Two years ago I had unprotected vaginal sex with a woman, her HIV status is unknown. Immediately after, I developed symptoms consistent with a UTI, and had an additional unpleasant fish smell from my penis head and drip. I tested negative for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis.  I was nevertheless given several rounds of antibiotics and diagnosed with chronic prostatitus. Fast forward two years, I had oral surgery that led to an open wound on my tongue. I performed oral sex on my now wife and shortly after developed oral thrush, along with other symptoms. I have gone through several rounds of treatment (nystatin pill, nystatin mouthwash, and now on the 150 mg fluconazole). The symptoms have persisted and made me think I might have contracted HIV two years ago, since everything I read says a healthy adult should be able to kick oral thrush easily with treatment. (As an aside, the symptoms aren’t severe, more mild and annoying; and I did not seek help until about 1.5 months after the first symptoms). 

Welcome to the Forum.  Thanks for your questions.  I'll be glad to comment.  Your encounter two years ago was very low risk and not something to worry about  Your partner was low risk and your recent OraQuick result proves that you were not infected (while not our favorite test, particularly for diagnosis of recent infections, the statistical performance of OraQuick is equivalent to other tests for HIV antibodies.  If you had HIV the test would have been positive.---

Dr. Hook. Thank you very much for your response. It gave me a peace of mind I have not had in over a month. I’ve been stressing daily about this issue, obsessively researching to see if my symptoms were consistent with HIV or some other disease. This stress actually caused my blood pressure to rise from 116/72 (taken a month before the issue arose) to 130/78 (taken in the midst of my constant stress and anxiety). My Mean Arterial Pressure also rose from 87 to 103 in that same time period. I wonder if this constant stress is actually weakening my immune system so that I’m not fighting off the thrush as effectively, and causing a host of other symptoms I am experiencing (cold sweats, blurred vision, irritability, etc). 

I'm sorry for the stress you've gone through.  The internet is all too often misleading and on the internet connections between "thrush" and HIV are blown totally out of proportion.  ---

Thank you for your response. Last two questions from me:

I meant to add to my last comment that the doctor who ordered the test never told me about a window period or whether I should get a confirmation test. It did not occur to me until I researched the window the other day.

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