I have had a exspsure many years back around 5 years ago where I woke  up drunk inside a sex club in rotterdam, I had sex judging by the missing cash and no clothing worn, I really was in no fit state to make decisions like this. I am not sure on condom use or weather it broke as I don't remember removing one. 

The sex worker was female and I believe possible Spanish or Romania of origin around 25 years of age 

Since then I had a occasional groin dash that caused some red areas in the pubic area occasionally producing a spot or multiple spots, also I have had a groin rash with red line and similar spots in my groin fold, also having a sore broke skin area above my anus on occasion. 

Around 3 months after this event I also had some red spots on top of my hands and occasionally had red spots on top of feet. 

Fast forward 3 years and I have devoloped a cough that produces mucus from time to time mainly white and somethings tinged yellow, this cough has persisted although mild and more of a throat clearing cough for 2 years + I first noticed it after a mild cold, the cough has persisted with no other symptoms as such other than on two occasions I had chills and a fever very far apart, these only last a few hours and cleared with paracetamol, right now I am suffering the same groin rash also the cough has not gotten worse and I have not her symptoms apart from occasional shortness of breath but I put this down to anxiety 

Can you please advise is this sounds like hiv? I am heading to my doctors this week for some testing 

Thanks 

To elaborate further, your risk for infection is quite low from any single episode, even if your partner had an STI, including HIV.  Most commercial sex workers do not have HIV or other STI and  most condomless unprotected sexual exposures do not result in infection.  For instance, if your partner had untreated HIV, there is still a 99.9% chance that you would not become infected following a single sexual exposure.  

Secondly the symptoms you describe are non-specific.  The rashes you describe are non-specific and could be due to any number of causes.  While syphilis can cause a variety of unusual rashes, again, what you describe is non-specific.  Similarly, there are many possible causes of the sort of cough and respiratory secretions that you describe.  As I said above, if your tests for HIV and syphilis are negative, I would not worry further that the events you describe from five years ago.  I hope this information is helpful.  EWH

The problem with the symptoms you report is that they are all non-specific and searching the internet for specific symptoms all too often lists HIV as a cause of such symptoms.  Your apparent anxiety serves to amply your detection of symptoms and the internet amplifies the relative likelihood that HIV is causing them.  EWH

When would be in the usual place for a herpes outbreak and for a person to experience their first outbreak of genital herpes five years after exposure is likewise most unlikely. From the sounds of things however if you have open lesions in your groin I would suggest that you have them evaluated by a clinician. I am confident howeverthat they are not herpes. 

This will end this thread. Take care. Please don’t worry. EWH