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Could Folliculitis Be Caused By Stress?

I am a medical student. We were doing a lab with saliva. During the lab we had to spit into a beaker, which had a cracker in it. We had to then mix the cracker with the saliva. I cleaned my partner’s beaker. I held my hand at the edge while water flowed out for 10 seconds. Some of the mixture that was flowing out was exposed to an area of my hand which has eczema. I would consider my lab partner a high risk individual; he is very promiscuous and always makes inappropriate jokes about HIV. Over the last 4 weeks I have been having body pains, headaches, and folliculitis. Everyone at the medical school said my situation is no risk. I did the test at 2 weeks and 4 days. It came back negative. I have been having extreme anxiety. I have seen many doctors and they have been saying stress and anxiety is causing my problems and my situation is no risk. However, how could the folliculitis be caused by stress ?
Tue, 10 Jun 2014
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My dear colleague, Its a very common scene that we get panicked when we think about hiv transmission.in your case I think that it is rarest possibility that you may have been contacted the virus. Nevertheless your tests are negative. So I think you are being a bit more worried. Yes you are in stress and in stress there is overactivity of sympathetic system leading to sweating tachycardia etc. And sweating can block the sweat glands leading to bacterial growth and ultimately in some cases folliculitis. So stress can cause many changes in body. You should practice relaxation exercises and yoga to stay relaxed.dont get panicked.
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Could Folliculitis Be Caused By Stress?

My dear colleague, Its a very common scene that we get panicked when we think about hiv transmission.in your case I think that it is rarest possibility that you may have been contacted the virus. Nevertheless your tests are negative. So I think you are being a bit more worried. Yes you are in stress and in stress there is overactivity of sympathetic system leading to sweating tachycardia etc. And sweating can block the sweat glands leading to bacterial growth and ultimately in some cases folliculitis. So stress can cause many changes in body. You should practice relaxation exercises and yoga to stay relaxed.dont get panicked.