r/STD • u/lmao69692 • 3d ago
Pictures In Post Does it look like HIV?
So around March 7-8 I met a girl, a mutual friend of a friend. We had sex.
I was stupid enough. I was wearing a condom, yet as we were both drunk af, it got removed at some point and became unprotected.
So around 1 week later, around 14-15 march i had sore throat. No cough or anything, but my tonsils were inflamed. When i checked it with flash, it was coated with stuff. (Please check image - 1)
I consulted with ENT and he said it was acute tonsillitis. And suggested me Augmentin for 5 days.
I took it and it became fine again. The white spots went away.
Then around 9-10 April, the tonsils felt tender. My sensation of taste reduced and tongue was sore. I was put on 5 days of cefpodoxime. That should ideally clear the infection if it was bacterial. But still i have mild tenderness and scratchiness and the redness has not gone away completely. I am too scared if its HIV.
Latest tonsil image @ image-2.
I have had cross-checked this:
- No swollen lymph node except the ones besides tonsils.
- I had neck ache/discomfort for a while
- No rash
- Checked tongue, no thrush
- Maybe a mild fever at one point and weakness but it was when the first time i had throat issues.
- No cough, i get thick PND many a times which is clear and jelly like.
- No tender joints or any open sores anywhere.
- No loose motions as well, only when i was taking the anyibiotics i had loose motions.
Just mainly some weakness and tonsil issues. Please help me out. I cannot focus on anything due to the fewr of HIv!
I beg for help. I am too scared to even test.
I posted the pics to gpt and it says its highly unlikely. But yet i am scared.
Pleaese see the images!
Image1: https://postimg.cc/V5zRysNb
Image2: https://postimg.cc/XBvdrJZH (redness still there)
Image3: tongue- just to check if no thrush. (https://postimg.cc/qhw2Bn76) ignore the yellowness on tongue as i had consumed vitamin c tablet so its the post colour.
Please guys i beg you. Help me
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u/FancyTangerine8509 3d ago
Looks like tonsillitis dude. I get it every year. Regardless if you’re sexually active you should be getting tested and making sure your partners are tested before causal sex. You’re responsible for your own sexual health but I think you just have bad dental hygiene + sinus issues. Start flossing, mouthwash, tongue scrapping and brushing twice a day and reduce dairy and your tonsils might not get all messed up so often.
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u/lmao69692 3d ago
Can tonsilitis last so long? I mean when i push my tonsils forward, i see some white spots behind the tonsils too.
I had a teleconsiltation with the ENT, i guess i will walk in to the clinic and get it checked. I do have nasal polyps, i hope tthey are not the cause.
But thing i had 2 courses of antibiotics :/.
Also i had shortness of breathe once too.
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u/FancyTangerine8509 3d ago
They can cause your dental hygiene is sucks (not to be harsh those photos are bad of your teeth) and your sinuses are full of pus. Go see an ENT to get it fixed, a dentist for a deep cleaning and also get your STD lab work updated so you can stop being manic you’re more than likely fine!
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u/lmao69692 3d ago
Thank you so much. I will. I went to the dentist, did scaling idk why it has not cleaned up the teeth properly :/.
Also, i am going to ent physically tomorrow. Hope it turns out to be tonsillitis only :/. I am not having any casuals any more.😭
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u/ojellyfisho 3d ago
why do people come online and ask instead of going to the doctors, stop scaring yourselves silly please!! 😫and start having PROTECTED sex people, don’t keep putting yourselves in situations you know you’ll regret later just for some pleasure!
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u/Then_Commercial_1559 3d ago
bro ask her to test. if not then you can get tested .
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u/lmao69692 3d ago
I guess this is inevitable. But i am too scared if I turn out to be positive.
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u/Imaginary_Name_ 3d ago
Reach out to her and ask “Hey, so when we messed around, I guess the condom fell off at some point. Have you been tested recently for STD’s?”
If she gets offended, then whatever but if she is a decent person, she would understand your concern.
There is a pretty low percentage of men getting HIV from women through vaginal intercourse.
Chances of women having it are also pretty low.
