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Thu 1 Jul, 2010 06:29 pm
I departed for a work trip.
D day. Possible infection with a moderate risk heterosexual female (about 24 years old, no drug use that I know of. She is very promiscuous and has sex with different men often). One night stand, maybe 30-45 minutes of unprotected vaginal, oral.
D+1. Daughter showed signs of flu back home while I was away for work. The only reason I include this is because it shows that both my daughter and I could have caught something virus/flu-like prior to me departing for work.
D=1. Got rained on at night, got soaked, returned to cold air conditioned hotel room. Possible reason for sick symptoms.
D+2. I returned home. That night, I was hot/cold all night, didn't sleep well. No other symptoms.
D+4. Went swimming in pool. A little chilly. Daughter should not have gone swimming and as a result her cold continued for another 2 weeks.
D+7. Went to Dr. because of swollen lymph nodes. He said my dangly thing in the back of my throat (uvula) was swollen and red. Gave penicillin. I took the penicillin for 2 days, then all problems cleared up with the swollen uvula. Never really had a soar throat per se.
D+18 - D+19. Wife asks me why I have pimples all over my chest. I don't really see much difference than normal pimples on my chest, but she thinks there are more than normal. This lasts for 2-3 days. Possible this was caused by me shaving my chest a few days prior with an electric shaver.
D+21. By this time, everything I have discussed was gone.
Each thing that I saw that could have been a possible sign of infection lasted 2-3 days.
Never nauseous. No diarrhea. No muscle pain. A little weak, tired for a day or two here and there over the last month but then again I wasn't sleeping well at night because I'm constantly thinking about this issue and the worst case scenario.
I know that the only definitive way to tell is with a test, which I will do at the 30 day mark, and then again at 60 and 90..
There's an old saying, "a guilty conscience needs no accuser". I'm not knocking you, just saying that fear can build many strange castles.
- If your escapade didn't involve a condom, you must protect your wife. Really, this would be true, HIV or not.
- Never abort on a course of antibiotics. This is a well known problem related to increasingly resistant bacteria. (I've no idea if you actually had a bacterial, versus a viral, infection in the first place.)
- this is worth a doctor's appointment to discuss.. For all I know, you had the measles (only half kidding).
@taxibike,
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/early-hiv-symptoms/an01726
Quote:Wife asks me why I have pimples all over my chest. I don't really see much difference than normal pimples on my chest, but she thinks there are more than normal. This lasts for 2-3 days. Possible this was caused by me shaving my chest a few days prior with an electric shaver.
Was this the first time you've shaved your chest? If not, did you have a similar skin irritation any other time?
Please take Osso's advice about protecting your wife. Many years ago my husband (soon after, ex husband) had an affair with someone who was infected with herpes and brought it home to me. It has effected the rest of my life, even now 35 years later.
If you've already had unprotected sex with your wife, you must get yourself tested for all sexually transmitted diseases, including herpes, and tell her if you test positive for any of them. For your own health and your wife's, do not limit the testing to just HIV. You need to be tested for the whole spectrum.
@taxibike,
I don't think HIV could possibly show symptoms and signs within 21 days. There is lots of other stuff you could have picked up, some with short incubation times.
Pimples on chest? If you describe it as a rash, it could be a lesser allergy to the penicillin. I have such a reaction to amoxicillin which is closely related.
You may have just screwed the pooch, so to speak. It's possible your wife will know before you do.
@ossobuco,
Right. What I have is an acquired sensitivity. With a shoulder implant, I premedicate before any dental work. Some years ago they thought they needed 6 capsules (dosage not remembered) an hour before appointment, and two more four hours after. That was a massive load of antibiotics.
Now it's just two tablets of somethinorothermycin.
@roger,
Yeh, my latest eye surg salve was erythromycin. That's an antibio from back in my lab days, which we all know was back in the dark ages.
From the Mayo Clinic link I posted earlier:
Quote:It is possible, if you were exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Some people develop a flu-like illness when they first become infected with HIV, usually two to four weeks after being infected. Doctors refer to this illness as acute retroviral syndrome, or primary HIV infection.
Early HIV signs and symptoms may include:
* Fever
* Headache
* Fatigue
* Swollen lymph glands
* Rash
These early HIV symptoms usually disappear within a week to a month and are often mistaken for those of another viral infection. During this period, you are very infectious. More-persistent or more-severe symptoms of HIV infection may not appear for several years after the initial infection.
HIV is most commonly diagnosed by testing your blood or oral mucus for the presence of antibodies to the virus. Unfortunately, HIV tests aren't accurate immediately after infection because it takes time for your immune system to make these antibodies. However, the vast majority — more than 95 percent — develop antibodies by three months after infection. Rarely, it can take up to six months for an HIV test to become positive. Some tests, such as those that test for the presence of the virus itself, may become positive sooner.
The symptoms that indicate an early HIV infection are extremely common. Often, you can't tell them apart from symptoms of another viral infection. If you're concerned that you might have been exposed to HIV, talk to your doctor about your testing options. There's no vaccine to prevent HIV infection and no cure for AIDS. But it's possible to protect yourself from infection. If you don't know the HIV status of your partner, use a new latex or polyurethane condom every time you have anal or vaginal sex.
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