Do me doing oral got hiv
recently I just had sex with a hooker. We had protected sex and i perform cunninglus to her. During cunning, I dont have any mouth ulcer but i use a mouthwash before it The first 3 weeks is normal after that. Then at week 4 I had a flu and cough. Then at week 5 my lymph node under my jaw is swollen. Just want to know if this is hiv or other. I kind of freaking out right now. So help me guys
I am so glad you reached out when you're feeling so freaked out and dealing with these symptoms. As I understand, you used protection during penetrative sex and also performed oral sex.
HIV can only be transmitted by 5 bodily fluids: precum, semen, vaginal secretions, breast milk, and blood that come in contact with a membrane - it can't be transmitted by saliva. In terms of oral sex, it is at the lower end of the risk spectrum - more on that and mouthwash here: https://h-i-v.net/myths-misconceptions
In terms of protection, if they are living with HIV and have a detectable status (folks can reach an undetectable/untransmittable status with treatment), condoms are thought to be 80% preventative in heterosexual sex and 63% and 72% for men who have insertive anal sex with other men and men who have receptive anal sex with other men, respectively (more on that here: https://h-i-v.net/risk-reduction)
There could be other reasons for your symptoms if your risk of transmission is lower - is there a health professional you trust that you can share this with? Testing is the only way to be certain and you may be out of the 33 window period to test (I think you said it's been 5 weeks?) More on testing here: https://h-i-v.net/test-types
I hope this info is helpful. Please keep us posted on how you're doing. - Liz (Team Member)@LizGreen The thing that kept me thinking was, did the vaginal fluid goes into my mouth during me doing oral to her. So thats the one that makes me unsettled. I dont know, if I got a bit of the vaginal fluid into my mouth, do i count as exposed?
Right now its about to enter week 5. So like 4 weeks and 6 days. I read that the symptom can appear during 2-6 weeks of exposured. So the symptom that I have now makes me worried with the timelineI know you're worried, I'm sorry it's so hard to go without answers like this. We can't assess your risk like this over the forums, only a medical professional could do that. But we can share that in the case of transmission through oral sex, the risk is at the lower end of the spectrum compared to unprotected vaginal or anal sex. You can definitely learn more about the specifics through this article (which I did not share with you yet): https://h-i-v.net/transmission.
All that said, HIV testing should be part of everyone's regular health routine. I know there can be many barriers to getting tested, but talking to someone at a clinic about your risk level. Do you know of a place that does testing near you? We can help you locate someone. - Liz (Team Member)
