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Worried out of my mind

I saw a csw of African decent in the uk 3.5 weeks ago. I had condom vaginal sex. However 2 weeks after I started having bad fatigue & painful lymph nodes in the neck. I am worried I may have caught hiv. I had a rapid test (14 days) and a 4th generation test at 18 days which were both negative. Help, what are the chances of getting infected through condom sex, I plan to go for another 4th generation test tomorrow which is 24 days. What do the symptoms mean? Can I safely have unprotected sex with my wife without fear of infecting her.
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You don't need a test. You never had a risk. Please see a doctor for your discomforts. You were protected because you wore a condom. Your fears are irrational and there is help available for it, please seek appropriate help. HIV is not your problem.
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Many thanks for your response. I have read that a part of the 4th generation test can pick up an infection from 14 days to about 21 days. Is there any truth in that? If not when is the earliest I can test with the 4th generation test?
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Your tests were too early to prove anything, but you can't get HIV when you use a condom so you are so safe that you don't need to test again. If she supplied the condom it was to protect herself, so likely she does this all the time and would be negative.
Self-diagnosis is usually wrong so if you have health concerns see your doctor for a proper diagnosis.
However there is a strong chance they are just in your imagination due to the scary but incorrect premise that you were dying - which you aren't. Even if the symptoms actually exist, they have nothing to do with HIV.
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