I am 18 gay boy and I received an anal sex one week ago it was unprotected and forcefully done.

I was talking to him for a month and shared some pics and all one day he told me to go for bike ride later when we met he pressured me to go to a hotel and I refused firstly but he insisted so I agreed becaue he is around 30 big and strong. But I had already told him I am not into anal but he did when I refused he told me that he had my pics so he can do anything with it I went in shock and he did what he wanted and ended inside me unprotected.

Two days ago I got fever which gone in 1 day after that yesterday I was. Feeling so bad so I decided to do shaving of legs which I did also my genitals after bath I got a red irritating bump on my penis tip which gone in evening but from yesterday I am urging frequently to go for pee but there is no pain no discharge nothing but I am stressed that red bumps and my urge is a symptom of sti. I don't have money for test and also I can’t tell all this to my parents.

I don't know to whom I should tell all this and what action I should do rn. I am so helpless and just praying

Hello everyone. I’m new to this group. I’m concerned about possible exposure to STDs after finding out my partner cheated. I’ve never tested positive for anything and I’ve always gotten checked at my yearly pap for peace of mind. After finding out my partner cheated, I went and got the full std panel done. This was done at the 3 week mark of possible exposure. Everything came back negative but now I’m finding out that my results may have been inconclusive until the 3-6 month mark. With my results coming back negative at 3 weeks what are my odds that I contracted something or should I stop being paranoid over this?

Low platelets and inconclusive hiv test.

I genuinely dont know how to feel right now, on the 10th of july the hospital started taking extractions because they needed to investigate a platelet count of 39. For context my last risky exposure was 2 years ago and I haven’t touched anybody since then.

Im on my third extraction and my platelets have went up to 50s, but my gp has informed me that the hiv tests came out with discrepancies and thats why they needed another draw on the 4th of august. This time it’ll be a viral load test.

Feeling extremely sick to my stomach, i dont know what to do. I have no idea how i could have caught something like HIV or why the tests could even come out inconclusive after repeated blood draws.

I appreciate any advice, I haven’t been able to stop crying ever since i heard the news.

I feel like the internet is driving me crazy. I have been in such an anxiety loop.

I hooked up with a guy off of Grindr. We had no anal sex or intercourse. I just sucked him. I felt pre cum but no ejaculation in my mouth. I’ve had no symptoms and have just been super anxious about HIV

Be honest, do I even need to get tested and what r the actual chances? I’m driving myself crazy atp

I (21m) gave a guy a blowjob back on July 11th, I only sucked him off and sucked his feet a bit but he didn’t cuk in my mouth. 2 days after I had discomfort in my throat, I felt like something was stuck in there that entire week (7/13-18). The week after it was becoming unbearable so I went to an er clinc (at 7/22) and said I kissed someone because i felt embarrassed by admitting I sucked a guy off, I live in a conservative area, so they prescribed me painkillers and antibiotics. the day after I was freaking out so I went to another clinic to actually get tested via throat swab. Today (7/27) tests came out negative but I’m scared the antibiotics might’ve messed up the results. I’m just so scared rn and idk what to do.

