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I am experiencing bumpy dots after having protected sex. Does this indicate HIV?

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Published At July 4, 2019
Reviewed AtDecember 19, 2023

Patient's Query

Hello doctor,

I recently had unprotected sex with a prostitute last month. I had a condom with me for the starting the last five minutes she took off the condom and put my penis into it for about 5 minutes or lesser. For a few days, I have nothing because I did not know much about HIV only heard it before, so one day, I scroll through my feed and saw something about HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Then I search about it after which I started to get scared and worried. Later on, I feel stress. I went for a rapid test two weeks after, and it comes out as false negative. Although I know this is not a confirmed result, I went for a check to relief myself. I have eye fatigue, muscle soreness, leg weakness, some not red bumpy dots on my hand is not itchy. A little muscle pain and insomnia. I ate a lot of fruits and doing exercise lately. Between there is the one I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and been waking up early these few weeks. I am still young. I do not want to ruin my future of these little mistakes. I regret what I have done. Now it is the fourth week I am going to go for another check-up next week.

Hello,Welcome to icliniq.com.

I want to bring some of the recent facts about HIV tests. Studies have shown that the recent tests are highly sensitive and specific and HIV seroconversion (positivity) could be detected within one to two weeks after the onset of illness by the majority of the currently available tests. There are guidelines which have mentioned that four generation test can detect 95 % infections four weeks after exposure. Negative test after four weeks needs to be confirmed with the second test three months after exposure. The symptoms which you are having could have multiple reasons and could be just a coincidental finding at this time point. Continue with exercise and proper diet. I recommend you to take precautions in the future (consistent and corrective use of condoms). I hope my reply has helped you, but, if you still have any more questions, please revert.

Same symptoms don't mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!

Dr. Ravinder K. Sachdeva
Dr. Ravinder K. Sachdeva

HIV/AIDS specialist

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