I had two protected sexual encounters in
asia recently and have been exhibiting
aids like symptoms. here is my detailed
account. both girls were street workers,
and I think one was exhibiting purple
blotch aids like skin and was an IDU.
anyways, very minimal oral, and all
protected sex. All with brand new good
quality condoms.
I started getting sick right when I got
back. Swollen throat, and lymphs, sore
groin, and white small ulcers and
whiteness on my tongue. and Chronic
fatigue. I was worried at first, yet
bizarrely my mother also seemed to show
similar symptoms, but without the white
tongue. since i was obviously in no sexual
contact with my mother, I assumed I was
overreacting to some airborne pathogen. 2
months later and I find myself sick again.
the white tongue is worse, and the ulcers
are even worse. the ulcers never went
away, but they were alway way at the back
of the tongue and non obtrusive.
so i'm sick again. and the whitness and
fatigue is back. i will test in about 3
weeks. it's been 3 months, so i want to
test at 4 months to be sure. do it once
and be sure. but yeah, what else could
this be. the logic says protected sex is
very safe. but there is something chronic
inside of me that started with that. any
information or similar stories would help.
alot.
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 07-06-07 16:07pm
Protected sex is not "safe," but it is
"safer." STDs can be transmitted through
oral sex and through protected sex. No
method of protection is 100% effective at
preventing pregnancy or STDs, so there's
always a chance.
That's great that you're going to take a
test. That's really all you can do since
we can't tell you if you have HIV or not.
What you described could be many things.
Swollen lymph nodes, for example, are a
sign of infection. That means it could be
a sign of just about any infection. What
you described also sounds a bit like mono,
which is contagious, but usually
completely harmless.
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tgituesday
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 07-06-07 16:19pm
I have never heard of a white tongue from
mono.
but then again, how bad does the tongue
get with aids symptoms. when I do a google
image search for white mouth and aids they
send back some pretty intense infections.
mine seems minimal. but it's present.
could one of these women have been
infected with aids and had these
infections, and spread the infections but
not the virus? is that possible? has you
ever seen those cases?
wahtever it is, it's the same thing as the
before. so it was dormant for months. or
5-6 weeks. which I am sure mono can do,
fade away but persist and come back. any
more info?
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 07-06-07 16:48pm
I am not saying that you have mono or that
you have all of the symptoms of mono. I
am just pointing out that many things have
similar symptoms. There are also many
things that can cause your tongue to be
white. Here is a list of some of the
possible causes of a white tongue. h
ttp://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/whit
e_tongue/causes.htm Again, this is
not intended to diagnose you. This is
only to point out that only a test can
give you any definitive answers. Symptoms
are usually pretty vague. Most people
with HIV have no symptoms at all when they
test positive. Some have no symptoms at
all for ten years.
If one of your partners had HIV and
something else in addition to HIV, it
would be possible for her to pass neither,
one thing, or both things on to you.