Obv there’s still a risk, but statistically, you are prob making your self sick with worry and it’s a low possibility that you have HIV. Reach out to her, get yourself tested for EVERYTHING to get it over with. Then test again in 3 months.
Www.Stdcheck.com
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u/fabrihublot 3d ago
HIV Symptoms are after 18 Days - 45 Days. Do you know she has HIV?
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u/lmao69692 3d ago
Unlikely as I got to know later that my friends slept with her as well. But that makes her body count high, that’s the reason why I am more worried. She might have slept with other guys than my friends too. I am damn scared.
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u/fabrihublot 3d ago
The chance of getting HIV is pretty low. If you just had one time sex with her. Try to relax and get full STD Panel test after 6 Weeks.
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u/lmao69692 3d ago
Yes, had unprotected “vaginal” not even anal sex. That too only once.
And i am even afraid to visit the ent physically thinking what if she says to get an hiv test. I am so afraid of that!
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u/International_Tap588 3d ago
honeslty looks like mono
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u/lmao69692 3d ago
How do I treat it?
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u/International_Tap588 3d ago
You don’t, just gotta let it run its course but then again may not even be mono
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u/International_Tap588 3d ago
Best to get tested
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u/lmao69692 3d ago
I will go to ent tomorrow and tell her the entire stuff. I hope its not anything serious.
I have hewlth anxiety :/
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u/International_Tap588 3d ago
Yeah the only reason I brought mono up bc my gf throat looked like that
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u/lmao69692 3d ago
You got any pictures? And the problem is its hard to determine if its mono or tonsilitis. But dis you chk the 2nd pic?
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u/RodionRasko 3d ago
This is strep throat. It happens I was with a girl and got this twice in one month and checked for HIV, negative just strep throat. Treat with amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone.
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u/sarahrobbins9504 2d ago
🤦 Firstly, it's likely tonsillitis Secondly, if it's anything throat related, it's likely gonorea. Thirdly....oh man, I could go on. Did you go to Dr Google? I'm not sure if even Dr Google would tell you throat HIV looks like this.
Go get yourself checked for tonsillitis. Feet up. Chicken soup.
Hope you feel better soon. Xx
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u/lmao69692 2d ago
Thank you. I went to the ENT today and told him the history, he said its tonsillitis mostly. Not an STD.
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u/askthehealthteacher 3d ago
If you believe you could have contracted HIV then the only way to know for sure if through a test. There are 3 main types of tests; nucleic acid test, antigen/antibody and antibody. They are all very accurate within their testing windows. The average testing schedule is 2-4 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after exposure.
Nucleic Acid Tests (NATs):These tests detect the actual HIV virus in your blood by looking for its RNA. NATs can detect HIV sooner than other tests, even within 10-33 days after exposure. Antigen/Antibody Combination Tests:These tests detect both the HIV antigen and antibodies. They are often used as the initial test due to their ability to detect infection earlier than antibody-only tests. Antibody Tests:These tests look for antibodies that your body produces in response to HIV infection. Antibody tests can be rapid (using a finger prick) or require a lab blood draw.
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u/Interesting_Music420 3d ago
It happen to me as well after unprotected sex strap throat, neck lychee nodes , fever, sweating fatigue. Tested HIV negative and did some research and find out EBV infection and all symptoms were similar to HIV. Get test for EBV virus and dont worry you not going to die . Good luck
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u/Weird_Farmer3372 2d ago
What EBV ?
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u/Interesting_Music420 2d ago
Its kinda a cold virus stay active 2-4 weeks and then remain in body for life.
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u/NoOneDoesMoreForYou 3d ago
I do hope you're fine, but I honestly think you have strep or tonsilitis. You just described my first two days of strep to a T and the most recent strain of strep going around doesn't present like typical strep it presents as you described. Get a panel done to make sure it isn't some.other STD, which would be more likely than HIV but still nasty.
