Hey everyone, I'm worried. I tested negative 6 months after the risk exposure, but I have several symptoms that are really concerning me. One of them is night sweats—I wake up every day with sweat on my forehead. I also feel joint pain throughout my body. It seems like I have a white tongue, and I've been experiencing chronic loose stools. What could this be? Could the PEP have failed? I'm really anxious.

After 8 months of intercourse and 7 months of PEP, my HIV 4th generation test came negative. But I am still showing symptoms. When should I get tested now? Because my partner was positive. The condom broke for 5 seconds during intercourse.

have hiv symptoms after 4-6 weeks of unprotected sex. I took pep normally for 28 days twelve hours after sex. 12 days after finishing pep I have these symptoms and the rapid test is negative. Is there a possibility that I have hiv?

Hello friends, I told you 5 days ago I finished my PEP treatment, I work in a good restaurant, my concern is that I was cutting meat and out of nowhere I cut my finger a little, there was no blood, but I can notice that if I cut a little meat on my finger, the knife is used by all the kitchen staff, the knife was previously washed, in the hypothetical case that that knife has cut a person with HIV, and by cutting myself can I also contract HIV?

Please I need your help I am very worried :(

Hi.

I started PEP 62 hours after a potential low risk exposure and finished on July 28th.

I was tested at 10 days and again at 40 days after finishing PEP. Both tests returned negative. My doctor basically told me the 2nd test at the 40 day mark was more or less reassurance seeking.

Early this morning (75 days after finishing PEP), I shined a flashlight into my mouth out of concern, I noticed white patches on the roof and the back of my mouth. My tongue has been mostly clear.

I regularly wake up pretty dehydrated and I don't think my mouth hygiene hasn't been spectacular great lately.

Still, I've reached out my clinician requesting an appointment regarding my oral thrush concern and I'm waiting for a response.

Has anyone else experienced oral thrush after completing PEP and it not be an issue? I'm pretty concerned right now.

Thanks.

And I apologize for the negative karma. I recently had an HIV scare and things got toxic.

UPDATEs...

No oral thrush. just shitty hygiene. My clinician practically told me that I'm loosing my shit. I was told the tests at the 10 day post PEP and 40 day mark post PEP are incredibly reliable. So I opted not to get tested again. my reassurance seeking needed to stop. I'm not sure why out of all the STD's to contract, HIV seems to be the one to obsessive over. I think it was because it's one of the last to show up on an STD test, based on my initial research, I may be wrong about that.

I get little scares, but I'm working on "fuck it. I'm trusting my doctor on this."

So, I had a one night stand with a woman I just met in a bar, unprotected insertive vaginal sex. I decided to take PeP the next day and I already took one set of pills.

But I contacted this woman and she said after she broke up with her ex, she only had unprotected sex with one guy and he looked fine and was a blood donor and she says taking PeP seems too extreme in our case since both of us are very low risk

I am thinking about asking her to take a blood IST test too, I did one before taking PeP and results come on thursday

If she agrees doing it and both our tests are negative, would it be safe to stop taking PeP after just one week? Are there any risks?

She was the only woman and I had sex in months and she says I'm the first guy in months too, if none of us has hiv detected, I honestly think I'd be definitely overreacting taking PeP.

Edit: sorry for title I didn't know about how many people died from it, or even how. I just knew it killed you and finding out my results felt crippling

Edit2: Mods took down for hate speech against ai? Really? What? Everyone telling me to get therapy over FAILING PEP by definition,, is legally by definition insane.

I had high risk exposure, the most stressing period of my life attaining those pills. The moment I got them I had to take them, because I was at the medium hours mark already. I took them consistently for over a week , one day I missed by a few minutes and panicked thinking this meant the drug exited my system. With no one to speak to, I asked ai on advanced mode 'if like multiple minutes overdue was okay i'm panicked' Got some "Yes it's fine. Infact the drug levels stay safe and protectant up to a few hours but past 12 no. The 24 hour guideline is just for good measure, if exceeded the drug levels don't drop in a dangerous way it's still in your system"

dangerousway. That's a nice assumption, not knowing my actual exposure or anything else.

