Is Fever After Unprotected Sex Suggestive Of HIV Infection?

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2015

Question: Had unprotected sex 10 days ago. Had a low grade fever (99.7) that started on the 3rd day and came and went after exposure and went away at the end of the 6th day. No other symptoms since then. Could this be acute HIV?

Answered by Dr. Sunil Jangid (46 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No your symptoms are not due to HIV so just relaxed and no need to worry.

Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX,

Welcome to HCM.

You had unprotected sex 10 days before and had low grade fever on 3rd day post exposure than it is surely due to some other infection not related to HIV. The acute retro-viral syndrome symptoms also take at-least 15 days to appear after the infection has occurred so be relaxed and don't worry much about HIV.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T