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paronoid
Jul 1, 2001
Hello
This might be a little foolish question but since i am confused and need your advice /help i am writing this .
i had oral sex (receving)with condom with a woman and then had mutual masturbation/massage with another in different periods within a week . After about 3 weeks i had flu like symptons , sligh muscle ache , sore throat and rash . i was scared and immedialtely went to the doctor .it started from my trunk area .the doctor told me it was chicken pox(i never had it when young) but chicken pox coming up suddenly out of nowhere i am linking it to the act i performed . i told the doctor (he was sure it eas chickenpox) to specifically take a chicken pox test ,it came out to be chickenpox but now i am scared that the symptons etc that i had was only due to chickenpox or it may be connected with the hiv symptons which are more or less similar . can both come in together .in other words i would like to know if i need to take an hiv test , i know both have different methods of transmission ...i am having little muscle aches after chicken pox , am getting paronoid i am having hivplease help .maybe its me!!!
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Response from Dr. Aberg
If a woman was performimg oral sex on you wearing a condom, there is no risk to you. Mutual masturbation psoes no risk either as long as genital secretions did not go into any open areas of your body. I encourage everyone to get tested for HIV if you have risks such as unsafe sex.
If you have never had chickenpox before and you got exposed to chickenpox, then it is not surprising you have chickenpox. Shingles which is a reactivation of chickenpox can occur in anyone who has had chickenpox before. It occurs more commonly in persons who are immunosuppressed such as HIV, medications that suppress the immune system, other chronic diseases. It also can cause a more serious infection in patients who are immunosuppressed.
Bottom line. Not everyone who has chickenpox has HIV and not everyone with HIV gets chickenpox. But to make yourself feel better, get tested for HIV. If you are negative, you need to learn how to protect yourself from acquiring HIV. If you are positive, you need to learn how not to transmit HIV to others. Either way, read up on HIV so you will understand more about it.
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