If you have HIV, what were your early symptoms like? Here's my story (Negative so far, retests are coming)

Question

I had a brief encounter with a woman (I'm a man) about three months ago. She gave me unprotected oral and then we used a condom during sex but, here's the scary part, I think the condom slipped.
A week after the encounter, it burned when I urinated and diarrhea started (lasting 3 to 4 weeks). During that time, my genitals and rectum started to itch. Shortly after that I was having chills at night and was suffering from fatigue. Also was having trouble sleeping in general.
At about week 5, the diarrhea became a light colored stool. The chills stopped but I started to have tingling in my hands and feet.
At about week 11, there was blood in my spit (lasted about 10 days) and I had 2 or 3 oral herpes surface on the inside of mouth shortly after that.
I never had a fever, cough or rash but I still have fatigue, tingling and my nodes are tender. I had a HIV PCR test done on the 39th day. That was negative. Just had the rest done and they too were negative. Retesting soon. Any thoughts?

Oh, and I never felt nausious and never threw up.

My mouth never touched her.

Answer 1

Generally, there are no early symptoms for HIV. Even if you are infected there are no signs or anything until to the point where you are diagonised with AIDS but that takes time may be months or years depending on how the virus is affecting your immunine systems. However, there are symptoms for AIDS not for HIV.

Answer 2

Burning is not a symptom of HIV infection, could be several other things like gonorrhea or trichomoniasis. Light colored stool could be nothing serious, or a sign of a hepatitis infection. About the oral herpes...did you give her oral sex or did she reciprocate? If you gave her oral sex, then that's how these could have been transmitted, if not it's probably nothing more than cold sores. You can't get herpes in the mouth by contact of herpes to the genitals. You might want to get a full workup for other STD's but still keep your HIV testing appointment too. However, since sometimes HIV doesn't show up for awhile, consider getting retested in 6 months and again in a year. HIV is generally asymptomatic (without symptoms) at the beginning of the infection. However if you did give her oral sex and showed up with herpes lesions, there is a chance that may not be the only 'present' she has provided you. Go to your doctor for a full work-up, before you go in make a list of all your symptoms so you don't forget to tell him anything, because in a situation like this you can tend to become nervous and forget something important.

Answer 3

YOU PROBLEY HAD A UTI (URINARY TRACT INFECTION) THAT CAUSES BURNING SENSATION WHEN YOU PEE-
THOSE ARE THE SYMTOMS OF AIDS BUT YOU CAN GO FOR 5-8 YEARS BEFORE ANY SYMTOMS APPEAR- YOU GET HIV 1ST BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST 6 MONTHS BEFORE GETTING TESTED ITS NOT LIKE A STD WHICH APPEAR RIGHT AWAY-
I KNOW ITS EMBARRASING BUT GO TO THE DOCTOR AND GET TESTED FOR Amebiasis

Bacterial Vaginosis

Campylobacter Fetus

Candidiasis

Chancroid

Chlamydia

Condyloma Acuminata

Cytomegalovirus

Enteric Infections

Genital Mycoplasmas

Genital Warts (HPV)

Giardiasis

Gonorrhea

Granuloma Inguinale

Hepatitis

Herpes

HIV Disease

Lymphogranuloma Venereum

Molluscum Contagiosum

Pediculosis Pubis

Pubic Lice (Crabs)

Salmonella

Scabies

Shingellosis

Syphilis

Trichomoniasis

ITS NO LAUGHING MATTER- & CALL OR FIND THIS LADY AND FIND OUT THE DEAL- IF SHES A PROSTITUTE THAN YOU KNOW YOU GOT A STD MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU WILL THINK TWICE BEFORE ANY MORE ONE NIGHT STANDS

Answer 4

HERE ARE SYMPTOMS OF HIV
the only way to know for sure is to get tested for hiv normally it can take up to 6 months until the hiv can be detected in your system i suggest you wait 6 months and get tested for hiv, you should go get checked for other std's too, it might be something else you never know. i'm very sorry if you have this disease i'll pray for good luck

rapid weight loss

dry cough

recurring fever or profuse night sweats

profound and unexplained fatigue

swollen lymph glands in the armpits, groin, or neck

diarrhea that lasts for more than a week

white spots or unusual blemishes on the tongue, in the mouth, or in the throat

pneumonia

red, brown, pink, or purplish blotches on or under the skin or inside the mouth, nose, or eyelids

memory loss, depression, and other neurological disorders

Answer 5

Cold sores are caused by the herpes virus. Many of us already have the cold sore virus dormant in our bodies, and never have a flare up of cold sores. We contracted it as children, as it is a very common virus, and children pick it up easily as they often share food and drinks, and may be less concerned about hand washing and hygiene. Cold sores can be transmitted even when the person does not have a cold sore, though it is less likely to happen then.

remember that you can remove genital warts by surgery, freezing, laser, acid or cream but genital warts can reappear again and again because genital warts appears when your immune system is weak!

I got diagnosed with herpes type 2 about seven years ago, when I was still in college and had a stupid one-night stand. However, Not only was I able to remove all traces of the herpes virus from my system in less than three weeks, but I was also able to start dating again!

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Answer 6

Check for other STI's apart from HIV. AIDS will only manifest when your immune system is below critical level .... this take years to happen.

Answer 7

Sounds interesting

Answer 8

I'm not completely sure about this one

Answer 9

It takes 9 seconds for the YAnswers questions to open for me to be able to click on the [add your answer] button. is my laptop slow?