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Suggest Treatment For Sore Throat And Bone Pain
Hey Dr. Actually I had sex with a prostitute about 1 month 20 days ago. I used a condom and I am sure that the condom was not leak or have hole anywhere. But think too much about my health. Is it possible to get HIV even after using a condom. And what are the main and most common symptoms of HIV. Are they come together or individually. I have a mild sore throat after 4 weeks of sex and small pain in bone pain. And I have vitamin b12 and vit d3 deficiency too. Is pain is due to vit b12 and d3 deficiency or I might got infected with hiv ? In too much stress . I don t have other symptoms like fever, headache , or other flu like symptoms . Just have a mild sore throat and little pain in bone. And do not have problem swallowing and chewing.
Wed, 4 Sep 2019
Hello,
Acute HIV symptoms typically occur 2-4 weeks after infection, and when there are symptoms, usually are fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, and sore throat.
However, many other diseases can cause these symptoms, so I generally do not consider them very important, and the exposure would be more important in determining your risk for HIV.
If the condom stayed intact, the risk would be very low. If you are still concerned, at this point a 4th generation antibody test would be very accurate (almost 99% accurate) and would be enough to confirm that you don't have HIV.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Aaron Branch, General & Family Physician
Acute HIV symptoms typically occur 2-4 weeks after infection, and when there are symptoms, usually are fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, and sore throat.
However, many other diseases can cause these symptoms, so I generally do not consider them very important, and the exposure would be more important in determining your risk for HIV.
If the condom stayed intact, the risk would be very low. If you are still concerned, at this point a 4th generation antibody test would be very accurate (almost 99% accurate) and would be enough to confirm that you don't have HIV.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Aaron Branch, General & Family Physician
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