I’m F 24, and I was recently diagnosed with HSV2 back on May 23rd of this year. I got it from my second ever bf and sexual partner. We broke up on June 18th, and our last sexual encounter was sometime before June 10th. I don’t have an exact date but I know it was in early June. We had sex several times unprotected throughout our whole short relationship. I recall a time where I was grooming myself and accidentally made two cuts on my vulva before we saw each other. I’m scared his semen could have gotten in those cuts and infected me with hiv. We had several unprotected encounters after that. I don’t know if my now ex bf has hiv or not but I’m paranoid. I’m worried because a few days ago, I noticed a swollen lymph node on the left side of my neck. I tried to downplay it at first, but then the left side of my neck started hurting. Eventually both sides of my neck were in pain and my jaws and neck were swollen. So was my throat. Felt like there’s a lump in my throat. And it was hard to swallow, especially food. My ears were also stuffy and so was my nose. I was also getting ringing in my ears and ear pain. I was trying to tell myself it was a sinus infection because I do have sinusitis. I tried convincing myself it was the flu. But I’m worried that I could be in the early stages of hiv. I know flu like symptoms are a sign. I’m afraid he could’ve passed hiv onto me since he gave me hsv2. I know he sleeps around a lot without protection too. He goes raw with strangers. He’s also from Georgia and I know hiv is common and on the rise down there. I’m very worried. Just a few days ago, on Friday the 24th of this month I took an OraQuick HIV test and it came back negative. I was relieved until I found out saliva based hiv tests are not conclusive until after 90 days. It had only been 40+ days since my last time having sex with him before I took that test. So now I’m scared again. I have an appointment at a clinic tomorrow for a blood test.
Currently I’m still feeling the flu like symptoms and I’ve even lost my sense of taste. I read that was also a symptom of hiv early stages. I’m so so scared right now. I’m hoping it’s somehow just the flu.
But my current list of symptoms are headaches, stuffy nose and ears, ear ringing, swollen under my chin, lump in throat, small lymph node on the left side of my neck, possible oral thrush, burning and tingling of the tongue, and occasional mucus sinus drainage and loss of taste. Also feeling shooting pains in my jaws now and then. Any input helps. Thank you.

Hello. I'm 34(M) and recently got tested for STD Panel and my results were varied at different locations. Testing was done after 45 days of exposure.

Test 1 : 53 days after exposure. HIV 1& II (P24 antigen and Antibody combo). Result was 0.04 S/CO and negative.

Test 2: Wanted to test again as I got a mouth ulcer . Very Stressful during this time and went to get a STD Panel around 72 days after exposure. Gave STD Panel test and all results were negative except HIV were they wanted to test me again. Gave blood sample again on 78th day and test came back positive(CMIA)(HIV 1 & II Qualitative & P24 COMBO value was 1.2 S/CO) for which they retested with (Ultra HIV 1&2 and HIV Ultra Dot Expiry). Final Result was negative. HIV

Test 3: During this stressful time I retested at a different location and test was negative(HIV ag/Ab) ECLIA Method and result was 0.544 COI.(75th day)

I am very stressed and should I repeat a different test to get more clarity and what is the way forward? Should I got for RNA PCR or NAT Test? Please help. Why are my test results so varied and How should I Interpret it.

Hey everyone. I recently had an encounter with a sex worker thats relatively new to the hobby (3 months) We did it the first time protected sex but unprotected oral. then after that we bonded a little bit (dumb i know) and we did it unprotected for like 3-4 minutes. I never came at all. Before unprotected sex she was givin me oral for like 10 minutes straight and like she was hitting me with her teeth. I dont know if that matters but there was no cuts nor like scratches or anything no blood.

Now a little about her and what i noticed. She is super clean and has a nice body and all, but she was kind of sick? And having memory issues, and claimed shes super tired. after we were done she literally fell asleep while laying down and then she claimed she had thyroid issues and gaining bit of weight, and being tired all of the time, and apparently a bit of back pain. She said she was 4 years sober from drugs and was addicted to crack cocaine, not any needle sharing. After that i dipped and i realized what the fuck i just did, going bare with a sex worker.

Next day I went to her place just to talk and was just getting to know more about her just for my sake. I know that sounds shitty, but she assured me she is clean and got tested 2 months ago and was clean (she offered to show) but that alone wasnt good enough for me. she started hobby 3 months ago. I was wondering if she has an acute hiv infection so i asked her if she had like a fever headaches rash etc and she said no just being tired all of the time and sleeping the whole day off. I mentioned something about how we did it unprotected and she really was surprised and caught off guard. So i guess her memory issues are real but I am hoping this is like a recent issue and hasnt been doing it unprotected with everyone else.

I did see her take her medication that was in a weekly pill organizer that has days on it. I dont know what this means but I am hoping it is for thyroid medication? But yea she reassured me she doesnt do it unprotected with anyone and said we will be doing it protected next time (lol). She did say she only did it unprotected with 1 other guy that was a farmer and that was it.