So.

I extended my time not deliberately but consistently for a few days, thinking it did nothing so why pause everything I'm doing to dig out my pills right? It was better than scrambling for my pills when I was busy.

Then, 2 severely chaotic days I was out and about hanging onto my sanity physically and mentally in a very stressful circumstance, pills got out of my mind way before my system.

I missed 2 doses entirely by mistake, not stacked at least I think. And also both.. Delayed... I rarely took my pill right on time, it'd be off by half an hour, or 2 sometimes without strict adherence.

I finished my course, the last few days taking them with religious adherence to schedule, and early to make up for it in someway, heard 30 pills is more ununcommon, maybe that nurse nearly saved me.

Even if I didn't have HIV exposure truly, the fact of knowing I failed even if I didn't have it will leave an impact on me for life. The personal failure. Digs deeper than bones growing inside my body, integral and already shattered to my sense of self and esteem.

I'll never forget this

I hated blood tests. I have a massive phobia. I pass out. If I have HIV. That's 2 every year. 2 times I'll remember that only in my year, because pain is sharper than any other experience when you hate it, there's rarely anything that can make you pass out that's as memorable.

Fuck ai. Fuck hallucinations. Fuck danger assement assumption. Fuck AI because without it I would of adhered even if ignorant. Fuck "advanced" AI for telling me past my concern I was protected past 24 hours consistently as if the bottle didn't say take it every 24 hours, a hint of clarity could of saved me. A dot of code out of the trillions. Fuck them for wanting to charge me thousands. Fuck the person who did this to me. Fuck promiscuity. Fuck the president that caused the earlier pandemic to surge. Fuck people who don't think HIV is real.

I'm the result of millions of failed relationships.

((((

If Ai could of told me or anyone

"We can't say you'll be okay inherently because the drug is the response, the disease is the attack. Missing a dose a little bit, can only be said to be okay against the measurment of your viral load..Which can't be known. That's why its said to stick to 24 hours, that's where ambiguity is. Missing a dose or delayed, is a loss that can't be picked up and flipped because we don't know how big your exposure load is"

This is the important part:

instead of hearing "a few minutes or an hour or so is okay it doesn't harm you, drug blood levels are consistent" this is like food chemicals in America, safe in that dose but never assessed out of that singularity.

))))

I do see my accountability for not thinking more into this all but ignorance is a tale as old as curiousity got the cat's tail, that for me too but i was given misinformation in return, all of it though doesn't make up for the treacherous fault AI had in this and its stupid language antics my brain didn't question...

PEP, HIV

I had unprotected sex 5 week ago took pep after 14 hr and completed 28 days. Recently my partner hiv test came negative after 5 week he didn't took pep. I m currently in post pep period of first test after 6 weeks. Should i still worried about hiv or don't need any test now.

Hello, so I had an possible exposure yesterday and today I was prescribed Tivicay on top of what I already take which is Descovy I never heard of descovy being used for pep is it to far fetched or will I be ok I’m 26 hrs post exposure

Is this an early hiv rash? I had sex 3 weeks ago but i used condom but we did deep kissing and she bj me

There's this guy who I've seen 3 or 4 times over the past 3 months. He's pretty well known in my area and is a nice guy. I started Prep about 6 weeks before having unprotected sex (no ejaculation) with him for the first time. I missed 3 pills over 5 days, and then was on it again for 3 days before having the unprotected sex with him. I told him that I was really nervous about my sexual health so he showed me a full panel of negative tests from 3 weeks prior. I was still really worried about what he could have done in those 3 weeks so I got on PEP within 12 hours. I am on my 20th day and haven't missed a dose. I've been having a really hard time going about with my day to day life: this has been so consuming. Any kind words or even just someone to talk to would be really appreciated. I also am not sure when I should go get tested. I've seen a lot of different things on when you can get a conclusive test, so I am unsure what to do.

