Guy at work making Coffee.....help!?

[Jules]

Some guy at work made me a drink of coffee and ever since i have beenreally ill and have a lot of symptoms related to HIV..as i work as acare assistant..they have things where they can get blood out of therearm or he pissed in it or something idk....help

and also looking back the coffee was not that hot....and it was a black guy that made it (just saying)

I started to feel ill the day after.like fatigue and belly growling thenext day or two..then over the course of 2 months or so iexperienced...really bad headaches,dry mouth,muscle pain,sweating atnight,flu like symptoms,rashes,dry eyes,dry skin,dryeverything,shacking & chills, armpit hurting,thrush (down below)..dry flaky skin, weird spots on side of tongue (mouth feels weird)...

the day he made me the coffee was 20 january 2010...
Just Joking, I found this on Yahoo answers, thought it was hilarious, and I want to see your reactions.

[G.K.]

Oh god Jules, that must be really nasty. I hope you get well soon.

[frezal]

Once AIDS/HIV hits the air, it's dead. I'm no doctor, and I'm intoxicated, but I think that means it's impossible to get HIV from coffee. It pretty much must come from bodily fluids (no exceptions are coming to mind).


EDIT: Seek medical attention anyway. If you've been feeling ill that long, it could be serious.

[ACAMS]

You have "Coon Swine Flu"

[Madiaba]

Oi......vey.
 
 
 
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Jules, biologically, HIV is an 'enveloped' virus, meaning that it's surrounded by a lipid membrane. So it has a 'shield' around it of the same type that surrounds living cells. In a prophylactic environs (bodily fluids), it can thrive. But exposure to the air causes it to oxidize very quickly (as Frezal pointed out).  So if it is to be 'transmitted', it must be well protected from the air.  This means that it must avoid the air as a medium, or if it leaves bodily protection, it must be well surrounded with a substantial mucid environs to last more than a few seconds.  In other words, HIV really needs to be transmitted without ever seeing the air.
 
But if the amount of fluid were substantial, then it can survive a bit longer.  Now it cannot be just 'any fluid' to sustain it as a host environs (water, coffee), but must be certain mucid fluids from the body, else it will instantly 'kill' the virus (if indeed these sets of organic molecules are 'life'.. not going there here).
 
Open cuts, and sores make an easier entry point, but still not likely; unless the host and receiver's points injury come into perfect, direct contact, by-passing exposure to the air.  A route of entry would be any mucous membrane or any broken skin.
 
Heavy kissing, though very low risk for transmission, is still something to be aware of, only because sometimes we inadvertently have bleeding in the mouth/gums, cracked lips, or a cold sore.  Just as brushing your teeth or flossing can cause slight gum bleeding, so does eating hard foods (sharp corn chips), or tough meats.  Again rare, but not to be ignorant either.
 
Airborne: Suppose, though, that the virus were 'sneezed into the air' (that you breathed in), or placed by touch onto 'a toilet seat' (that you sat on), or 'a cup' (that you subsequently drank from),..., it still could not survive long enough to infect you.  Not to mention that the body has a protective wall around it too, and that the virus cannot penetrate this barrier.  It would still have to find a viable mucous membrane very quickly.
 
So unless you had intercourse, oral sex, exchanged blood, or some other direct contact of mucus membranes with this person, then it would be very hard to believe that you could have contracted the HIV virus,... now a cold virus or flu virus is different....
 
Present condition:  Jules, some of your symptoms sound Psychosomatic in nature, especially due to their immediate appearance, though it's good and common sense to get everything checked out.  But the HIV virus (1) cannot incubate that quickly, and (2) even after that, it usually takes years for any phenotypical symptoms to manifest.  Here is a Dr. Osmond whose materials I've read and tend to trust because he works at UC, San Francisco:
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite-KB-ref.jsp?page=kb-03-01-04&ref=kb-03-01-04-tb-01&no=1
So, get checked out for some issue present, Jules; but HIV from this recent encounter wouldn't be the problem(s) you now have manifested...

[Reier]

Sheesh, see a doctor if you're worried about it.

[Jules]

Highlight my first post...

I guess you guys are too nice to call me retarded.

[Sparkey98]

good god see a docter now!!!!! thoose are symtoms of some very, very deadly deasises
 
 
maybe even malaria...

[G.K.]

And symPtoms of many much more common and less serious diseases.

[Avalanche]

Just Joking, I found this on Yahoo answers, thought it was hilarious, and I want to see your reactions.

YOU ALL FAIL.SUCKAS!

[Jack Daniels]

Highlight my first post...

I guess you guys are too nice to call me retarded.

LOL <3

[Jules]

Thank all you guys for your concern.
Now I feel bad about making the joke, especially after Mads long post and genuine concern.
I'm Very sorry

[ACAMS]

Now I feel bad about making the joke, especially after Mads long post and genuine concern.

Mads long post??????       
 
That was a normal, maybe even short post for him!

[frezal]

Just Joking, I found this on Yahoo answers, thought it was hilarious, and I want to see your reactions.

YOU ALL FAIL.SUCKAS!

In my defense, I was drunk.

[Madiaba]

Just Joking, I found this on Yahoo answers, thought it was hilarious, and I want to see your reactions.

YOU ALL FAIL.SUCKAS!

In my defense, I was drunk.

In my defense, I... don't have one. (Just glad you're healthy)
 
 
 
 
 

Mads long post??????       
 
That was a normal, maybe even short post for him! But since he's the nicest guy around, I think he should take over GTM, and I think I will GIVE it to him freely, cause he's so awesomesauce.  Well, I also really need to send him my next 3 months worth of paychecks....   I'll also look around for any LS-7s, LT-1s or 6-71s I have laying around.  *Hope he doesn't mind me giving him all my stuff.  I better make sure I don't scratch anything when I deliver it to him up in Mass..., wrapped up with bows..., this weekend...., not before 9am...*

Oh... Ok. 
 
 
 
 

[Jack Daniels]

Thank all you guys for your concern.
Now I feel bad about making the joke, especially after Mads long post and genuine concern.
I'm Very sorry

At least you came clean in less than 24 hours...

Unlike Reier. :P

[Reier]

Heh heh.... at least I never wanted advice. :P

[kill343gs]

Heh heh.... at least I never wanted advice. :P

Isn't that why you made a showcase?

[Rolo]

Just Joking, I found this on Yahoo answers, thought it was hilarious, and I want to see your reactions.

YOU ALL FAIL.SUCKAS!

In my defense, I was drunk.

If this was a legit excuse, I'd probably be married right now.

[frezal]

If this was a legit excuse, I'd probably be married right now.

I agree, one would have to be drunk to want to get married.