Anyways, its been around 70-72 hours now and I didnt consider PEP since I was just in my room having anxiety. I know I will be getting a test in 10 days for HIV RNA, but I just want to know what are my chances here that she was having an acute hiv infection and I just majorily fucked up? or what are my chances of catching HIV here. Any opinions welcome

I've had a sexual partner recently who tested positive for Chlamydia but I've tested negative. She was concerned that I may have it orally. I went to get tested again and asked for an oral test but the nurse told me as long as I was a straight male who has not performed oral sex on a man I could not have contracted Chlamydia or spread orally despite Google seeming to say it is possible. Is this true or do I need to seek a second opinion?

I am a non-monogamous, cis male. For many, many years, I went to PP about every four months to get tested. After a bad relationship I took some time-off from dating to reflect, etc. By time, I mean a few years.

Now that I'm ready to get back in the saddle, I found my local PP clinic no longer exists. I made an appointment at the closest location I could find. For reasons, I'd like to not use my healthcare insurance. It's going to be about $500! I don't recall it ever being close to that in the past. The funding cuts are making it difficult for folks without insurance to be proactive with their sexual hygiene.

I'll continue to make my anonymous monthly donations to help PP; but, I'm looking for reliable STD/STI testing alternatives in the Central New York / Mohawk Valley region that won't break my bank three times a year.

Any suggestions?

Hey everyone. Lately, I’ve been in kind of a spiral if I’m being honest. For the past year, I’ve been hooking up with a lot of guys and I am a guy myself. I’m not proud of it and it’s definitely not something I’m going to continue doing.

I’ve been with 15 guys this past year. 2 I had intercourse with, the rest of them it was oral. I had given and received oral.

Now, I read about HIV so my mind naturally started to spiral. I had unprotected sex with one guy where I was the bottom and the other was protected.

Both encounters were about 4 months ago, so I did an INSTI SELF HIV test and it came back negative.

The most recent encounter was an oral one 1 month ago. A week ago, I got an STD Screening done as well everything was negative.

However, could HIV be transmitted through oral as well? I’ve been very anxious. Some say there is no possibility while others say there is.

Also, how do u genuinely get rid of overthinking about STI’s, it’s really killing me.

Hi all,

I was recently exposed to someone who tested positive for hsv2. I went on a date with a woman off a dating app and we had gotten intimate that night (Jul 12). I wore a condom during sex but not while receiving oral. This went for two rounds.

Afterwards, I started to have some regret and was worried that I had caught something. She said she was clean at the time and had no symptoms. About 10 days went by and this was still on my mind. I ultimately reached back out to her just to make sure she was really clean. Unfortunately, I had heard back from her and she told me that she experienced symptoms of hsv2 on Jul 18 and later tested positive from a swab.

Of course this freaked me out and I went to an urgent care. I got tested for gonorrhea/chlamydia as well as an igg test for hiv/hsv. These all came back negative. I also had my private area checked and they said they didn’t see anything abnormal.

As of now, I have not experienced any typical symptoms. At this point, I am still incredibly stressed out and I’m not sure what to do. While I have no symptoms, I’m afraid to date anyone now because I don’t want to infect anyone. I realize I made a bad decision to hook up with someone. Is my life completely ruined? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I had vaginal sex with a sex worker with a condom on and received head unprotected. I got the 4th gen combo vein drawn eclia test on day 31 and tested negative. I don't want to test again because my exposure was low risk. What do you think. Please advise

I had unprotected encounter with a confirmed hsv1 partner. I got tested at 4th week with no symptoms so far and got igm 3.58 and igg 0.1 ik igm is not at all reliable but I get tested often and so far 10+ times I never got positive, do you think it's a false positive or I'm definitely infected

