[Question #13870] Nuru Massage
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3 days ago
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Hello doctors,Almost 5 months ago i visited a nuru massage parlour in Romania. I had nuru massage no sex no penetration , just a handjob at the end for finish. For most of the time of the massage i was lying on my stomach and the girl was massaging my back, so i couldnt see what she was doing. When i finished and went home i immediately fall asleep since i was a bit drunk from before and the next day while walking i was feeling a sore sensation on my left shoulder the same on you get when you go for a blood test. At the time i did not payed much attention but afterwards since I am a bit overthinker the thought that she might have injected me with something popped to mind , this happened 3-4 days after the massage. I took a close look on my shoulder and i could see a small dot like the one that you can barely see 3-4 days after a blood test and this made me worry much more. Almost one month after the exposure i got sick with runny nose, cough, phlegm and occasionnaly some chills. All the symptoms went away in about a week but the cough persisted for 2 months maybe a bit more. The timing of me getting sick made me worry even more. Right now writing this question i experience very dry mouth and dry hands which came out of nowhere just went to bed on night and the other i woke up with this dryness. Based on what i am describing above is there any realistic chance of me getting infected this way? Am i being paranoid? Each time i was paranoid about an exposure i would search online or take hiv tests to reassure myself but i do not think that this is the way to go. The reason i am typing here is because i want someone with much better knowledge than me to explain to me cleanly based on what i am describing if this is something to worry about or not and the rest is up to me.Thanks!
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
3 days ago
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Welcome to the forum. I'll try to help.
However, you ask something it's impossible for me to judge. I haven't a clue whether your masseuse might have injected you with something. That said, I really cannot imagine a) that she would do anything like this and b) you wouldn't know it at the time.
Acute HIV infection does not cause nasal congestion, cough, or phlegm. The "flu like" symptoms of acute retroviral syndrome mean muscle aching, fever and headache -- not symptoms that mimic a common cold, which undoubtedly is what you had.
As best I can tell, you have nothing to worry about and I would have advised against testing for HIV or any other infection. However, it seems you have already had HIV testing, right? If so and if at least one test was done 6 weeks or more after the massage, you can rely on the negative result.
I hope these comments are helpful. Let me know if anything isn't clear.
HHH, MD
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1 days ago
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Hello doctor,
Thanks for your prompt reply.
What i meant before was that i have been paranoid about hiv as well in the past and everytime i went and got tested, but i believe that this is not the way to go because it may temporarily give me peace of mind but it also enforces this behaviour of me not realizing when i am in danger or not and me thinking that all of the situations i was in demanded an hiv test. If i explain them here i know you would tell me hiv testing was not needed in either one of them.
The main reason i came here to the forums is for you doctors to help me get my mind straight and understand if this was indeed an exposure worth looking into or not.
Is there any realistic chance she might have injected me with something without me knowing and not realizing at the time somehow?
Also regarding my dry hands and dry mouth today 5 moths after along with a canker sore on my tongue hiv related? The reason i am worried about this is that regardless of the weather i never had any problems like this before but now i do.
Thanks for taking the time to look into this, looking forward for your answer.
Thanks for your prompt reply.
What i meant before was that i have been paranoid about hiv as well in the past and everytime i went and got tested, but i believe that this is not the way to go because it may temporarily give me peace of mind but it also enforces this behaviour of me not realizing when i am in danger or not and me thinking that all of the situations i was in demanded an hiv test. If i explain them here i know you would tell me hiv testing was not needed in either one of them.
The main reason i came here to the forums is for you doctors to help me get my mind straight and understand if this was indeed an exposure worth looking into or not.
Is there any realistic chance she might have injected me with something without me knowing and not realizing at the time somehow?
Also regarding my dry hands and dry mouth today 5 moths after along with a canker sore on my tongue hiv related? The reason i am worried about this is that regardless of the weather i never had any problems like this before but now i do.
Thanks for taking the time to look into this, looking forward for your answer.
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
1 days ago
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Thanks for the thanks.
I agree exactly with your initial statement ("What I meant before...."). No risk and no need for testing.
"understand if this was an indeed an exposure worth looking into or not"? Definitely not.
"is there any realistic chance...?" Answered above. Read my original reply.
HIV does not cause "dry hands and dry mouth" or canker sores. Their occurrence is random, untreated to your massage.
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