
Thanks for the info but it doesn't include the fact that genital herpes increases those risks and i have it. What i want to know is how much increased are my chances due to herpes
It depends if you had and outcome of herpes, if it was latent at the time the risk are the same that without herpes.
Now am almost sure i have the virus. yesterday i started heving constant intense headache to the point where i couldn't do much followed by night sweats. What the heck is goin on!!!! What else could cause this. I still have pains all over.
Sounds to me like you are extremely stressed out and anxious over this whole thing. headaches and night sweats arent indication of HIV. I get headacjes and mild night sweat when my anxiety flares up. Try to relax or go to the doc and get some meds to mellow you out until you can get a reliable test. The chances you contracted HIV are so low.
Thousands of things could cause your symptoms, the go from cold, flu, to cancer, so dont try to link them whit hiv, and they are mostly due to your stress, anxiety and depression.
the only way to know is someone is infected is getting tested, forget about symptoms.
the only way to know is someone is infected is getting tested, forget about symptoms.
my partner got the test 2day and results take a week. her last boyfriend was over 4 months ago so i will find out if its hiv or not, until then i don't know how to relax. Why am scared is she already tested neg for syphilis,hep and htlv. hsv was pos, however i already had it to so it can't be hsv. so wat else is there and its not the flu.
It could be anything man, there are lots of germs to catch out there and HIV is a very rare one. Plus your obviously have bad anxiety over the whole thing which can have a physical affect on your body, trust me on that one because I actually have anxiety and have for a long time. It can cause all kinds of weird symptoms.
Now my headache has suddenly stopped after attacking me for 2 days and now i have sensitive skin on my tummy, no physical signs of rash though. Tell me, with all of the symptoms listed above howcome i didn't get fever. i know people sometimes don't get symptoms at all but when they i i expected fever to b one.
Because youre probably just fine. Anxiety is probably causing symptoms, trust me its entirely possible. I have anxiety and I get the strangest physical symptoms sometimes.
You were protected until the condom failed. Test at 3 months post exposure and collect your conclusive test result.
yes but whatif my immune system was able to suppress it before it got to the fever stage or even swollen glands. Look i have never felt headaches like what i felt yesterday and the day before. My doc gave me antibiotics incase its bacteria but also did some std tests on me and my partner which means she suspects it. I have had fears and close calls with this disease for a long time and i feel like am destined to get it.
No more "what ifs" because they just show your anxiety level. First off most people wont ever show any signs of HIV anyway.
Did you tell the doctor about this sex epsode? If so thats clear reason for her to take STD tests.
I dont think anyone is destined to catch HIV.
Did you tell the doctor about this sex epsode? If so thats clear reason for her to take STD tests.
I dont think anyone is destined to catch HIV.
After a couple days of headache and then two days of intense migrain, headache stops. No other noticeable symptoms except dull joint pain all over.This is definitely HIV. I feel like am just waitin for my death sentence on tues. what a horrible life. Whats worse the guy who cheated on my partner gave her herpes and cheated with more than one person.
This is definitely HIV, well i dont think so, this is anxiety, stress and depression pretty sure. You can think whatever you want and live your life in your own way, but there is no logic in linking very very common symptoms only to hiv, you know what you have to do, TEST just wait for the 6 weeks to have a 95% accurate result ans then at 3 months for conclusive, then we can start talking about if its definitely HIV or not. the odds are really high on your favor
Good luck
Good luck
its the guy's sexual past thats killing me. He had no standards, its just do it with anyone. Now its like i had sex with him cuz i did with her.everysingle bone, joint,muscle has ached at some point and continue to ache. my gf is over 3 months so i'll get the positive on tues. Ask for now am just lookin at treatment options and future treatments
WHAT THE F...k, you are already looking for treatment options, I think that you know that the chance for her to be infeceted and you will have to multiple that with the chances you are infected, and that is really low, anyway since it doesnt matter for you since you are already convinced that you have hiv, I`ll just want to say that your reaserching on treatment options is usless, If someone would be infected today it very probable that he/she wont start meds for at least 5 years or so, but that time there would be around hundreads of new meds and therapies, we all hope probably even a cure, so dont waste more time, if your girlfriend is over the 3 months so you`ll get the negative un tuesday, please let me know if you want to bet on it. 100$
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