Expert: Codie Sprinkle - 11/14/2006

Question
Please don’t think I want to waste your time, I’m just extremely nervous.

I started having some kind of discharge back in June 16, at first they thought it was either Chlamydia or Gonorrhea, apparently it wasn’t, they thought it was probably Tricomones and I was given medication for three days. That discharge comes and goes, sometimes it goes away for more than two weeks. I went back to the doctor and he says it’s basically some kind of Non-gonnococcal Urethritis.

Back in August 4th, I tested positive for Herpes Type II and on September 4th, I tested positive for Herpes Type I as well.

As you guys confirmed, having been infected with these STD’s wouldn’t stop the body from developing HIV antibodies if it had been infected with HIV, it wouldn’t take the body more than 12 weeks to develop HIV antibodies.

I had my last test taken two weeks ago, it was Non Reactive.

All my incidents were between 20 and 27 weeks before this test excluding the last incident which was 16 weeks before the test; this last incident was really just oral sex a man performed on me.

The one incident I was really worried about happened 27 weeks before that test, all other incidents were really either oral sex and 1 anilingus encounter.

My lymph nodes have been hurting, not in extreme pain; but hurting and about 4 days before my last test I woke up around 1:20 A.M. and realized that my shirt was a little sweaty even though I wasn’t really sweating, I mean, my face or body weren’t wet, that same day at 10:00 P.M. for about 15 minutes I felt like having “heat waves” inside my body. This past Thursday around 6:00 P.M. I didn’t feel sick or anything; but my hands were extremely hot, even though by the time I got home I took my temperature and apparently didn’t have any fever.

These pain in my lymph nodes and these incidents of having some kind of fever have worried me a lot.

Do you see anything here that I should worry about particularly regarding HIV? I would imagine that my immune system is OK, I don’t think it would be damaged because I have Herpes and an NGU. I wouldn’t think a body wouldn’t identify the HIV Virus because of having those two other infections.

Do you think that the Urethritis, Herpes could be causing the Lymph Nodes hurting a little and because of that having had those days some “fever” or “hot flashes”? I’ve been under tons of stress, I’m an obsessive compulsive person and I have just developed tons of stress.

I would really appreciate your comments regarding this.


Answer
You're not wasting my time at all.  This may be side effects of your hsv 1 and 2.  I am not sure if you know this but it takes 6 months after exposure to have an accurate reading.  I am pretty sure you have nothing to worry about.  Transmitting HIV through oral sex is very rare their mouth would have to have an open wound.  To ease yourself I reccomend going back to your doctor after the six month waiting period and get tested again.