Sunday, July 17, 2011

I think i have herpes but should i be worried about HIV too?

almost 3 months ago i had a sexual encounter with a girl i didn't really know. after the encounter i panicked because i did not know the girl very well at all but had a one night stand. i was very paranoid ever since then and my life has revolved around that one encounter. i went to the doctor believing that i had contracted herpes but he kept saying it was not herpes because i had no symptoms but a slight tingle at the time. i went to planned parenthood to have the nurse look at me and she said it did not look like herpes and i had normal skin. i still was convinced and had the doctor do a herpes test which he used an igm test. a week later he called me and said i was right and said i had herpes and i was devastated. he said the igm was positive but the IgG was negative which signified a recent infection. ive had a single bump down there and i popped it before the nurse checked it. but almost 12 weeks later the bump is back and i popped it again so i suspect its herpes. however during that one encounter i did use a condom. it was a spermicidal condom and has never irritated me before and it did not break or rip. im worried that i could have gotten hiv because i might have gotten herpes. i read the spermicidal condoms increase the risk of hiv and im so scared now. i had an HIV test(finger prick) 6 weeks after the exposure and it was negative. i also have bleeding gums when i brush my teeth but had not brushed my teeth before the encounter so i don't think it could have passed that way but still worried. its week 11 and im getting another test tomorrow and one at week 12. should i be worried about contracting HIV? i know having herpes makes you more infectious and if i did get herpes from her do you think i also got HIV from her if she has it? i have been tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea and they were both negative. my herpes igm was positive. my HIV was negative at 6 weeks. and i haven't been tested for any of the other stds like hepatitis, syphilis, or any of the other ones. im planning on getting a full panel done.

No comments:

Post a Comment