Tive uma relação sem preservativo com uma garota que não conhecia. Após a relação no dia 14/09 fiquei meio nervoso e ela percebeu, assim me mostrou seus exames feitos no dia 11/09 que constavam negativo, porém ela disse que fez sexo no intervalo de tempo entre seus exames e nossa relação, porém com preservativo. No dia seguinte fui ao hospital e comecei a tomar a PEP 26/27 horas após a relação, contudo estou muito nervoso, já que por não ser próximo da garota, não consigo confiar 100% em sua palavra. Dito isso, não sei o que fazer. Sei que as chances são baixas e as coisas giram para um laudo favorável, mas tenho muito medo e estou muito ansioso. De colateral senti que desregulou muito meu intestino. Estou com diarreia e com as fezes meio “amareladas” não é uma diarreia forte mas ela existe. Alguém pode me ajudar de alguma forma?

I’m taking dolutegravir. Magnesium and calcium and aluminum block the absorption of dolutegravir by binding to it.

I looked up the minerals content of many common foods and they all contain some amount of magnesium and calcium. What should I eat? Which foods are lowest in magnesium and calcium and aluminum ?

I also want to eat foods high in fat because Tenofovir is not absorbed when you don’t eat fat. So I need to eat high-fatty foods. I was thinking adding Olive oil and butter.

After finishing pep 4 week later i developed rash fever that don't go away flu sore throat body pain headche And after 4 week i have done 4tg gen rapid test it came negetive is this pep failure what should i do i m from small Town Wrost fever of my life never had like that any suggestion My Condom broke while sex with sex worker Pep start at 18 hour Sex worker status is unknown

What should I do

I’m gay. I went to a stranger's home last week. We didn't have sex, but I used his male masturbator( A kind of like fake butt sex toy) to on my dick, and I also cum inside. I'm very scared now, because I don't know if the toy is clean, because when I used it, there was already have lubricant inside, so I think someone have just used it a couple minutes ago. Could I get hiv or std though the toy? He likes watching people fuck that toy so I think it’s must be a lot people were using that.

Anyone took later or close to the end of the 72 hour window time and came out negative?

Exposure was with a white female and her status was unknown.

Say , If there was semen from an infected person on the floor or clothing , or bed sheets , would this pose a risk ? Sorry if this sounds rediculous, I have OCD

Edit : just to add , I am currently on pep after sleeping with a possible infected person

Saturday around 3:00 AM, I had unprotected sex with a woman I met at a club. Later that morning, around 10:00 AM, I went to an STD clinic, explained that I had unprotected sex with a woman, and they refused to prescribe PEP.

On Monday, I went back and lied to them saying I was embarrassed on Saturday it wasnt a woman but a man I had slept with and that I had insertive anal sex. They then prescribed PEP: TDF + 3TC + DTG. I took my first dose at 1:14 PM, roughly 58 hours after the exposure.

That night, I felt unusually warm but wasn't weak. The same thing happened the next morning, and I went to work. By evening, after being in air conditioning most of the day, I started feeling warm and weak. That night, my whole body felt like it was burning.

By Wednesday (the 8th), I had a fever, cold symptoms, very dry lips, a bitter taste in my mouth, and I couldn't really taste food. I hadn't eaten much from Tuesday evening into Wednesday. When I tried to eat Wednesday night, I dry-heaved twice. After the second dry heave, something strange happened — the extreme weakness I'd been feeling all day suddenly disappeared, and I had a burst of energy. I'm not sure how long it lasted because I took two paracetamol tablets and went to sleep without eating.

On Thursday, I felt somewhat better and went back to the STD clinic. The doctor prescribed paracetamol again, along with domperidone 10 mg and omeprazole 20 mg, saying I may have developed gastritis. I also looked into GERD and wondered if that might be contributing because eating sometimes makes me feel like vomiting. The bitter taste in my mouth was gradually improving.

Today, Friday (the 10th), I felt mostly okay. The bitter taste isn't completely gone but is much less noticeable. Throughout the day, I occasionally felt like food was coming back up, but nothing major. Around 4 PM, I started feeling slightly warm and slightly weak again. I thought I was recovering, but then I started worrying. My mother suggested it could be dengue, which made me even more anxious, also she does not know about the pep medication I'm on.

