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Q: Lots of Sudden Skin Problems..worried About Hiv
asked by: bri671 on November 11th, 2007
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this may end up being a lot to read but please help...im extremely worried....

im a 24 year old male. ive always had very fair and sensitive skin. when i was younger i had bad eczema on my feet, but that cleared up. other than i've never had any real skin problems until recently. let me say that in the past 6 months or so, i've been partaking in some careless activites with some questionable females. it was always oral sex (always recieving, never giving), but i never wore a condom. the females i did these activities with were very questionable. i know it was stupid, so lets please not get into that. in the past few months i've been developing lots of skin problems.

here are some of the symptoms....keep in mind that i've never had a problem with any of these before recently.

-very oily skin, especially on my forehead
-acne- mostly on my face but am now getting pimples on my bak sohulder and even pimples on my arms and hands
-seborrheic dermatitis (very itchy on my face and scalp)
- small painful bumps under my eyebrows and on my scalp
-red bumps and spots on my chest
-keratosis pilaris
- generally itchy body. im constantly feeling faint itchiness all over my body.
-just today i noticed small red patches near my hand. they are little red spots that dont really look like pimples. there are 4 of them near my wrist.
- a little hair loss in my eyebrows

i went and saw a dermatologist and she said it was seb derm and a little rosacea (ive been blushing everytime im in the sun). she gave me a couple of prescriptions that im going to start tomorrow.

what worries me is the fact that all this is happening at once. my face is an aboslute mess. it's red with pimples andflaky skin everywhere. my pores are huge and the skin is very oily. i've been avoiding people because of how terrible it looks. why would this all happen at once? thats why im worried about hiv. even though i only had oral sex and not vaginal, it wouldn't surprise if one of these girls was infected. i am going to get tested but wont get a chance for another few days.

do these sounds like common symptoms of hiv? should i be worried? please give me some opinions. thanks
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young Girl
replied on November 11th, 2007
Especially eHealthy
the acne and oily skin and such all sounds normal

personally i wouldnt say any of these is HIV
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Aarvy
replied on November 12th, 2007
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Need Not Worry!
These symptoms are not matching to that of HIV infection. But sure sounds like some skin desease you might have gotten from the females or by your self while exposed on public places of infection. Oral job can infect a person while the chances are about 10% of a normal intercourse. Siliva has a some enzymes to clean and sterilize your food which might some times help killing some bacteria, fungi and a few viruses too.

Skin diseases are also of concern as they last long and some do a permenant damage to your skin and pigmentation. Seeing a skin specialist is your first task.

And there is nothing to worry about HIV as I see
YOU MUST READ THIS!
This 19yr old mother of a 2ry old has one day experienced some fever and flu like symptoms. She's checking online casually and some how got to this forum and started to understand her symptoms relate to a HIV infection. She's written that her kid's not with his father and how scared she got learning that she could die soon of HIV if she was infected at all. I would like you to step into her shoes and feel the moments she might have experienced. Think how hard it is to imagine that your loved ones are going to miss you and might end up help-less for their whole life.

Now all this happened only on the assumption that the symptoms were that of HIV and not knowing it for sure. If you read these posts, you will understand all of them are posted with similar doubts in mind. And all these posts were written with the circumstances they experienced and not the result of the tests they took.

If you can spare few minutes of your time and post your test result, then consider you are helping thousands of scared(as you are now) people get relieved of their tension. SO PLEASE POST YOUR TEST RESULT ONCE YOU GET IT, SO PEOPLE CAN RELATE THIER CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE ACTUAL OUTCOMES!

HIV Facts! (Not the ones you already know of)
HIV is not that easy to get. It will not venture out like a cold virus. HIV must inject its RNA into the human cell and just cannot live on the side like other viruses. You must consistently and thoroughly help it attach itself to a human cell. Remember it is not a human disease in the first place. It is only about 50yr old and still evolving to be a human virus and it will take atleast a few thousand years before it can look out for a human host.

A cut on your finger in the morning might have already had a plasmatic coating in about 4Hrs which will usually not allow HIV to enter in. For a better chance of infection the cut must be reasonably big, minutes fresh and with sufficient HIV virus load. There is virtually 0% cases reported world-wide that some one got infected by cut-wound blood transfusion.

HIV infection through oral activity has about 90% less chances because the HIV virus does not live outside the fluid for more than about a minute and saliva, stomach juices are not good carriers.

HIV did not infect many people who had sex several hundred times with their HIV ve partners unknowingly. Human body has some unknown resistance to this virus and is well proven with many people so far.

HIV can be tested accurately(95%) starting from 2 weeks of possible exposure by a PCR-DNA test. Relatively Costly. Looks for HIV in the blood. False Positives are relatively higher than False Negatives.

HIV can be tested accurately(95%) starting from 3 months of possible exposure by antigen and antibody tests (eg: ELISA). Looks for anti-bodies in the blood that fight HIV. Tests for all strains of HIV.

HIV cannot stay in the body un-detected by our recent testing methods. Chances of non-detection are almost near zero.

HIV can be cured if PEP(ART treatment) program is given starting within 72 hours of possible exposure and continued for 2-3 months. The success ratio is 70-80% and many health-care workers who get stung by infected needles take this program and a survey suggests zero out of 400 of accidentally infected people treated with PEP program did not get HIV for life.

HIV Symptoms: Usually noticed between 2 to 3 weeks of possible exposure. Flu, Fever, Sore Throats, Lymph Node Swells, Skin Rashes(Mostly on the torso), Night Sweats, Fatigue & Tiredness. Only about 80-90% of people notice some of these symptoms. 95% of people who feel the above symptoms without being tested does not have HIV. The reason for such symptoms are the bodily reactions controlled by stressed out minds as HIV is a deadly disease. Mind has the ability to simulate the symptoms in the body if your stress is so much that you think you might die soon.

Most of the HIV surveys so far are compiled on HIV aggressive areas like Thailand Drug Usage areas, African Bush meat eating areas, Asian sex-working areas etc. So your chances of infection are only 10% of those published in the surveys.

Religion, Spiritual Transition, Redemption are some of the effective ways to pass your time while awaiting your test results. Like most of them you will lack concentration on work and many make a mistake by spending time alone. Instead spend your time with your close ones, friends, relatives and some time with your God. Every one commits sin in several ways and moments like this can be wisely used to your benefit by redeeming yourself into a better person. It need not be sexual sins alone, think of all those un-worthy things you did, pass your time thinking how you can better yourself if you are given a second chance of life. I am 99.99% sure you will be given this second chance.

We take time giving practical facts and help relive your stress, We expect you to take few minutes of your time to relive stress of several thousand users of these forums by POSTING YOUR TEST RESULTS! I know for sure 99% of people will get -ve results which is why they forget to come back to the forums. If they are ve then they would definitely come for more info and would generally respond to the posts. So, Please once again POST YOUR TEST RESULTS!
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crazybloke
replied on November 12th, 2007
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Cool U R Safe
Rest assured buddy....u r not into the trap........go have fun. stop worrying.
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