Someone with good knowledge please help

[Skip12]

1 month ago I got a tattoo in Hawaii, basically as soon as the tattoo was finished I started feeling sick, 1 week passed and I began to feel real tired, sore, headaches, etc. it's now been around a month and as of a week ago my glands under my arms are swollen and sore.
I am honestly gunna die of anxiety worrying that I got infected.
I really need to know if you think it's possible I did, it's just the swollen glands that are worrying me.
Someone please give advice..

[RapidRod]

1 month ago I got a tattoo in Hawaii, basically as soon as the tattoo was finished I started feeling sick, 1 week passed and I began to feel real tired, sore, headaches, etc. it's now been around a month and as of a week ago my glands under my arms are swollen and sore.
I am honestly gunna die of anxiety worrying that I got infected.
I really need to know if you think it's possible I did, it's just the swollen glands that are worrying me.
Someone please give advice..

See your doctor it is not an HIV concern. There has never been anyone contract HIV from tattoos or piercings.

[Ann]

Skip,

You need to know that symptoms of hiv seroconversion, when they happen at all (they don't always), the do NOT happen right away. They take at least two weeks to develop.

As Rodney says, not one person has ever been infected with hiv through tattooing or piercing. You won't be the first.

Provided you went to a licensed, regulated tattoo parlour, you weren't at risk for hep C or anything else either. You may have been at risk for a POST-tattoo bacterial infection, but that would not be directly caused by the artist or his tools.

If you continue to feel unwell, see a doctor. It's nothing to do with hiv as you did not have a risk for hiv.

While you're here, here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:

You need to be using condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, every time, no exceptions until such time as you are in a securely monogamous relationship where you have both tested for ALL sexually transmitted infections together.

To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with an STI. Sex without a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.

Have a look through the condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.

ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED TO TEST AFTER GETTING A TATTOO, anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care check-up, including but not limited to hiv testing, at least once a year and more often if unprotected intercourse occurs.

If you aren't already having regular, routine check-ups, now is the time to start. As long as you make sure condoms are being used for intercourse, you can fully expect your routine hiv tests to return with negative results.

Don't forget to always get checked for all the other sexually transmitted infections as well, because they are MUCH easier to transmit than hiv.

Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!

Ann

[Skip12]

I know that no one has ever contracted hiv from a tattoo in the us. However it has happened in other countries. My symptoms started around one week from the tattoo. Its now been nearly 5 weeks. And my glands are still swollen. I went to the Dr and he has said I should get tested? Wtf? Is he just being paranoid or is there a chance. This is making me struggle everyday. I'm 23. I don't want this

[RapidRod]

It has never happen and I suggest when you want to discuss HIV find a doctor that knows something about it.

[Andy Velez]

Glands are very sensitive and become swollen for all sorts of reasons. If yours persist you should discuss the matter with your doctor. Meantime keep your hands off of them. Squeezing and pressing them can cause a real problem.

For sure HIV is not the issue.