Developed fever, bodyache and headache after having unprotected sex, 1 weekback.

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Sir Im from india male 26yrs of age visited a massage parlour for body relaxation massage & seduced that girl to have sex so i penetrated her for 10 seconds and removed. After 12 days of this incident i got mild fever for 5 hours and next day with body ache and headache after 1 week of (after 18 days of exposure) i got spleen enlargment for three days ( I used to drink daily ) what is my risk of hiv plz answer

Submitted: 4 Days
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Expert:  Dr. John Monheit replied 4 Days.

Hello,

Thanks for your query at Spring Health

Your symptoms of fever after 12 days followed by headache and spleen enlargement after unprotected sex with an unknown person does signifies a high risk for HIV positivity. Although, symptoms alone cannot classically say you are HIV positive. Its important you go through a number of blood tests:

  1. Antibody test
  2. ELISA test
  3. Western blot test

These tests usually are not positive until 30 days after you have got the infection, its called the window period. It's a must you repeat the test after four weeks again. You do not have to worry about the confidentiality, it is always maintained in VCTC.

I request you to follow the following:

  1. I suggest you to always use condom during sexual intercourse.
  2. Do not have sexual intercourse with people you don't know.
  3. If you turn out to be HIV positive, its very important you tell your spouse about this.

Hope this helps. Please feel free to ask follow-up questions

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