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What Causes Night Sweats And IBS After An Unprotected Sex?
Hi, I am a 31 year old male. I had unprotected drunken sex with a suspected drug user last october 28th 2010. I didnt ejaculate inside her but she did say it was that time of the month for her. I did not observe any blood after sex. For the past few months I have had pretty much every symptom of HIV from flu like symptoms, sore/burning sensations in the muscles in my calfs, very bad night sweats - particulary my head and chest area, swollen lymph nodes in my neck and more recently - last 2 months or so - upper body redness of skin and itchy like hives in different areas on my body. I also have a strange pressure sensation in my ears that sort of comes and goes but is a daily occurance. I have had a HIV test amongst others on a monthly basis and every month this has come back negative which is obviously promising but nevertheless my symptoms are still around. I also have a dull pain in my left lower abdomen that has been present for the last 4-5 months as well and is painful when pressed. Ultrasounds have shown nothing (3 in fact) except one time the doctor said there was a slight inflamation but nothing to worry about and gave me antibiotics and told me to eat more vegetables...he was hinting at irritable bowel syndrome. I am quite worried that after quite a bit of money spent, my location being the Middle East (Bahrain) and after seeing 3 different doctors nobody can seem to figure to figure out what is wrong with me. The nitesweats are very severe and my pillow is absolutly soaked on a nightly basis and wakes me up from being so wet - the itcy hives are always present as is the dull pain in my stomach and I am nearing my wits end trying to figure out what to do....it is now April 5th and I just had my latest HIV test 2 days ago which came back negative. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Hi..welcome to HCM. Nothing to worry as your HIV test is negative. You are suffering from anxiety of being infected right now. A SSRI like Paroxetine will be helpful.. Don't worry. You will be all right.
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What Causes Night Sweats And IBS After An Unprotected Sex?
Hi..welcome to HCM. Nothing to worry as your HIV test is negative. You are suffering from anxiety of being infected right now. A SSRI like Paroxetine will be helpful.. Don t worry. You will be all right.