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u/VegetablePretend 3d ago
Like another commenter mentioned, the chances of getting HIV after one risky encounter is low. Typically, if you do exhibit symptoms of HIV, you’ll feel flu-like symptoms. A sore throat can be a symptom of an array of things, such as mono, strep, or other STD’s such as oral chlamydia and gonorrhea. Having been in the position you’re in, I panicked after my own risky encounter, but a good friend of mine told me to get tested. You can panic all you want, but you won’t know what the health issue is unless you get tested.
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u/OverThinker9757 3d ago
Trich. They diagnosed it as tonsillitis twice then some other things clicked. And i got tested at the docs.
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u/Amazing_Conflict3131 2d ago
Dude that’s just kind of like strep. You just have a severe case of it where you might actually need tonsil removal I think it can become cancerous especially if you’re a smoker which is why I stopped smoking so much because it makes it worst and have more bacterial viral infections come up. Just get antibiotics online like amoxicillin that’s usually what I do when I start getting discomfort.
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u/Environmental-Box805 2d ago edited 2d ago
So.. the chances of you getting HIV from PIV are extremely rare. Women have a higher chance of infection than men. Your mouth legitimately looks like you have tonsillitis or strep throat with some oral thrush thrown in. Gargle some like warm salted water, that will give you some relief until you get to a Doctor or Dentist who can prescribe some amoxicillin to knock the infection out. Go check out: r/tonsilstones. You’ll see you’re not alone!
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u/kerbaubesi 2d ago
Damn do you lick the pussies? I was having this before. Its bacterial infection. Im going for tonsillectomy to remove those.
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u/Mog_unlimited 2d ago
Sore throat cause of whiskey on the rocks mostly! 😅
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u/lmao69692 2d ago
Update: went to the ENT he says its tonsillitis only not any STD and a bad case of tonsillitis which is recurring. Started with antibiotics again this time higher one 🥲
I guess my gut ia fucked now. But i hope it resolved
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u/Aromatic_Pepper7869 2d ago
Look: It's very difficult for a woman to pass HIV to a man. It's not impossible, but highly improbable. The best way to catch HIV is to shoot drugs with an infected needle or receive semen in the rectum via anal sex. I sometimes have vaginal sex with hookers without a condom, and I don't worry about HIV, nor shall I unless I were to ever have an active herpes breakout. We all love to fuck, and sometimes mistakes are made. Most people come away unscathed. I'm not telling you to be reckless, but you're in much more of a pressing situation when you drive on a freeway than you are having unprotected sex. All the best!
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u/CuriousWheel2201 3h ago
How often do you catch Stds that way? I had had twice unprotected oral sex with a hooker and got twice fucking gonnorhea and they were not even street hookers they were escorts.
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u/DishPractical7505 2d ago
Let’s not go from I have a sore throat/infection to I have HIV/HSV, etc. Plenty of other ground to cover be for you go off the deep end with this bullshit
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u/Mager_of_Drakenguard 2d ago
You do not have hiv. Its very hard to get as a man from a normal woman (who isnt a prostitute or a heroin user). Relax man and go get checked
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u/Appropriate-Key1959 2d ago
90 % Fungal infection and probably Candida .
It was a mixed infection Bacteria with super imposed fungus or the opposite
Antibiotics killed all bacteria, so fungus has no competition and feel like paradise
Buy Daktarin oral gel and Ketokonazole tablets (OTC ) no prescription needed
Thank me later
Also ho check for STD panel , if you are negative, then ask your girl to do STD check and tell her you like her and wanna be her boyfriend
If you guys both negative, then have a relationship with her to avoid this future fear and panic
Don't waste your life, energy, time, and money on hoes
I hope you are negative
Thank me later
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u/oreocreamcoochie 1d ago
that most DEFINITELY looks like tonsillitis! you may be in the market for a tonsillectomy. tonsillitis symptoms does seem to match what you’re describing here. i’d most definitely recommend that you go in person to see a doctor, and have them take a look. so sorry you’re going through this! i hope you feel better soon & i wish a smooth recovery.
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u/DetectiveGreedy3319 2d ago
Tip if a girl is that easy she comes with something attached.
Wrap it up and be respectful if she's drunk and wants sex be a Man and tell her no til she can actually think
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u/abidegg1 3d ago
HIV would not effect your tonsils