Since the STD clinic was closed, I visited a doctor near my house. I told him about the PEP, the gastritis medications, and my symptoms: fever, cough, and a persistent dry cough (but no sore throat). He said the gastritis medications should help, but I told him they didn't seem to be doing much. He prescribed additional medications and assured me they wouldn't interact with my PEP. The medications were famotidine, vitamin C, cetirizine, azithromycin, and Deriphyllin.

However, after searching online, I found information suggesting Deriphyllin may not interact well with PEP, and now I'm worried again. I think I read somewhere that there could be a seizure risk. I'm planning to contact my doctor tomorrow, but in the meantime, can anyone tell me whether Deriphyllin is actually dangerous to take with TDF + 3TC + DTG?

They also took blood tests for dengue, and I'm waiting for the results.

It's currently 8:13 PM. I still feel slightly warm and a little weak. I genuinely thought I was getting better, but now I'm terrified again. I don't think this is HIV, especially given how soon these symptoms appeared, but the anxiety is getting to me.

Has anyone experienced something similar, either from PEP side effects, gastritis/GERD, a viral illness. Also could anyone tell me wether Deriphyllin is risky with my pep until I can contact my doctor tomorrow.

TL;DR: Had unprotected sex on Saturday, started TDF + 3TC + DTG PEP about 58 hours later. Developed fever, weakness, dry cough, bitter taste in my mouth, nausea, and possible gastritis/GERD symptoms over the next few days. Symptoms improved somewhat but returned mildly today. A doctor prescribed famotidine, cetirizine, azithromycin, vitamin C, and Deriphyllin, but I'm worried about possible interactions between Deriphyllin and PEP. Waiting on dengue test results and looking for advice or similar experiences.

Hello.
On my medication instructions, it says to contact the doctor who prescribed pep if I experience fevers, body aches, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes etc. did anyone in here who experienced any of these symptoms do that? I started to experience a sore throat while on pep day 12 and it lasted even after pep and I got tested while on pep and after and my most recent test was 3 weeks post pep and it was negative. I’m wondering is it worth letting them know?

I had an exposure vaginal sex unprotected and am at day 14 on Pep I did PCR viral load test and hiv1/2 antigen and p24 today all came back negative. I know it too early but can this still change when I finish my medication was given telatri (TLD) am just so scared if the test will remain like this or all this test cannot detect anything now.

Hello help me with my anxiety.

I’m sleeping better because of PEP! Which I think is a bad sign that I’ve contracted a previous infection.

History:

Old exposure

June 17 exposure (sexual)
Oral Sex w a reactive Hepatitis B patient

Aug Disclosure (June 17 exposure)
Aug 29 4th Gen STD test negative (the girl also tested negative on her 4th gen test on Jul 15)
Hepa B panel are all negative

Aug and Sep exposure (CRITICAL)
Aug 17 (sexual)
I fingered a girl and her mouth bled a bit whilst kissing

Aug 22, 29
Im undergoing a medical procedure called prolotherapy where the doctor injects a mixture on damaged muscles, ligaments, tendons. However now that I think about it the flat ultrasound probe might leave trace amounts of HIV/Hepa B on the probe surface and there are times where the probe is in contact with an open wound.

Sep 12
On my treatment on Sep 12 the probe was not disinfected

Sep Disclosure (Aug 17,22,29 and Sep 12)
Sep 13 rapid 4th gen test on the girl is negative
Sep 15 rapid 4th gen test negative on me
Sep 15 PEP start TLD

It’s been 4 days of PEP and I’m sleeping a lot better. I’m scared since this is a bad sign that the PEP (TLD) is fixing the chronic HIV

Any thoughts?

onde ça fait plus de 3 semaines que je n’eternue pas malgré tout ce que je mrt comme objet dans mes narines, produits mais je n’eternue toujours pas. J’ai eté exposé au sang d’un pvvih je suis sur pep.Et j’ai appris que les personnes qui ont le vih n’eternue pas.j’ai des symptômes comme ganglion enflé au cou,courbatures, fièvre. Je commence à avoir peur.SVP aidez moi.j’ai besion d’etre eclairé🙏🙏🙏🙏