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Q: Sick Again, HIV?
asked by: tgituesday on July 6th, 2007
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I had two protected sexual encounters in asia recently and have been exhibiting aids like symptoms. here is my detailed account. both girls were street workers, and I think one was exhibiting purple blotch aids like skin and was an IDU. anyways, very minimal oral, and all protected sex. All with brand new good quality condoms.

I started getting sick right when I got back. Swollen throat, and lymphs, sore groin, and white small ulcers and whiteness on my tongue. and Chronic fatigue. I was worried at first, yet bizarrely my mother also seemed to show similar symptoms, but without the white tongue. since i was obviously in no sexual contact with my mother, I assumed I was overreacting to some airborne pathogen. 2 months later and I find myself sick again. the white tongue is worse, and the ulcers are even worse. the ulcers never went away, but they were alway way at the back of the tongue and non obtrusive.

so i'm sick again. and the whitness and fatigue is back. i will test in about 3 weeks. it's been 3 months, so i want to test at 4 months to be sure. do it once and be sure. but yeah, what else could this be. the logic says protected sex is very safe. but there is something chronic inside of me that started with that. any information or similar stories would help. alot.
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Llewellyn
replied on July 6th, 2007
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Protected sex is not "safe," but it is "safer." STDs can be transmitted through oral sex and through protected sex. No method of protection is 100% effective at preventing pregnancy or STDs, so there's always a chance.

That's great that you're going to take a test. That's really all you can do since we can't tell you if you have HIV or not. What you described could be many things. Swollen lymph nodes, for example, are a sign of infection. That means it could be a sign of just about any infection. What you described also sounds a bit like mono, which is contagious, but usually completely harmless.
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tgituesday
replied on July 6th, 2007
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I have never heard of a white tongue from mono.

but then again, how bad does the tongue get with aids symptoms. when I do a google image search for white mouth and aids they send back some pretty intense infections. mine seems minimal. but it's present. could one of these women have been infected with aids and had these infections, and spread the infections but not the virus? is that possible? has you ever seen those cases?

wahtever it is, it's the same thing as the before. so it was dormant for months. or 5-6 weeks. which I am sure mono can do, fade away but persist and come back. any more info?
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Llewellyn
replied on July 6th, 2007
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I am not saying that you have mono or that you have all of the symptoms of mono. I am just pointing out that many things have similar symptoms. There are also many things that can cause your tongue to be white. Here is a list of some of the possible causes of a white tongue. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/whi te_tongue/causes.htm Again, this is not intended to diagnose you. This is only to point out that only a test can give you any definitive answers. Symptoms are usually pretty vague. Most people with HIV have no symptoms at all when they test positive. Some have no symptoms at all for ten years.

If one of your partners had HIV and something else in addition to HIV, it would be possible for her to pass neither, one thing, or both things on to you.
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