Iwanted to know if my fear of being
infected with HIV are warranted. On Jan. 7
2007 i was in Douala, Cameroon which is in
Africa. I was drinking a little and
stupidly went to a prostitute which I
normally would not do. We had
protectedvaginal intercourse for about
5-10 minutes. She had streched the condom
a little but it had no visible holes in
it. During that time I realized that the
condom was not lubricated. I felt the
condom which I assume had the lady vaginal
fluids on it and with the same hand I
stupidly licked that hand to put saliva
and lubricate the condom. I did not
ejaculate. Afterwords I washed my penis
with water but i think i rubbed it with
the same hand i licked. Right after i was
done i was scared out of my mind that i
had HIV. On thursday Jan 18. 2007 I
developed a diahrrea. I was hoping it was
from something i ate. 2 weeks to the day I
went to the prostitute, I got a fever for
about 12 hours. I was going crazy because
i was hoping not to get a fever. I read
that diarrhea can cause fever but it never
has happened to me before. The same day i
was leaving to go back to America. Then
while in the plane I felt the feeling like
I was cathching a cold. It is the same
feeling I always get when I get a cold.
However i never had a fever preceding it.
I kept feeling my lymph nodes to see if
they were swollen and I think they were.
Those were the only symptoms felt. I had
the sore throat for two days. And the
fever for about 12 hours. I wanted to know
if i could have been infected with the
hand i licked and got HIV from my mouth. I
am very scared and thats all i think
about. I know Africans have the highest
HIV infected rate. i took a Oraquick and
ELISA test which cam out negative at 3
months April 9.Do my symptoms sound like
HIV-2? Does Ora Quick and ELISA detect
HIV-2? Does anyone know that stats of
people who test HIV positive at six months
after testing negative at 3 months? Also
about four or five days before Jan 7 i got
sick because i drank bad water. Would
that have messed up my immune system
causing mye not to create antibodies by 13
weeks? aslso I haave been feeling a little
under the weather lately.
Thank you
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 06-11-07 12:57pm
Every time you have sex with someone
without knowing for sure that they are
negative, you are taking a risk. While
condoms help reduce the risk, they do not
eliminate it completely.
I would not worry too much about your
symptoms. Those could be symptoms of many
things, not just HIV. In fact, many
people do not have symptoms that early.
Many people have no symptoms when they
test positive. Some have no symptoms for
ten years.
Most people will accurately test within
three months. In rare cases, it will not
show up until six months or more after the
encounter. So chances are, if you had a
negative test at three months, you are
negative. However, testing again at six
months would be a good idea just to make
sure.
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