 [ Symptoms ] can hiv cause throat inflammation as a presenting symptom [ Disease ] most of the doctors sterilize the equipment in a solution which is kept on their examination desk you have not mentioned the time duration between exposure and the onset of symptoms though hiv does not cause throat inflammation as a presenting symptom usually still you can have to get a hiv dna or rna pcr polymerase chain reaction test done to rule out any chance of acquiring an infection for further doubts consult a hiv aids specialist online   ><link>