<human>: I had unprotected vaginal intercourse with a female who turned out to be a heavy intervenious drug user.  We only had intercourse for 2-3 minutes, and I did not ejaculate.  We were engaged in intercourse before she was completely undressed, and when her shirt was off, I saw that she had track marks on her arms from injecting drugs.  That is when I stopped and left.  That was 8 months ago.   About 2 months ago, I got very ill, with sevear headache, nausea, and a presistant strange taste and smell would not go away, and my auxillary lymph nodes (armpit) swelled, but mostly on the left side.  I could feel something was going on in my auxillary lymph nodes, and it gave me a very squirmy feeling, for lack of a better term. I could not sit still.   I was very ill for about 5-6 days, and then, for the most part, it subsided, but not completely.    To this day, most every day, I still have that taste and smell in my mouth, and when it happens, it is accompanied by a very fatigued feeling.  I have also been having consistant muscle and joint pain, and a lingering, but not very sevear headache, that comes and goes, probably due to the sinus pressure I can feel in my cheeks, eye and forehead area.  I find I am tired far more often that usuall as well.  I also have occational pain from my inner thigh and groin area, on both sides, but again, mostly on the left.  I suspect that that is my groin lymph nodes are causing that pain.   And more recently, in the last 2 weeks, I have had consistant dry mouth. I am an active, yet currently unemployed and uninsured 33 year old college student, and have never had presistant symptoms like this in my life.  I have done much research in the last 2 months and suspect that I may have contracted HIV.  Can you tell me your opinion of the level of risk of the situation where I think i contracted the desiese?  Also, is it normal to have no HIV symptoms whatsoever for six months post possible exposure, and then one day, become consistantly ill with multipule symptoms?   I would also like to know what happens for possible treatment options for someone who is uninsured.   Thank You for your Assistance.
<bot>: Hello Major signs of HIV :1 Weight loss =======1 month.2 Chronic diarrhea=====1 month3 Prolonged fever=====1 monthMinor signs are :1 Persistent cough for one month2 Generalized pruritic dermatitis 3 Recurrent Herpes zoster4 Pharyngeal candidiasis 5 Chronic progressive & disseminated Herpes Simplex 6 GENERALIZED Lymphadenopathies ( as you are having). Antigen antibody HIV RNA test is most accurate. Western blot is most accurate. In my opinion you should get these tests. All the symptoms mentioned are an indication of HIV. About the treatment it depends on after diagnosis establishment. As far as about INSURANCE, I don't know much. Hope this will help you.