Question about red circle mark and pimples-high risk for HIV
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I had unprotected sex for 40 seconds and later on had pimples on my buttocks and a red circle on my outer thigh. The pimples didn't hurt and lasted for weeks. At the time I was using this lotion stuff.
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Many have suggested that the red mark was ringworm- it's gone. And the mark and pimples haven't come back. This happened last year but I wanted to know others opinion on what they think this might be- do you guys think it might have been an std? Also do you think I was at high risk for HIV? Thanks!
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It sounds more like a bacterial infection of some sort but since it's gone now there's not much you can do to figure it all out.
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If you've never been tested for std's - get tested for the whole shebang for peace of mind if nothing else.
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If you've been worrying about this for an entire year - at least do something so that you can stop worrying so much and move past this all.
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Should your symptoms return - see your doctor for a further work up.
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I wasn't really worried about it until my fiance and I decided to go and get tests for HIV. I had heard that a rash was a symptom so I freaked. Do you think this is associated with HIV? I think it was a bacterial infection as well.
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If you had hiv you'd have been having more symptoms than just a mild rash that went away over the past year.
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Only ~1% of adults in the US have HIV so the chances of you having it are pretty small unless you have engaged in any of the high risk behaviors assocaited with it.
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It's always good to get tested for it ( did you also get tested for all other std's too while you were at it? ) but the chances of you having it are small thankfully :)
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No, no drug using and not a lot of unprotected sex with people.
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isn't it itchy? you should have it checked
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Only worried about the one time of 40 seconds of unprotected sex. I'm getting my test result hopefully next week. I was thinking of getting all blood tests for STDS once I had enough money.
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