Extreme fear and stree

[sigh123]

Greetings I am a 21 year old male

First I can count all of my sexual intercourse times within my two hands.
I am not sexually active.

I am worried that I might be infected. On the 28th of August I had vaginal intercourse with a prostitute. She took out the condom put it on me, gave me oral (with condom) and then continued with vaginal. 5 min in she stopped suddenly because the condom broke. I asked her if I went inside her without it and she said no that she took it right out when she felt it break. She said she didnt want to continue, assuming my uncertainty out of modesty but me being in the heat of the moment I wanted to continue. So we did. In total the act lasted 20 min she was hurrying me a bit to finish. I was also under half a pill that I guess gives you sex stamina.

During the second week of october I developed a small cold but it was mild and it was affecting everyone around me as well so I didnt pay much mind. It was gone in a few days. During the cold i didnt have a fever just runny nose sneezes and the feeling of being a little sick. I didnt sweat like crazy or had swollen lymph nodes. just a small cold.

A month passed by and wednesday of the past week I have been coughing very little, I have been feeling more tired than usual, I have had a feeling as if there was a lump in my throat, I have had kinda of a dry mouth.

I also have 4 small rashes, on each bicep and below both pecs they are dry and itch sometimes. Also I have always and lived with small rashes so I dont really apply concern to them

I have not developed a rash on my face. I have not had pain/swollen w my lymphnodes. My armpit or area in my frontal neck do not hurt nor does my groin or testis. I have not had a fever of any kind. I have not had night sweats. I have not had oral thrush or white swollen pain tongue.

I have lived with this doubt ever since that day and it has produced immense stress on me. I also have back tension and neck stiffness. Feeling the urge to crack and rub my neck back. I find myself sighing and taking deep breathes alot. My heart pounds when I think of this and I cant sleep. I also noticed on one day that I short breathes. I also when i think of this get sweaty hands and feet.


I want to know of my chance of being infected. This is driving me mad and I am scared. I have not been tested out of fear. I dont know what to do.

[Ptrk3]

If I'm reading and understanding you correctly, you were engaged in protected vaginal intercourse with a prostitute, the condom broke, you withdrew, but then continued for 20 minutes of vaginal sex with a broken condom or no condom.

If that's the case, then you are at risk of HIV infection because you had unprotected insertive vaginal sex with a partner of unknown HIV status.  However, that type of sex is not one of the "higher" risks but it is still a risk.  You can peruse the link below to determine the relative risk of your act (presuming the partner is HIV positive), which is relatively low:

http://www.aidsmap.com/Estimated-risk-per-exposure/page/1324038/

Symptoms are not meaningful to determine possible HIV infection since symptoms, if they occur at all, vary widely from person to person.  For this reason, we on these forums don't assess symptoms.

Since you had a risk for HIV infection (and/or other STD's/STI's), you should consider being tested for HIV antibodies six weeks after exposure then again 13 weeks after exposure for confirmation of that six-week test, so given your timeframe since exposure, you can test anytime.

[sigh123]

I continued having sex with a new condom.

Thanks for answering!

I just took an Oraquick Test and it came out negative! I had to build courage to do it. It is a great relief. I guess my symptoms can be due to massive stress and anxiety.

Anywho thanks again! greatly