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What Are The Chances Of HIV After 15 Years Of Unprotected Sex?

Hi Doctor, I am Male 32 and i has a risky behavoiur with a Prostitute when i was 18, after two months i got a puss like thing in my Penis for which a general practitioner treated it , then 2 years from that stage i came to know about HIV Infections and Symptoms , immediately i started feeling symptoms of skin irritations in the groin and near penis for which i took treatment with a skin doctor who tested for fungus and said that it was a fungus infection, other than that i do have small swellings in my hand in my hip, im really worried about this HIV and if i think of going for a Test it is really heavy in my heart, infact living in this fear for about 15 Years has made a Anxiety Dis Order guy with innumerable stress, please advice the probability of me being HIV Positive

                                                                 
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Hello
Since , you are 32 years old and still in tremendous stress , tension and anxiety.
If you would have been HIV infection , this might have caused so many symptoms because you are not taking antiretroviral treatment .
Try to understand you are NOT having HIV infection.
Mild degree itching , swelling , skin disease all may be due to any type of the infection ( fungus , bacterial ).
Fever, lymphadenopathy( generalized after 15 years ) loose motion, dermatitis , mucocutaneous uceration ( ulcer in mouth and on tongue ) weight loss are characteristic features of HIV infection in chronic cases including severe anorexia .
At present I don't recommend you any test for HIV but consult a psychiatrist and get his counselling and treatment , if needed.
Good luck.
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What Are The Chances Of HIV After 15 Years Of Unprotected Sex?

Hello Since , you are 32 years old and still in tremendous stress , tension and anxiety. If you would have been HIV infection , this might have caused so many symptoms because you are not taking antiretroviral treatment . Try to understand you are NOT having HIV infection. Mild degree itching , swelling , skin disease all may be due to any type of the infection ( fungus , bacterial ). Fever, lymphadenopathy( generalized after 15 years ) loose motion, dermatitis , mucocutaneous uceration ( ulcer in mouth and on tongue ) weight loss are characteristic features of HIV infection in chronic cases including severe anorexia . At present I don t recommend you any test for HIV but consult a psychiatrist and get his counselling and treatment , if needed. Good luck.