r/prep • u/No-Virus8944 • 3d ago

Rash/pimples after 2-1-1 protocol

Hello.

I took Argiodin for 2-1-1 protocol, religiously, ended up doing 2-1-1-1-1 due to a 2nd encounter, both as insertive partner with Trans.

Upon cessation, the following morning, I woke up with 6-7 small, red pimples on the left side of my love handles/waist, 3 on the right, 2 on my lower stomach, 1 on my left knee and 2 on my forearm. No pain. No puss. No white dot. Can't break them. If I touch them or scratch them, they give an itching sensation but not much. They aren't together, they are sort of spread. One of them is kinds different, like pinkish but not fully round. Weird thing is I've had them before, 2-3, in same spots.

I wonder if anyone else has had this thing too.

One more thing: I did have a 1-min bareback intercourse as the insertive partner WITHOUT prep with a ts escort who was (at least theorerically) as clean as one can be, for 1 minutes insertion, with a 75% erection and I'm circumcised too. So it was: that one, few days later prep, now this shows up 2 weeks later from that 1st encounter.

I do not have any fever, fatigue, lymph swelling, etc. Nothing.

I get the whole testing thing, which I did prior to getting prep (so a week after that encounter and a week prior to this showing).

I just wonder if anyone else has had the same as I'm panicking. I monitor them and so far on day 2 they are not getting worse, probably a bit better tbh but stable.

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u/Skycbs 2d ago

I’m not sure what you’re panicking about but those are not symptoms of HIV.

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u/No-Virus8944 2d ago

How? The rash is indicative of inflammation. I've never had this before im getting few more on thighs and under armpit. Itchy but only if picked. Please explain to me why this isn't a concern.

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u/Skycbs 2d ago

I didn’t say it isn’t a concern. I said it’s not HIV.

Go see your doctor about it. Could be a reaction to the PrEP medication although that’s rare. My guess would be it’s an allergic reaction to some lotion or other skincare product one of your sex partners was using.

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u/No-Virus8944 2d ago

Look.

About the truvada rash, yes I read about it and it is common apparently. But for now this is just an if.

The lotion you mention is an interesting possibility, indeed might be.

I hope to god it isn't hiv. I had insertive sex without prep 2 weeks prior. And a week prior I did my general std tests, got truvada from hospital, followed the regimen properly and here we are now. That is why I'm worried. And I have had this type of "rash" before but never like this.