Well wrote:
Actually, some HIV cases do have an acute infection stage following the original infection. It presents a little like the flu, then goes away as the immune system responds to it. It is only then that it goes latent and becomes hard to detect until it turns into a serious infection. Odds are you caught something from him/her, but the odds are that it is not HIV. Get tested, and take your vitamin C.
Sorry if I was vague...I was talking about blood tests and the like, not symptoms.
Dude...
You are screwed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_94fmY2KL4
It's sometimes possible to recognize when you've recently contracted HIV from signs and symptoms such as fever, rash, or swollen lymph nodes. This video will teach you how to recognize signs and symptoms of primary HIV infection that are experienced by between 40 and 90% of individuals after they are first infected with HIV. Primary HIV infection occurs during the first few weeks or months after a person first becomes infected with HIV. Symptoms include rash and/or fevers, possibly in combination with one or more of the following symptoms: malaise (which is a general feeling of weakness, discomfort, and fatigue), loss of appetite, weight loss, a sore throat, sores in the mouth, joint or muscle pain, swollen lymph nodes, diarrhea, fatigue, night sweats, nausea and vomiting, headache, or genital sores. The symptoms usually last from seven to ten days, and rarely more than two weeks. There is an incubation period of a few days to a few weeks between when the person was exposed to HIV and when the symptoms begin. If you have any of these symptoms and think there's even the slightest chance you might have been exposed to HIV, such as through recent sexual activity or sharing a needle, even with someone who you believe is HIV negative, you should see a doctor and ask to be tested for HIV. When you go to the doctor with any of these symptoms, it's very important to mention any risk factors you may have for HIV so they could test you. If you have ever had unprotected sex, even once, have used injection drugs, or think you might be experiencing primary HIV infection, make sure to tell your doctor. Visit
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hey dumbass, I'm pretty sure you've mixed up HSV-1 with HSV-2.
I'd hate to be your patient!!
Read the second paragraph retard.
your med school sucks wrote:
hey dumbass, I'm pretty sure you've mixed up HSV-1 with HSV-2.
I'd hate to be your patient!!
from cdc.gov
Most people infected with HSV-2 are not aware of their infection. However, if signs and symptoms occur during the first outbreak, they can be quite pronounced. The first outbreak usually occurs within two weeks after the virus is transmitted, and the sores typically heal within two to four weeks. Other signs and symptoms during the primary episode may include a second crop of sores, and flu-like symptoms, including fever and swollen glands. However, most individuals with HSV-2 infection never have sores, or they have very mild signs that they do not even notice or that they mistake for insect bites or another skin condition.
People diagnosed with a first episode of genital herpes can expect to have several (typically four or five) outbreaks (symptomatic recurrences) within a year. Over time these recurrences usually decrease in frequency. It is possible that a person becomes aware of the “first episode” years after the infection is acquired
A glory hole? Why would you let someone ram you in the butt through a glory hole?
Damn, some people take wild risks. Did it at least feel good?
I hope you die you damn fag, now you have caught the gay plague.
in all seriousness though, you have all the classic symptoms of HIV, you should have been more careful.
Do not let any of these guys freak you out. Symptoms are never a good indicator that you have HIV. Go and get a test done after 3 months and move on with your life.
same goes for hsv-2. swollen lymph nodes are a common symptom to a whole bevy of pathogens. and by the way, i'd like to add that if you do have the herp, sores will show within 2 weeks (just to cut your worry time in half).
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Some people react differently to HIV infection than others. Some will have symptoms fairly quickly while others won't know for years.
You haven't said if the encounter was m/m or m/f which would clarify the risk potential. However, these days, its almost as common for hetero people to get HIV.
I would suggest that you go for a test now, and make sure that you schedule a test for another 3 months down the road.
One of the key symptoms for HIV is a vicious flu-like condition, worse than any flu you have experienced. This is called Seroconversion, when antibodies to the HIV virus develop. It can take a week to several months.
Many people have almost no symptoms at all, and it may be undisovered until they start to get opportunisitc infections which can take several years.
A good site to check is
Aside from that, why someone would scorn people who have contacted a very difficult disease is beyond me.
The level of ignorance on here is sometimes funny, in this case it is sort of scary. Having just finished the notes from my AM HIV clinic, here are some facts:
-No disease can be diagnosed by a 5 line text description. No disease manifests itself in idenical ways in each person. The symptoms the OP poster described could easily be due to: strep, mononucleosis, a non-specific viral upper respiratory infection, hsv (1 or 2), HIV, lymphoma, and many others.
-Chances of contracting HIV from a single episode of insertive intercourse is estimated at 0.05 to 0.07% (2008 Sanford Guide). Risk goes up 10 fold (~0.5% for receptive intercourse). Having other lesions (syphilis, hsv, etc) is felt to the risk by an unknown amount.
-HSV 1 and 2 are clinically indistinguishable. Both can cause oral and genital lesions, as well as meningitis, encephalitis, and other more invasive forms of disease.
-Testing now and again in 2-3 months is a good idea (yes the first test may be negative from this exposure, but some people convert more rapidly than others).
-Getting HIV now is not the end of the world (not that I think you have it). There are approximately 30 drugs that can be used, many very tolerable, including one that comes in a one pill once a day form. People now live with HIV, and although the natural history is still playing out (effective therapy really started in the mid-90's) we think people can live jkust as long a life with teated HIV as they would have otherwise.
-Safer sex is a good idea.
-friendly infectious disease MD
dd wrote:
The level of ignorance on here is sometimes funny, in this case it is sort of scary. Having just finished the notes from my AM HIV clinic, here are some facts:
-No disease can be diagnosed by a 5 line text description. No disease manifests itself in idenical ways in each person. The symptoms the OP poster described could easily be due to: strep, mononucleosis, a non-specific viral upper respiratory infection, hsv (1 or 2), HIV, lymphoma, and many others.
-Chances of contracting HIV from a single episode of insertive intercourse is estimated at 0.05 to 0.07% (2008 Sanford Guide). Risk goes up 10 fold (~0.5% for receptive intercourse). Having other lesions (syphilis, hsv, etc) is felt to the risk by an unknown amount.
-HSV 1 and 2 are clinically indistinguishable. Both can cause oral and genital lesions, as well as meningitis, encephalitis, and other more invasive forms of disease.
-Testing now and again in 2-3 months is a good idea (yes the first test may be negative from this exposure, but some people convert more rapidly than others).
-Getting HIV now is not the end of the world (not that I think you have it). There are approximately 30 drugs that can be used, many very tolerable, including one that comes in a one pill once a day form. People now live with HIV, and although the natural history is still playing out (effective therapy really started in the mid-90's) we think people can live jkust as long a life with teated HIV as they would have otherwise.
-Safer sex is a good idea.
-friendly infectious disease MD
oh my god...you're a genius! and here everyone thought they really could tell a anonymous poster has HIV because he had sex and feels a little sick!
thank the lord that you went to your AIDS clinic and could clear things up for us. you're my hero.
I always to the 'round about AIDS test.
I ask my friend - "Hey Tom, do you know anyone who has AIDS?"
Tom says "No."
"Cool, because you know me!"
rip Mitch Hedberg
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scared to death wrote:
letsrun is my only available outlet right now. 100% serious. not being an ass.
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