Stinging Pain Worried It Could Be HIV

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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 »

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 »

So worried about groin pain

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

So my stupid ass had sex with two prositutes in the Dominican Republic a few weeks ago. I know that the HIV rate there is extremely high, so I am very worried that one or both of the women may have been positive.

I used a condom both times, and... 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 »

Just a bit worried that I might've caught HIV

Posted by andysimoeon, 1 Reply

So I had unprotected sex 3 weeks ago. I'm from Australia, Sydney. Before having sex, I asked the person if he was drug and disease free, and he replied yes. He asked me if I was and I also replied Yes. I was a bottom and he was a top. We did use a... Read more »

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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 »

worry worry worry.

had sex with a hiv positive woman,nov 4 2007,tested negative with ELISA,twenty days after,a doctor gave me zidovudin as PEP from the twenty fifth day which i could take only 20 tablets for 10 days and stoped because of side effects.tested again -ve...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I need to highlight several important issues in your post:1.Unprotected sex did place you at some degree of risk for STDs, including HIV. Consequently HIV testing is warranted.2.The appropriate HIV diagnostic screening test is an ELISA (EIA,... Read more »

MUTUAL MASTERBATION. WORRIED SICK...QUESTION NEVER ANSWERD!!! ?(HIV TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO HIV NEGATIVES)

dr. Frascino,i am worried about the development of hiv, i am not very knowledgeable on the subject and turn to you for trusted advice.recently i was involved in clothed mutual masturbation. i didnt notice until later but i had a picked hangnail on a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,QUESTIONS NEVER 'ANSWERD'!!!"??? Not true! I "ANSWERD" it! See below.Dr. BobHIV between two hiv-negative people?(HIV TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO HIV NEGATIVES)Jul 2, 2007 is there a way hiv can develop through a... Read more »

HIV WORRY

DEAR SIR,Today it is 48 days after I had sex with a prosititute. I am having pain in lymph nodes recurrently and skin rashes. I have not had fever or diarrhea or loss of appetite. Is it HIV? If not, what other viral infection can it be? I am very...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

The symptoms you describe may be due to acute HIV infection but are certainly not specific for it. At this stage, I would strongly suggest you undergo testing for HIV and other sexual infections (such as syphilis) that may have been transmitted at... Read more »

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