Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 11/9/2009

Question
yes my ? is i slept with a woman 1 time i penetrated in her maybe 8 times at the most unprotected maybe no longer than 2 mintues then i put a condom on it was a spare of the moment deal i dont know if she has hiv or not but im scared to death because i came down with slight flu around like symtpoms for about 3 or 4 days the symptoms were a slight fever around 100.2 sore throat nausea and diarrea but only had it 2 times the whole time.no other symptoms sum fatigue with the fever and this was around 7 weeks after we had sex my ? to you is i have heard and saw on many websites that if a newly hiv postive person has symptoms its usally always before 6 weeks after that is rare so would you call my symptoms at 7 weeks afterwords rare for hiv symptoms? and what is the chances from a one tme with me being a man and i did put a condom on about 2 mins into it even if she had hiv i know it can happen but would my chances be slim? no blood was involved i didnt have cuts on my penis either or no stds.id really appreciate it if u can answer me thank you!  it just worries me i guess because of the slight flu like symptoms i had. and my bad judgement not using a condom at first

Answer
Having unprotected sex means that vaginal fluid could have entered your penis- which is how HIV is transmitted. You cannot try to diagnose yourself based on whether you got sick or not, or when. If you want to know whether or not you have HIV, you need to get an HIV test.