Hiv symptoms

[Brandy4043]

Hello I’m new here

I’m a female

I had protected sex last two months but I wasn’t sure if the condom broke because I didn’t notice anything like broken condom

After 3weeks of the sex I got a cold which started from having hoarseness (loss of voice) then after some days sore throat,runny nose,cough together with cracked lips and peeling lips,then sore tongue ,white patches in tongue or will I say oral thrush and muscle aches started and also noticed swollen lymph nodes but no fever since then ...All my body just changed to the extent I started having burning feelings on my body

Since then the sore throat is reoccurring and I have been having post nasal drip(production of phlegm ) till now

I went for hiv test and STI test after a month of exposure but it was negative but they said I should come after 3months which is almost here now

I’m so scared plss ,Ive always had Health issues before eg chronic sinusitis,anxiety etc since this year but I’ve not gotten this symptoms before

Up till now I’m still having reoccurrent cold and the oral thrush

Could it be Hiv

[runliff]

exact same symptoms like me.. some people are saying that this could be new disease which is unknown.. they are saying its chinese hiv like virus.. but nothing has been identified yet.. almost all of them have same symptoms.. in the beginning.

[runliff in reply to runliff]

cracking noice of joints, breathing becomes difficult while sleeping, burning sensation all over the body.. but no fever.. so docters say its illusion

[Brandy4043 in reply to runliff]

Did u test for hiv and it was negative ?

[runliff in reply to Brandy4043]

yes have tested at 2,3,5 months and came back negative.. i am two years into this but still there are problems. same is the case with many others.

[runliff in reply to runliff]

I advice you to not take any stress as it only versons symptoms.. many people are getting better..

[Brandy4043 in reply to runliff]

Do you also get mouth ulcers?

[runliff in reply to Brandy4043]

unfortunately yes . as i told exact same symptoms.. i still have chronic tonsilits for 2 years.

[Griffon]

Hi Brandy , the symptoms you describe sound like some sort oral/ respiratory infection and not HIV . If your STI and HIV tests come back negative you do not have these infections . There are hundreds of other viral infections out there which could cause these symptoms and they are much easier to catch than HIV .

[Brandy4043 in reply to Griffon]

Okay thanks I’m just worried because I heard hiv test is accurate after 3months not 1month

[Griffon in reply to Brandy4043]

Yes , a definitive test is best done at 12 weeks , but HIV is not easy to catch and if you have been ill it is much more likely that you have caught some other infection .

[Brandy4043 in reply to Griffon]

Alright thanks

[Galen70 in reply to Brandy4043]

The UK guidance is 45 days , it recently changed from 30 days for a fourth generation test, because that detected 95%+ infections, and the European guidelines said testing should cover 99%+ infections, so it has been lengthened to 45 days. If you used a condom correctly your chance should be extremely low if not zero.

[Brandy4043 in reply to Galen70]

I used a condom but then didn’t know if it broke or not since I’m the female and didn’t actually ask him

[Galen70 in reply to Brandy4043]

Statistically your chance of acquiring HIV through one episode of unprotected sex ( if it was ) in a heterosexual contact in the UK is 1 in 400,000

[Brandy4043 in reply to Galen70]

No hiv is gotten from just one exposure to an affected person If you are then lucky,you might not get it

[Galen70 in reply to Brandy4043]

Yes statistically the chance of the person being positive if heterosexual from the UK is extremely low. Then if one episode of vaginal sex, reduces the chance further. If using a condom then should be zero

[mrpablo]

In what country it happpened?

[Heartboy1]

Did you get to do the last test ..? Has your symptoms improved ?

[Brandy4043 in reply to Heartboy1]

No my symptoms is getting worst ..it has not improved But I’m thinking is a case of Epstein Barr birus