[Question #5417] Follow up on question 5384
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
21 months ago
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20 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
20 months ago
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20 months ago
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Hello Dr.
Once again many thanks for your insight into my case, it has really helped me deal with this whole situation, but from time to time I still get some anxiety because I tend to really overthink stuff and I cannot wait to test again 4 weeks after completing PEP which will be on the 24th of this month so I can get a definitive result and close this chapter in my life and move on.
Just a couple of final questions to close this thread, 10 days after I stopped taking PEP, I started to have some headaches around my forehead like I had a really tight sweatband around it, had a minor sore throat which only lasted a day and some lower back pain and some mild pain around my shoulders and neck, I haven't had a fever and no rash but I did notice a small bump on the side of my neck just below my left ear and I thought it was a swollen lymph node but it looks and feels too small and you can't really notice it unless you actually stare at it and look for it, I think it may have been there this whole time but just now I am noticing it and I am freaking out about any little change in my body. Me being the anxious person that I am, I looked up ARS symptoms and some do include the ones I listed, but then again since I've been having a lot of anxiety during this whole time, I looked up physical symptoms of anxiety and the symptoms are almost the same. I know it's probably nothing and I think my symptoms have more to do with anxiety than HIV but my question is, does PEP delay ARS symptoms?? Or if by some astronomical fluke I really was exposed, would ARS symptoms have showed up when I was taking the PEP? Would 6 weeks be too late for ARS symptoms to show up regardless of PEP?? Or do you think I am just overthinking stuff again and my symptoms are just physical manifestations of anxiety?? I know it's hard to talk about symptoms over the internet, but I wanted to get your insight one last time. Again thank you for your time doc and have a great day.
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
20 months ago
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