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What Causes Sore Throat And Joint Pain After Unprotected Intercourse?
.hi my English so poor please understand. I have unprotected anal sex with csw on 7 Jan. on 09 Jan I know she was positive I took pep reticom + recovir Em within 48 hours. After two week I have sore throat infection and mild joint pain . I finished pep on 6 Feb and test on 26 Feb non reactive . Than I test again on 26 March non reactive . Both test in Indian ictc center . Now 10 April I test srl pathology cmia non reactive . But I have weekness . Some red dot on my hand come and go . My sore throat infection still today . 1.Is my test conclusive or not. 2.This all side effects arv . 3. May I need more tests . 4. I read some online side that arv pep effects on hiv testing it is ryt or not. Please help me
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As you took post exposure prophylaxis, and test results were negative even at 12 weeks; it's very unlikely to be HIV. So, you should not worry a lot now. But be very careful regarding your sexual practice in future.
These can be effects of drugs but after stopping drugs for so many days, it must have settled by now.
Your third question is important. I think, we should think of other sexually transmitted diseases rather than HIV only, especially syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia, and herpes.
So, I would suggest you to see a doctor and get screened for these diseases as well. Antiretroviral drugs doesn't affect your HIV tests. So, negative means negative.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As you took post exposure prophylaxis, and test results were negative even at 12 weeks; it's very unlikely to be HIV. So, you should not worry a lot now. But be very careful regarding your sexual practice in future.
These can be effects of drugs but after stopping drugs for so many days, it must have settled by now.
Your third question is important. I think, we should think of other sexually transmitted diseases rather than HIV only, especially syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia, and herpes.
So, I would suggest you to see a doctor and get screened for these diseases as well. Antiretroviral drugs doesn't affect your HIV tests. So, negative means negative.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman
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