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Are Frequent Flu, Dizziness And Sore Throat Symptoms Of HIV?

Hello, I am a guy living in Belgium. Here it is my question: I had sex with a guy on 31 August. I was the top and I used a condom. The penetration was very superficial. We stop immediately because it was hurting him. I received unprotected oral sex from him and I also received protected oral sex from him (but his mouth touched the condom right after the superficial penetration occurred). Then we went on with kissing and oral sex (I was always the receptive partner). Then he ejaculated over me and I guess it might have happened right on my genital area. Maybe on my penis. I don t know. That was it. Then I had protected vaginal sex with a sex worker in Belgium. This happened on 11 October. That was it. Around mid November, I started having strange symptoms like: light flu, fatigue, muscular pain, lynfonodes of the neck were hurting, sense of dizziness. These symptoms went on more or less for 5 weeks. I went to the local HIV center and they told me that the HIV test was not necessary because what I did was not to be considered as risky . I got tested anyway with a normal test I guess (the one which looks for antibodies only). I did the test on the 87th day from the first episode and on the 45th day from the second one. The test was negative. However, the liver s values were higher than normal, lynfonodes of the neck were still a bit swollen and the white cells were slightly higher. Now, after the Christmas break (during which I was feeling alright) I still have some symptoms like light flu, cough, lynfonodes a bit hurting and slightly swollen, fatigue, sore throat, dizziness. Can all these put together be symptoms of HIV? Would it be possible, given the factual description I gave you? Can it be that I did the HIV test (antibodies) too early? Please, let me know what you think about this. Thanks a lot Best wishes
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Hi,

HIV test detects HIV antibodies in your blood or oral fluids. 97% of the times, the test can detect antibodies within 3 weeks after getting infected with HIV virus. Sometimes the antibodies appear as late as 12 weeks. You got tested within this time period and test came out negative which indicates that you do not HIV antibodies in your blood and so you do not have HIV infection. In addition, the sexual activities you have performed that can actually cause HIV transmission are condom protected which makes you safe from HIV and other STDs.

The symptoms you are experiencing points to a possible tonsillitis, a bacterial infection of tonsils. You might be having fever due to infection which may make you dizzy and fatigued. Swollen lymph nodes are also a sign of tonsillar infection. High white cell counts in your blood report also indicates infection.

I would advise you to do an antibiotic course to resolve the infection. Azithromycin 500 mg (Azee) once a day for 3 days can work well regarding tonsillar infections. In addition, you can take Paracetamol 500 mg (Crocin) twice a day till symptoms resolve. Warm salt water gargles can help in reducing swelling. Take rest and do not worry about HIV.

If the infection does not resolve in 3 days, you should visit a physician for physical examination. I hope this information helps. Thank you for choosing HealthCareMagic.I wish you feel better soon.

Best,
Dr. Viraj Shah
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Are Frequent Flu, Dizziness And Sore Throat Symptoms Of HIV?

Hi, HIV test detects HIV antibodies in your blood or oral fluids. 97% of the times, the test can detect antibodies within 3 weeks after getting infected with HIV virus. Sometimes the antibodies appear as late as 12 weeks. You got tested within this time period and test came out negative which indicates that you do not HIV antibodies in your blood and so you do not have HIV infection. In addition, the sexual activities you have performed that can actually cause HIV transmission are condom protected which makes you safe from HIV and other STDs. The symptoms you are experiencing points to a possible tonsillitis, a bacterial infection of tonsils. You might be having fever due to infection which may make you dizzy and fatigued. Swollen lymph nodes are also a sign of tonsillar infection. High white cell counts in your blood report also indicates infection. I would advise you to do an antibiotic course to resolve the infection. Azithromycin 500 mg (Azee) once a day for 3 days can work well regarding tonsillar infections. In addition, you can take Paracetamol 500 mg (Crocin) twice a day till symptoms resolve. Warm salt water gargles can help in reducing swelling. Take rest and do not worry about HIV. If the infection does not resolve in 3 days, you should visit a physician for physical examination. I hope this information helps. Thank you for choosing HealthCareMagic.I wish you feel better soon. Best, Dr. Viraj Shah