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Oral Thrush 2 weeks after having sex, is this HIV?
A few days after I had unprotected sex I got really sick and my throat was swollen. I was running a fever. I developed bad canker sores around my braces a few days after the sex and I started using Orajel antiseptic mouth rinse. I went to the doctor because the sorts hurt and she said that I had a high level of white blood cells. She seemed kind of concerned but prescribed an antibiotic for my mouth sores and sent me home. Was the thrush caused by the antibiotic, or can I possibly have HIV? HELP!
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It is not an STD.
In adults thrush is commonly caused by antibiotics or corticosteroid inhalers used by those with severe asthma.
You may have read that people with HIV/AIDS can get it. That is because they have a weakened immune system. The HIV did not cause the thrush, it just made them more susceptible to getting it. Same is true of diabetics. They just have a weakened immune system.
If you have taken antibiotics recently, that is probably the culprit. White blood cells fight infections. So if you had sores, they were doing their job. Your doc gave you antibiotics because of that finding.
Honestly, you have nothing to worry about.
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