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Could Sinus Problem And Fever After An Unprotected Sex Be Signs Of HIV?

doctor i had sex with a known woman who is 10 yrs older than me...i am now worried that i might have the risk of contacting HIV..but the woman is healthy and has two children of 9 years and 7 years who are healthy . recently she went for the treatment for white discharge and doctors said she hasn't got any VD problems ...her husband is also healthy. now i'm kind of worried about it because i got sinus and slight fever just 20 days after i had sex with her . should i go for testing..please help me ....
Thu, 24 Jul 2014
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General & Family Physician,  's  Response
Hello dear,

A. First of all, HIV cannot be diagnosed only on the basis of symptoms.
The presence of sinus problem & fever is indicative of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection.
It can be managed with a course of antibiotics, analgesics (like Paracetamol) & perform warm salt water gargle.
Kindly consult an ENT specialist & start treatment as advised.

B. There is no need to panic with thoughts of HIV infection.
To relieve your concern, you can undergo certain tests like p24 assay or PCR for HIV, which becomes positive within a week and are almost 100 % sensitive.
Even the presence of a single virus in the body can be detected by PCR.
So, if this test comes negative, you can be sure that you are safe.

Wishing you a good health.
Take care.
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Hematologist,  Dr. Hardik Sanghvi's  Response
Hi, your symptoms are not of hiv. Hiv symptoms are not appears suddenly . Symptoms of hiv are persistent fever, chronic diarrhoea, weight loss, weaknesses,lymphadenopathy frequent infection etc. hHowever it does not mean you are safe. she may have hiv in window period. so you should go for confirmatory hiv testing once after a month of exposure. You can go with p24 antigen or pcr. thanks for using health care magic.
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Could Sinus Problem And Fever After An Unprotected Sex Be Signs Of HIV?

Hello dear, A. First of all, HIV cannot be diagnosed only on the basis of symptoms. The presence of sinus problem & fever is indicative of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. It can be managed with a course of antibiotics, analgesics (like Paracetamol) & perform warm salt water gargle. Kindly consult an ENT specialist & start treatment as advised. B. There is no need to panic with thoughts of HIV infection. To relieve your concern, you can undergo certain tests like p24 assay or PCR for HIV, which becomes positive within a week and are almost 100 % sensitive. Even the presence of a single virus in the body can be detected by PCR. So, if this test comes negative, you can be sure that you are safe. Wishing you a good health. Take care.