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| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Skripture: 9:03pm On Sep 09, 2019 |
Military87:Hopefully OP is not mad at us. Men it was hell for me. 4 weeks post exposure i started having fever (you just needed to come close without touching me to know i was running temperature), few days later i noticed fever blisters on my lips. The next week the symptoms started coming in folds. Had mild sore throat for 2 days, mad muscle and joint pains, serious night sweats and chills (the sweating would be enough to wash a pair of jeans) felt nauseous, lost appetite which automatically made me lose weight. Fatigue was an everyday thing I checked my tongue and noticed i had hairy leukoplakia (things like hairs in your tongue and the tongue was white as snow). The next week i developed rashes (at this point i gave up) and abdominal pains and boil in the groin. Few days later i developed pains in the neck and the next week i started having swollen lymph nodes in the neck (NB: they were painless which is the feature of swollen glands in HIV infection and they're still there till now) and mouth ulcers started which i still experience up till today. Now google these symptoms and tell me what you see. Anxiety won't give you swollen glands, neither will it give you mouth ulcers nor fever blisters nor abdominal pains and some other symptoms. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 9:12pm On Sep 09, 2019 |
Skripture:I had swollen glands on my groin as well. Two of them, they brought out pox, it’s like those ones after shave. Just that they were bigger and lasted longer. I literally had all you had. After 6 months like you said rest. The rash was what made me give up. Babygirl thanks for the encouragement Tor. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Skripture: 9:19pm On Sep 09, 2019 |
Military87:Exactly, but mine was just one. I actually thought it was a swollen node until it started bringing out pus |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 9:25pm On Sep 09, 2019 |
Skripture:At least you know my fear. It’s all good. They said 3months is conclusive. Some said 6. Let me be waiting till then. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Skripture: 9:54pm On Sep 09, 2019 |
Military87:Fingers crossed we stay negative till the 6th months mark |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by hidhrhis(m): 9:59pm On Sep 09, 2019 |
Babygal1990:I also had my first sex on Sept 6 2017 some weeks after I developed so many symptoms:white tongue, sore throat, rashes, catarrh all symptoms u can think of excluding diarrhea I was extremely depressed,scared,sad based on the fact I've being dating the girl I had sex with for 2years before I had sex with her though she wasn't a virgin but I was a virgin secondly when I told her about going for HIV test she blocked me and never call ior pick my call again so the paranoia started I did HIV test in seven different places including laboratory,teaching hospital,general hospital,private hospital which totalled 38 HIV test including Elisa test,rapid test now calculate from Sept 6 2017 to this time I'm still negative so if u test at 3 and 6 month please forget it coz I've passed through the same stress I did the test at 7 weeks, 3month, 6month, 1year, 2year which totalled 38 HIV test I did all other std test and I never had sex since then that was my first and last since then though I have a girlfriend but to use condom again dey fear me cos I use to think what if the condom break I will have to pass through the same stress of two years ago some of the test I did back then you all should put your mind at ease |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Skripture: 10:03pm On Sep 09, 2019 |
hidhrhis:Thank you for this. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by hidhrhis(m): 10:07pm On Sep 09, 2019 |
Skripture:you are welcome |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Babygal1990: 6:18am On Sep 10, 2019 |
hidhrhis:I remember u very well |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Babygal1990: 6:20am On Sep 10, 2019 |
You people should relax , I have been in the situation before and I truly understand the feeling. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Babygal1990: 6:23am On Sep 10, 2019 |
Ever since that hiv scare sep 2017 I have not had sex till date nor fore play, the fear alone no Dey gree me, even with the condom self cos I knew what I went through during those process. Abstinence is the key to avoid all these |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by hidhrhis(m): 7:05am On Sep 10, 2019 |
Babygal1990:I never shared anything with my account |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by akwunomy(m): 7:06am On Sep 10, 2019 |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by ugomnaanny: 7:39am On Sep 10, 2019 |
hidhrhis:u once complained of whitish tongue and was scared of infection. I know u too |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by hidhrhis(m): 7:50am On Sep 10, 2019 |
ugomnaanny:yeah yeah |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 8:00pm On Sep 10, 2019 |
Babygal1990:I have followed this thread with keen interest from when it started I must commend the @OP for bringing this issue....mine was March ending this year had a fling with a girl did not know much about her and the condom broke a week later I had severe headache and malaria I went to a chemist took malaria drugs that did not solve the problem it continued I reach out to the girl asked her to go for test she did non reactive.... I became so scared three weeks later I rushed to a lab and did the HIV test antibody/antigen it came out non reactive...my health challenge continued I had a whitish tongue and sore throat which later disappeared after taking drugs know from that march till today I have never had any thing with any girl and have done 5 different HIV test at different labs and hospital all non reactive making a total of 5 months going to 6 guys iam so scared about my life I have been treating malaria now and then comes and goes and was told the PCR is meant for early infection or for children... The doctors I have met told me its anxiety and fear that I do not have it but my body is telling me something different guys I have done vdrl syphilis hepatitis b screening all negative iam confused...I read comments on medhelp and the doctors there said 3 months is conclusive...Guys can anybody recommended a test I will do I have done h.pylori nothing iam tired of going from one hospital to another and anytime I google whitish tongue I feel so scared its one of the symptoms...Doctors in the house what test can carry out to check the virus and eliminate any suspicion I was told the PCR is not recommended its used for confirmation and early detection I also have neck pain and rashes that comes and goes guys please help a brother iam depressed...The last test I did was a 4th generation antibody/antigen in fact it was repeated twice I went to Mecure non reactive August ending |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Skripture: 8:17pm On Sep 10, 2019 |
