Question: I had potentially unprotected (insertive) male on male sex in October of 2011. I say "potentially" because I was intoxicated but I thought at the time I had on a condom.

At the end of November of 2012 I started developing what I thought was a sinus issue that I get due to allergies 3 or 4 times a year. Symptoms have persisted off and on now for over three months. Some of my symptoms are as follows;

Stuffy nose
Post nasal drip - December
Itchy scaly eyebrows - november
Oral herpes - off and on now and for many many years
clogged ears - off an on since December
Night Sweats - December
Fatigue - December
Lack of Concentration, Dizzy, lightheaded - December
numb, tingly hands and feet - December and hot foot (bottom) now
High blood pressure - since December - now on meds
tinnitus - since December
Off and on loose stools and upset stomach - Once every few weeks since December
External hemorrhoid - came up a few weeks ago but has since gone away.
Dry mouth - now
possible oral thrush - not sure (rough patch inside left cheek)

I have strong mold, and tree and grass allergies. I live in an area of XXXXXXX (Austin) that may be the worst for allergy sufferers. I was much better in February but March has brought back the clogged ears, tinnitus, and severally stuffy nose. I have had this for 2 1/2 weeks now.

Back in December I was on 4 weeks of antibiotics for an infection which helped me heal. I am not currently on antibiotics but I am on steroid nose sprays, zyrtec and singulair and nothing seems to help. The ringing, clogged ears and stuffy nose are killing me.

Is this primary HIV or do I just need to get a better control on my allergy issues?

What I have now is;

1) clogged ears - I blow them out every so often during the day
2) Very loud tinnitus
3) Stuffy nose - constantly blowing out mucous
4) irregular bowel movements - not loose - just not healthy and not regular
5) canker sore on lip
6) irregular skin patch on inside of left cheek / Dry mouth - this is relatively new

I will get healthy for a few weeks - with limited tinnitus and then the pollen and molds kick up and I am back to this state.

I just need some relief to feel good. I take zyrtec and a steroid nasal spray and nothing seems to help.

I appreciate your very complete suggestions.

I saw an ENT back in December and he did a CT Scan, Pure Tone test and examination. He just said that I have a sinus infection - sinusitis. He prescribed antibiotics in mid December for two weeks and then another round of three weeks in early January. This seemed to help and by the end of January O was feeling good. I still had the tinnitus. However, about that time was when I started experiencing the irregular bowels and irritable stomach.

February was a relatively good month and then around the 10th of March (which is when molds and pollen are very high here in Austin) I started getting the stuffy nose, yellow / green mucus clogged ears and tinnitus again.

Pollen levels are still high but going down and the stuffy nose has subsided considerably. No longer do I have yellow green mucus - but still blow my nose often. The clogged ear is still slightly present and the tinnitus is still active.

One thing is that I have started to develop a metallic taste on my tongue. I was also taking a steroid nose spray which I have stopped today because of the taste. The canker sore on my lips are gone and the sore on the inside of my left cheek seems to be going away but very slow (this could be from cheek biting). My tongue looks fine except at the very back where there appear to be some white stuff. Hard to tell.

Could I have an overgrowth of candida? I read that this is something that is seem in HIV cases? Can normal healthy people get this candida buildup?

1) I'm normally healthy other than these issues listed above. Perhaps a touch of anxiety and stress with work, family and the scare of HIV.
2) The steroid spray is dymista
3) I am not currently on antiviral medication - I have not tested for HIV
4) I don't really have diarrhea. my bowel movements have just been a bit irregular.
5) The audio test showed some slight hearing loss - possibly due to sounds from guns and hunting

Thank you Doctor for your responses.

1) I'm very fearful of the HIV test. All logic says that the one brief encounter would not likely infect me yet the consequences of a positive result keep me from being tested. Do you think it is more anxiety than anything?

2) I stopped the Dymista. The bad taste in the tongue has stopped but my mouth doesn't feel completely healthy. I had some rough spots inside my cheek but they werent really white and didn't really look like thrush. A once over with the tooth brush and it goes away. The mouth just feels unhealthy.

3) The gut is still a bit of a problem. I seem to have a diarrhea once a day but once everything is out no problems until the next day. some days the stool is more consistent and no diarrhea (today). Over the weekend however both days I had diarrhea in the am.

4) The clogged ears and the ringing is just the worst. particularly at night after a long hard day at work.

5) the warm right foot continues to be a mystery.

I can't help but think that my body is telling me something is wrong. Perhaps it is just that I am working too much, stressed from work and family life, not exercising enough and also worried that I have some bad disease.

Any advice?

So would you feel good about the chances of a negative result going into the HIV test?

I guess my question is given the symptoms is this likely HIV or something else including anxiety.