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Possible ars symptoms

Where to begin....? I'm a male that had anal(I was top)/oral (receptive and giving) sex with another male. Condom broke and he "reassured" that it barely. A couple days later I ask for his status., he said he was Std free. 6 days later I feel a little nausea, 8 days later I get a fever and sore throat, the following day the sore throat disappears. The fever still lingering and nausea get worse. 12 days later I have slight watery stool (border line diarrhea). The guy I was with then tells me that he is HIV+!!!!!! But his viral load is "low". Complete BS. I'm may report him but that's another story.  To me they sound like ars symptoms. Even if there was no transmission through anal i fear of oral transmission. I gave oral sex and my concern is that it entered my blood stream via my temporary crowns. My mind i just all over the place...
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But all in all thanks for listening.
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Well time will tell with my test results. I'll keep you posed.
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Nothing to report as you used a condom. If he has knowingly tried to infect you then yes that is a crime in some states but a condom was used so no crime.

And if the viral load is low then betters the chance of no infection.
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To add to the situation he confessed he IS HIV positive! And knew about it. But his "viral load" is low...its over. So I'm debating on reporting him. Idk yet. smh :-(
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That was the Ask a doctor section. Never mind. lol
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No it is not closed, I answer questions there all the time.
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It seems its closed. But overall it does add a higher risk, don't it? :-(
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STD questions post in the STD forum
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Now I'm concerned he had an STD.... now I'm definitely doomed. :-(
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I have one more addition to symptoms. I have this weird pain in my penis. Clearly that's not a good sign. Its doesn't hurt when I pee... but after I have a little sensation. *Sigh*. Makes me less optimistic.
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I understood and that is not a time frame when symptoms start, it would be at least 2 weeks after exposure.
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But there's still a 4 week window. Its only been 2 weeks. I'm not completely in the clear. Also maybe I didn't best describe the symptoms. When I say days later. I mean post high-risk exposure.  6 days from day of exposure,  8 days from day of exposure, and so forth. Thanks for the optimism. Somebody has to be. :-(
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Nothing to report about, you used a condom he did not expose you to HIV by the use of a condom.

Those are not symptoms of HIV, they happen at 2-4 weeks and come on at once not one and then another. And the fever is very high, 101+
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