[Question #1063] Follow up to question no: 1018
97 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
97 months ago
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Repeating your questions will not change the answers. Your exposure was a low but not no risk exposure. Asking questions about "have you ever" is not helpful. Indeed, people have been infected with HIV following a single, brief exposure. On the other hand, following a single exposure, your risk for infection is very low. Further, the symptoms you describe are far, far more suggestive of a respiratory tract infection such as a summer cold than any STI, including HIV.
Your symptoms are not suggestive of any other STI either. You need to relax. get tested when appropriate and move on. Further, you should realize that your anxious reaction to such exposures suggests that you should not continue them in the future. You worry too much. EWH
97 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
97 months ago
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