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Very very very sore throat.
I am a 14 year old female. About a week ago I developed a sore throat, followed by a really bad cough. I had a bit of a runny nose but nothing unlikely. I didn't think much of it untill in the course of being sick I got a really bad sore throat. It felt unbearable. I went to school and in my health class we started talking about STDS and stuff. Where there I was informed that if your partner has HIV and you perform oral you can get throat cancer. A few days before I got my sore throat I had given my boyfriend a blow job. From there I became skeptical about throat cancer.. I don't think my boyfriend has HIV but I'm not sure. i don't drink or smoke or anything that can trigger throat cancer but it has almost been 2 weeks and I have another sore throat that I can't handle anymore. It is so painful it hurts to eat, swallow, even drink water. It feels bruised. Please help! This is keeping me up all night and I can't take it, it hurts way too much.
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Don't take this wrong way and I'm not judging you but it sounds to me like you have strep throat. I know I don't know your boyfriend personally but if he's a teenage boy he's horny and sticks it every where chances are his penis isn't that clean or he didn't clean it well therefore there are germs on it which you've swallowed. Giving you strep throat. What is strep throat?
Strep throat is a bacterial infection in the throat and the tonsils. The throat gets irritated and inflamed, causing a sudden, severe sore throat. You definitely don't have cancer. The symptoms wouldn't have shown up that fast. Getting cancer from giving head is rear. And I really don't think you have HIV those symptoms showed up way too fast for that. All you need to do is go to the dr. And get him to give you some antibiotics and you should be fine if this was a cold that cough and sore throat would have went away by now.
Hoped I helped some. And you're really young so be careful out there you never know what people have.
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Well none of us are doctors so you're coming to the wrong place for medical issues.
Honestly, there could be many reasons why you have a sore throat. So it's best to talk to a doctor about it and they'll be able to tell you what you have and then give you medication to fix the problem.
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None of us are doctors so of course we can't make any diagnoses.
Statistically speaking the chances of your boyfriend having AIDS or the HIV virus are extremely low. Also it would take more than a week or two for the symptoms of throat cancer to show up.
Most likely you have an upper respiratory infection that needs more than over the counter medication to cure. You need to see a doctor before this infection turns into pneumonia or bronchitis which is more likely what you might now be suffering from.
In the future if you wish to give a boy a oral use a condom. I understand they now come flavored for just this purpose. At your age thanks to a federal law called HIPPA, you can look this up on line, no one can refuse to sell you contraceptives or any other birth control. Your doctor can and must prescribe birth control if you ask because this law says they must.
Within the HIPPA there is language covering young people 14 years of age and older and their reproductive rights. Read this section and you will see how and why you can have birth control or purchase condoms without interference.
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You don't have throat cancer from performing oral sex.
Of course, I'm not doctor, and I haven't examined you or run any tests on you, but in all seriousness, just no. That's how it works.
The likelihood that have you throat cancer is ridiculously small and it's fundamentally impossible for your to have developed throat cancer (and any symptoms associated with it) in less than a week.
You should see a doctor, because you have a persistent sore throat, and leaving a cold or virus intreated could cause long-term damage to your throat and/or lungs. You need to see a doctor.
But you don't have throat cancer because you gave your boyfriend a blow job.
First off: Your instructor was almost certainly talking about HPV, not HIV.
HPV is a group of STIs and some studies have recently linked certain types of HPV to a increase in the risk of throat cancer.
HIV is an STI with far more serious health implications, that is much less common that HPV. HIV is best known for contributing to the development of AIDS, and it does also have links with many types of cancer, but throat cancer specifically is not one of the cancers strongly linked to HIV or AIDS.
About 80% of the human population catch some form of HPV at some point in their lives, most will never notice it, and most will also clear it normally like the body clears a cold. Only some forms of HPV have been linked to cervical cancer, and now these new studies suggest there might also be some link to throat cancer..
Secondly: Even if we do accept the conclusion that there is a link between some types of HPV and developing throat cancer, the risks are still relatively small. Heavy drinking, smoking, and even regular heartburn increase the risks of developing throat cancer far, far more than oral sex.
So relax. Get some sleep, and see a doctor because you are in pain, and you need help with your sore throat.
You may also want to consider both and your boyfriend getting STI checks. Although there is no reliable test for HPV for men, there are some screening options for women, and getting checked for everything might save you from this unnecessary anxiety next time.
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