Military87:Bro what drugs do you use for you mouth ulcers? This thing is frustrating me. Even to eat is a problem. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by ugomnaanny: 9:00pm On Sep 10, 2019 |
Zola77:Google symptoms of anxiety, anxiety alone can make one start feelin sick when he or she is not |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 9:14pm On Sep 10, 2019 |
ugomnaanny:I never knew about this really....but the way one is feeling I mean sore throat whitish tongue this are clear symptoms and not anxiety |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by ugomnaanny: 9:33pm On Sep 10, 2019 |
Zola77:go and check your blood level .... anxiety causes all those too |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 10:39pm On Sep 10, 2019 |
ugomnaanny:OK are u a medical doctor what test can I go for? |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by cocococo: 11:55pm On Sep 10, 2019 |
Zola77:Bros, na anxiety dey do you so. At 5 months, you are very good to go! U nor get HIV. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Flukiragz(m): 5:05am On Sep 11, 2019 |
Babygal1990:Morning babygal. I was at a lab yesterday, and asked about h pylori, but the people didn't really know what I was talking about. I explained my symptoms to them and they said I should bring my faeces( is this how you were diagnosed?) when coming next, and I should come for typhoid test. My symptoms are Lack of appetite( but I ate well yesterday), Indigestion, Stomach pain early in the morning, Going to toilet more frequent than before. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS WERE SIMILAR TO WHAT U WERE GOING THRU? |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 7:13am On Sep 11, 2019 |
Skripture:they gave me some pills back then. Can’t remember the names self, but didn’t help. I still have them come and go. Next week makes yours six months. So you are good to go. Your test will give me hope. I moved to anambra yesterday, met a new doctor told him of my ordeal. He told me to do a whole bunch of test including HIV. I told the lab man to remove hiv own. Doctor said cause of my white tongue(this doesn’t bother me self) and dehydration can’t be found and no test picked up the ulser thing(even after seeing sores in my mouth). He just gave me some drugs for malaria. Didn’t bother buying them. I am done with this. Will wait till month 6. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 7:30am On Sep 11, 2019 |
cocococo:Thank you |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by ugomnaanny: 7:35am On Sep 11, 2019 |
Flukiragz:how does your stomach pain u? Is it upper middle section? All these symptoms you mentioned are stomach ulcer related, yes the H phyloric test might come out negative because there are two things that causes stomach ulcer, 1)is h phyloric bacterial 2) is excessive intake of pain relief , so even if u test negative to h phyloric do not worry just meet your doctor |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Flukiragz(m): 8:42am On Sep 11, 2019 |
ugomnaanny:Pain is around d lower region of my abdomen. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Neddstark: 10:05am On Sep 11, 2019 |
You all just wasting money on tests. Stop the anxiety, it's not that easy for men to contract HIV. If after a test, you're negative, move on. Face life |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Skripture: 1:03pm On Sep 11, 2019 |
Military87:Oh okay. Just started having severe sore throat this morning too. My health has just been messed up for the past 6 months. Sunday makes it 6 months and i'm scared to even go test again but i still have to do it. At this point, anything i get I'll take it and move on. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 1:35pm On Sep 11, 2019 |
Skripture:I can feel your plight bro. Just relax. It’s noting. So long you did a month 5. Don’t see any Reason you should be worried. If it’s still unchanged. Walk into any general hospital and tell them the problem. At least they will focus on something else. Sore throats won’t last last long. Give it a day or two. |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 2:07pm On Sep 11, 2019 |
Skripture:it will be well I believe same result a least your test will give us hope we that are at 5 months....According to research it has never happened except one has exposed himself within that seroconversion time....so just chill all will be well I think not sure its a normal STI....just do it if you don't your mind won't be at rest |
| Re: How I Got Infected With HIV by Nobody: 2:16pm On Sep 11, 2019 |
Zola77:You got it wrong here too. They were cases of health workers who tested positive after the three months mark. I saw few persons on some groups who tested positive after three months mark. One complained of having severe dehydration during those months, the other talked of non stop sore throat( skripture I know you saw that post too, so it’s not like I am scarring you). The point is they later did after 3months and showed positive. And I learnt some strain of the virus are not easily picked up by anti body test, don’t know if such are found in west Africa. Sometimes the bad news is better than waiting for the news. Only few will understand this. |
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