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Do I need to worry??
Hello,
before I start, I would like to inform you that I'm an educated college student, and that my anxiety and feelings of guilt are getting in the way of me knowing what's scientifically right and wrong. In October, I had my first kiss with a guy I met that day. It just happened, I didn't even expect it and didn't know what was going on until after it was finished. He was a super nice guy throughout the night and after we kissed he wanted to take a walk with me outside, but I panicked and felt guilty for kissing him and ran away from him. When I say that ever since I have had serious anxiety that I have HIV, an STD, or an STI, I'm not kidding. 2 days after kissing him I got a cold (sore throat, dry cough) and a fever, which worsened my thoughts more. Two weeks after that I got another sore throat. And now I have a sore throat again, but there was a canker sore. I know you can get herpes from kissing but I have never showed sign of cold sores on my mouth since the kiss, so I believe I don't have it. Anyways, I feel like I have fatigue as well, but that could be me trying to add on more symptoms related to the disease. I have a small lump where my tonsils used to be, I can't remember if I had that before the kiss or not, so that's worrying me as well. Also, the left and right sides of my throat since then have always stayed yellow. I just feel like I've been getting sick too often lately. And yes, I do understand that I could very well be just linking coincidences together and giving myself a big scare, but I have had so much stress because of this one kiss in the past few months. You can definitely call me innocent. Is there any possible STI/STD or HIV I could have contracted from him? Perhaps HPV? Any possible sexually related thing? It was a deep kiss.I didn't taste/see any bleeding, he seemed like a very nice, decent guy. What started all of this anxiety was seeing that he posted that he was sick a few days before we kissed. I just want someone to tell me that I'm going to be okay :(
before I start, I would like to inform you that I'm an educated college student, and that my anxiety and feelings of guilt are getting in the way of me knowing what's scientifically right and wrong. In October, I had my first kiss with a guy I met that day. It just happened, I didn't even expect it and didn't know what was going on until after it was finished. He was a super nice guy throughout the night and after we kissed he wanted to take a walk with me outside, but I panicked and felt guilty for kissing him and ran away from him. When I say that ever since I have had serious anxiety that I have HIV, an STD, or an STI, I'm not kidding. 2 days after kissing him I got a cold (sore throat, dry cough) and a fever, which worsened my thoughts more. Two weeks after that I got another sore throat. And now I have a sore throat again, but there was a canker sore. I know you can get herpes from kissing but I have never showed sign of cold sores on my mouth since the kiss, so I believe I don't have it. Anyways, I feel like I have fatigue as well, but that could be me trying to add on more symptoms related to the disease. I have a small lump where my tonsils used to be, I can't remember if I had that before the kiss or not, so that's worrying me as well. Also, the left and right sides of my throat since then have always stayed yellow. I just feel like I've been getting sick too often lately. And yes, I do understand that I could very well be just linking coincidences together and giving myself a big scare, but I have had so much stress because of this one kiss in the past few months. You can definitely call me innocent. Is there any possible STI/STD or HIV I could have contracted from him? Perhaps HPV? Any possible sexually related thing? It was a deep kiss.I didn't taste/see any bleeding, he seemed like a very nice, decent guy. What started all of this anxiety was seeing that he posted that he was sick a few days before we kissed. I just want someone to tell me that I'm going to be okay :(
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Hi, the only thing you might catch is herpes but if he did not have any lip sore at the time the risk is really quite low. Dont worry about this and put it behind you.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
