Stinging Pain After Getting Head Worried I Have HIV

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worried of getting stabbed with hiv in my foot

Posted by worried1234, 3 Replies

Hi i am a male from malaysia,i was just hanging around with my friend last week,we were just sitting in a corner playing with our handhelp videogames.suddenly a group of 6 homosexual indian people walked past,they were talking and shouting alll... Read more »

Can anxiety cause armpit and neck pain/stinging?

Posted by ExWorryWart, 2 Replies

Has anyone experienced this?
I know what anxiety and panic attack is as I have experienced it first hand but never before do I remember having this 'weird' sensation. Any worried wells here experience stinging pain in both armpits and constant dull... Read more »

Keep getting worried...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was tested for HIV at six weeks and it was negative (not definitive, but supposedly encouraging). I went for a definitive test at 15 weeks last Wednesday (April 5) and am awaiting the results. Now I'm worried that I may also have been infected... Read more »

HIV may be in your head, not your veins........

Posted by rjasin123, 2 Replies

From our own experts at thebody.com
http://www.thebody.com/sowadsky/worried.html

"Many people are fearful that they have HIV, even though they are either at very low risk of infection, or have tested negative for HIV. The common term informally used... Read more »

worried I've got HIV after oral without

Posted by anonymouslad, 6 Replies

4 weeks ago I had unprotected oral(I was the receiver) with a girl. 2 weeks later I started getting back and neck pains. Plus regularly feeling mildly sick. Now those back and neck pains are getting quite severe(I'm literally in agony as I type... Read more »

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Worried about getting HIV? Please, please help!

Hi! I read so much about possibility if HIV transmission but I am still very worried. Please help me! I am gay guy and dealt with HIV positive guy from January to September 2011. He states that he has undetectable virus load and I am tend to trust...

Response from Richard Cordova III

Test Positive Aware Network

Hi there:Three months is the amount of time it takes to get an accurate HIV test result. Nothing you described would be considered a high-risk activity. Kissing, mutual masturbation, and oral sex are all low-risk, and safer sex activities. Bottom... Read more »

Risk of getting HIV from Rapid finger prick Test. Worried!

Hello! I recently tested negative on a rapid HIV test. WAY LONG out of the window period! So Woo- Hoo! Silly me has gotten the funny idea in my head that I could possibly contract HIV from the rapid finger prick test that was given to me.I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Probably OCD Lady,First off, I'd drop the "probably." Your fears of contracting HIV from a rapid HIV test are irrational. A detailed explanation is not warranted. Suffice it to say that lancets and pricking devices used for... Read more »

Seriously worried-it's making me ill (menatlly)... ( (GET TESTED, 2009))

Hi I am in desperate need of an opinion...Around 7 years ago, at uni, I had, i think as I very drunk, unprotected sex with someone I barely knew. We kept in contact for a short while afterwards but then I lost contact. I only had sex with him once...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Any advice? Sure. Care to take a guess what it might be??? I'll give you a hint: See the recent post from the archives below.Dr. Bobhaunted by the past...Jun 12, 2009 Hi Dr Bob, First off, thank you so much for all you do - your service is... Read more »

Needle worry...very very worried (NEEDLE STICK) (URBAN LEGEND, 2009)

I went to a Club/Bar in China and i was wearing my Jeans (and also underwear inside the jeans)i was standing and suddenly i felt a sting kind of stuff on my right butt cheek. I tried to feel for what happened(after around 2 second) but cudnt find...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,A "sting kind of stuff on (your) right butt cheek"???? Oh my. Your "needle worry" is really needless worry! (See below.)To answer your specific questions:1.No, there are no documented cases of psychotic HIV-infected... Read more »

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