unknown disease from last 5 months..please help

[worried2343]

Hello experts....I had unprotected sex with street prostitute before 5 months..I got fever and sore throat a week after exposure..after 2 weeks suddenly I got pain started in ny knees soles feet fingets palm....I am not able to sleep from ladt 5 months....M getting burning sensations and pain persistently in my soles..my soles and feet have became reddish and are really paining from last 5 months..pain gets worse at night while I sleep or rest....I have tested for hiv hepatitis c b and syphillis..lastly I took test for hiv and hepatitus c after 5 months..both were negative..I have visited infectious disease doctor..he doesnt have any clue for my pain..I have taken ra test,ana,anticcp,aso titre,thyroid test all were negative... I also took nerve conduction study test before 4 days..it was also normal....m really fed up of my pain and my life has became hell from last 5 months..are there any other diseases which can cause burning sensations extreme pain and redness in my feet soles palms knees?my soles are always red and sore..my esr and crp values were elevated. My esr was 36 and crp was 48....please help

[mkh9]

The symptoms of soles and palms being red is a sign of secondary syphilis. The test for Syphilis (RPR) is is 20% false negative so you should get a FTA antibody test. If it is positive then you can get treatment. It may not be that and may be only neurologic but it is worth checking into. The only other thing is reactive arthritis due to bacteria in the joints. I would try the FTA antibody and if that is negative think about seeing an infectious disease doctor if you haven't yet. The Lyrica can still help with the pain in the mean time. Let me know how the test goes. You are not the same person as worried5678 are you? If so let me know.
mkh9

[freaked2343]

Hey buddy i got viral pharyngitis and fever 2 weeks after exposure and right after that i got severe pain in my knees feet arms back..First i thought that this symptoms ll subside in few days..but day after day my symptoms started to worsen up..i got constant burning pain in both soles of my feet along with electric shocks like pain from feet to butts..pain is horrible..yaa my doc checked my esr and crp levels because of my pain..both came hugely elevated..esr was 45 and crp was 48..it took 5 months for them to come at normalvlevel....both my soles and palms have discoloured from white to dark red this thing freaks my mind....my neuro has prescribed me lyrica and amitrypiline for nerve pain....one mistake and i am suffering very badly from last 8vmonths....next year m getting married but i dont wanna infect my fiance because my symptoms arent subsiding and doctors arent able to diagnose..

[branati]

Hi friend even am also from India. Firstly I advice u to leave ur fear of hiv from ur mind.ur conclusively negative don't worry. I assure you.
Can u list out all ur symptoms which u have faced from starting in a single message. In one of ur message I saw ur crp as 48 Wat is the reference range of that test.
Have you gained any weight.
Do u have any mucous like saliva in ur stool.
Do u have foamy urine.
If u have any availability please go with these tests
1) Urinalysis
2) comprehensive metabolic panel
3) quantitative nephlemetry or immunoglobulin panel.
Thank you. Even am also in same situation as u.
I will tell about mine next

[freaked2343]

Hello sis how are you..hope good,,i am here in india right now as i couldnt work in gulf because of pain..i have tested for hiv hcv hbv and syphillis again after 7 months all came bk negative :(..what shud i do now..and lastly i have done hiv1 rna qualitative rt pcr after 8 months which came back negative again..m really blanked because my symptoms are worsening day by day..sis do u have any idea why my palms and soles have gone completely reddish from whitish which were earlier before exposure?and should i keep on testing for hiv till it comes back positive?:(

[mkh9]

I agree about the syphilis test. You had that done already but get the FTA since the other test you had can have false negatives as I mentioned before several times.
mkh9

[shaunw84]

If you get a syphilis test and have access get a PCR test.  Then there will be no doubt about antibodies developing.