Although it is common history for me to get the flu around christmas time, (not to mention it is going around my village), I am a self confessed hypochondriac and despite the fact I used a Durex Latex condom I am worrying that my flu symptoms are the starting signs of a HIV infection.
According to what I have read one recieves HIV symptoms within 2-4 weeks of potential exposure of very high fever, a very sore throat and a full body rash, according to medical websites these usually always appear together, despite the fact it is a harsh winter here in England and the flu is going around it has been 5 weeks since my potential exposure so I feel it potentially coincides.
Since it was my first time having sex I am worried that the condom ripped, however from what I have heard if such a thing happened it would be very noticeable, and all seemed to go smoothly when it all happened so I doubt that happened.
At the moment I have flu like symptoms of a chesty cough, slight headache which is being easily managed by ibuprofen, fluctuating temperatures, earache to a small degree which began 5 days before my flu symptoms, abdominal pain and throat pain (though this only occurred after my constant coughing caused my gag reflex to make me quite uncomfortably vomit).
Take note I DO NOT have a full body rash, so am experiencing 2 of the 3 noted symptoms of early HIV exposure.
Although I am naturally going to get an STI test I have two questions I need to ask to put my mind at ease.
a) Is it true that HIV does not show up on an STI test until 6 months after potential exposure? If so are there other ways in which I could potentially get a faster test?
b) Do you believe this is more a case of myself being a hypochondriac rather than me displaying HIV symptoms? A few of my friends and according to me GP quite a lot of the village are currently suffering from flu, am I just jumping to conclusions due to the fact I always fear the worse? After all flu infections are naturally most common around christmas time, and as I'm a student I've been drinking a lot of alcohol, not eating the best foods and as I bike to lectures I am spending a lot of time in temperatures below 0c.
Any answers I can get that might put my mind at ease would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
pepperbeast
It is extremely unlikely you have HIV, since you haven't done anything particularly risky. It's much more likely that your flu symptoms are caused by the flu.
a) No. Something like 90% of people infected will have detectable antibodies at three weeks, 97% at three months, and 99.7% by six months.
b) Yes.
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