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What Causes Sore Throat And Mild Cough After Having Unsafe Sex?

I had just entered the vagina of a prostitute and found my condom failed. I immediately retracted. From the second day this has happened I am feeling sore throat and slight cough. Can this be a sign of HIV? Wat test is recommend after how much duration?
Fri, 12 Jun 2015
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Hello dear,

A. First of all, HIV cannot be diagnosed only on the basis of symptoms.
The presence of cough and sore throat is indicative of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection.
It can be managed with a course of antibiotics, antihistamine preparations, analgesics (like Paracetamol) & perform warm salt water gargle.
Kindly consult your Physician/ ENT specialist & start treatment as advised.

B. There is no need to panic with thoughts of HIV infection.
To relieve your concern, you can undergo certain tests like p24 assay or PCR for HIV, which becomes positive within a week and are almost 100 % sensitive.
Even the presence of a single virus in the body can be detected by PCR.
So, if this test comes negative, you can be sure that you are safe.

Wishing you a good health.
Take care.
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What Causes Sore Throat And Mild Cough After Having Unsafe Sex?

Hello dear, A. First of all, HIV cannot be diagnosed only on the basis of symptoms. The presence of cough and sore throat is indicative of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. It can be managed with a course of antibiotics, antihistamine preparations, analgesics (like Paracetamol) & perform warm salt water gargle. Kindly consult your Physician/ ENT specialist & start treatment as advised. B. There is no need to panic with thoughts of HIV infection. To relieve your concern, you can undergo certain tests like p24 assay or PCR for HIV, which becomes positive within a week and are almost 100 % sensitive. Even the presence of a single virus in the body can be detected by PCR. So, if this test comes negative, you can be sure that you are safe. Wishing you a good health. Take care.