[Question #9787] anal frottage and symptoms
29 months ago
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Hi. I grew up in the 90s and had some HIV scares over the
years mostly to relatively low risk acts. I am bi and have oral, frottage and
insertive anal with men. Haven’t had receptive anal. 4 years ago, I decided to
go on PREP and it eased my mind until now.
Recently, I have engaged in anal frottage (4 times), allowing men to rub
their penises on my anus, simulating sex poking against my anus. I don't think
there was penetration. Most of what I read says you’d know if this had happened.
Being on PREP, I figured this was safe except for other STD's. There were also
oral acts but not as worried about those. My concern is 18 days after the last act of
anal frottage, I got sick. Started as a dry cough and in 2 days became a wet
cough. I have some body aches, malaise, nasal congestion and lots of green
phlegm when I cough. Temp is mostly normal - the highest it got was 99.6. Symptoms for 6 days now. No headache, no sore throat,
no rash. Went to doctor and got neg results for covid\flu. I mentioned my
concerns about ARS and they weren’t concerned. I've read you say that cough is
not a symptom for ARS but I can find sites that say otherwise (I know – don’t search
the internet). I can’t stop thinking,
what if it slipped in and anal frottage became anal receptive. And timing of this illness was perfectly in
line with the incubation period for ARS. What else could it be is what I keep
telling myself. I took oraquick test 3 days
after symptoms (21 days after the incident) knowing it’s too early to be that useful.
(Negative). I know odds are in my favor but due to window period, I won’t know
for a few more weeks and I will torture myself thinking about it. So what do
you think? How worried should I be? Should I refrain from sex until I have a
negative test? It's disappointing that I
got on PREP to avoid the worry and yet here it is happening again just like it
is 1992. Thanks.
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
29 months ago
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29 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
29 months ago
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