Herpes question....?!

Herpes question....?

i've had it for quite sometime now about 3 years, my outbreaks aren't that frequent my last one was about a year and a half ago.....could a herpes outbreak be a symptom of HIV infection? I only have 1 partner, but I don't know if he's faithful....I'm really scared, I want to go get tested but I cant think of a good excuse to tell my employer why i have to leave....please help...i'm really scared.......

1 week ago
none of you are answering my question lol can a herpes outbreak be a symptom of HIV infection? I cant use the docs appt excuse...i'm pregnant and I have one one a month and i already went and on top of that she doesn't know i'm expecting, i had an HIV test it was negative, but I want to take another one....

1 week ago
this lady is not that understanding....

1 week ago
I have no other symptoms, no flu like symptoms, nothing like that....i'm just having a teeny tiny outbreak, but it's scaring me because they aren't that frequent, I have been stressed out though really bad....I just---I don't know....i want to crawl under a rock....

1 week ago
the clinic i go to is a free clinic that does rapid testing you get the results in 15-20 minutes and they are approved by the FDA.....but they aren't open on the weekends and they stop testing at 430 and i get off at 5

Just call in sick and go have your test.

See the HIV symptoms below if says anything about herpes.

HIV Symptoms

HIV, or the human immunodeficiency virus, is a sexually transmitted disease that assails the immune system. The virus attacks your CD4 cells (or T4 cells), which are necessary to fight off illnesses. Eventually, the virus overwhelms the CD4 cells and your body becomes unable to fight off diseases and infections. Once your body’s CD4 cell count falls below 200 per cubic millimeter of blood, and/or an opportunistic infection takes hold of your weakened immune system, you will be diagnosed with AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). Symptoms of HIV vary according to what stage of the infection you are in.

Early Symptoms of HIV
The earliest symptoms of HIV infection occur while your body begins to form antibodies to the virus (known as seroconversion) between six weeks and three months after infection with the HIV virus. Those who do show early HIV symptoms will develop flu-like symptoms. This can include: fever, rash, muscles aches and swollen lymph nodes and glands. However, for most people, the first symptoms of HIV will not be apparent.

Although the infection is slowly taking hold of your body, the majority of those infected with HIV will be asymptomatic. Only by being tested for HIV can you know for sure if you have been infected. Yet, despite the absence of HIV symptoms, you are still highly contagious during this time making it very much a possibility to infect others, including your baby.

HIV/AIDS Symptoms
As the infection progresses, people with HIV grow increasingly susceptible to illnesses and infection that don’t normally affect the healthy population. Even though many of these illnesses can easily be treated, those with HIV often have such weakened immune systems that typical cures fail.

Without treatment, people infected with HIV can expect to develop AIDS eight to ten years after HIV infection. Taking HIV medications, however, can slow down this progression. With treatment, it can take ten to 15 years or more before you develop AIDS. In the later stages of HIV, before it progresses to full blown AIDS, signs of HIV infection can involve more severe symptoms. These include:

* chronic yeast infections or thrush (yeast infection of the mouth)
* Fever and/or night sweats
* Easy bruising
* Bouts of extreme exhaustion
* Unexplained body rashes
* Appearance of purplish lesions on the skin or inside mouth
* Sudden unexplained weight loss
* Chronic diarrhea lasting for a month or more

And here's a link where you can see images of HIV symptoms.

http://au.search.yahoo.com/search/images...