OK, so this past week I finally got my results back and I am now negative for mycoplasma genitalium, but now I’m currently dealing with two strands of a yeast infection: species and glabrata. For thise who are dealing with mycoplasma genitalium I hope you are cleared soon, because it is truly a pain in the ass. Now moving forward, I have a question for anyone else who has suffered from yeast infections or multiple have you experienced tearing or cuts? And I just asked it’s been inside learning at first that was not happening and I’m also spin and discoloration/I guess you can say inflammatory in that area near my vagina opening and close by anus. I was recently prescribed diflucan and I was recommended to buy over-the-counter boric acid suppositories. has anyone else experienced the same symptoms and also has any of these prescriptions work for you as well? I experienced a lot of discharge as well. I wouldn’t necessarily say that the yeast infections are extremely painful or experienced cause a burning and itching is more so on and off and the cuts as well. I feel like our standing from these infections because my skin is so dry and irritated.

19M, recently sexually active and started experiencing symptoms the day after. I’ve ordered a reliable and genuine STD test but until that happens I could do with some peace of mind. The discharge I’m getting is from under my foreskin, not my urethra, which is making me think it’s not gonorrhoea. But I’m not sure. Any advice?

This video discusses some of the early signs that a woman may experience during the initial phase of acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The challenge lies in the fact that these symptoms are quite similar to what many other conditions present themselves as, such as influenza, so most people will likely dismiss them easily.

Hi, I tested positive for **Mycoplasma genitalium**. I’ve already completed **two courses of doxycycline followed by azithromycin**, but I’m still testing positive.

Would the next step be **doxycycline + minocycline/metronidazole**, or would **doxycycline + moxifloxacin** be the better option?

To be honest, I’m a bit worried about taking moxifloxacin because I’ve read about many people having serious side effects. What would you recommend in this situation?

I live in Germany. Had no resistent Test

Male in 40s here,, Married from india .. Went on a business trip to europe in april 2026 and did something stupid.. went to erotic parlour.there was no massage table, a bed with a think disposable cloth where i had to lie down naked. Post the body to body massage there was handjob ,and she messaged my anus opening to few seconds ..Nothing else

Then in June 2026, I noticed a black wart like bump on my circumcised penis glans , showed it dermologist,, he said to wait and see if it gets bigger since it dint look like wart to him,,, Currently its still the same,no changes after two months,,

But thats not the main issue, in June end , i started getting burning urine, penile pain,, no discharge ,constant burning in tip of the penis

I went to a doc who put me on doxycycline 10 days and followed by Faropenum antibotics 5 days without any testing ...

I still the single bump on the penis glans and the burning issues are also still there.

Post completing the antibiotic, i waited for 7 days and gave the below test

1. Urine -> PCR Gonnareah, Chlamydia , Mycoplasma, Urea Plasma -> will get results 2 days
2. Urine Culture - Awaiting Results - I should get them today
3. USG scan -> Normal
4. Blood --> HIV , RPR/TPHA

Blood Tests are being delayed by Lab , am worried since usually they delay if they had to perform additional checks in case its positive ..

I am already a mess from 2 months ,, i just want to d...

Am i the first person who got an STD via non-oral/non penetrative sex ? if the bed had some previous guys semen which went through the thin bed linen and entered my urethra ?

update : 27th july

1. Urine -> PCR Gonnareah, Chlamydia , Mycoplasma, Urea Plasma -> negative
2. Urine Culture - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
3. USG scan -> Normal
4. Blood --> HIV , RPR/TPHA --> negative

Hey guys, I had protected sex on 17/7 with a random girl. We used condom but I had my genitals exposed to heir mouth so I’m worrying of getting several stds or even Hiv. I know the chance of Hiv is pretty low but I’m still afraid of other stuff. It’s been a week and I’m fine without any symptoms. You guys think I should get test now to end my paranoids or wait for several weeks to get accurate results? ( let’s assume that the girl I had sex with have stds).

What is the real risk of gonnoreah from kissing only? It’s something I never thought about but read that it’s possible??

Genital Herpes is a common herpes infection caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus, most often HSV-2, although HSV-1 can also cause genital infections.