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Can I get some advice please

Hi so I had unprotected anal sex with another male. I was top. I know it was a seriously wrong move. I was wearing a condom but he didn't like
It an pulled it off I stopped but was pretty drunk and it seemed to just happen anyways.. Ugh.. Anyways, exactly 1 week after I came down with flu like symptoms. I was fine on the day they started and felt tired after dinner so went to bed. I woke up at 130 am feeling really sore and my body as aching I tried to sleep through but couldn't for the rest of the night. The next day I had a really bad headache and a sore throat with a cough shortly followed and I was out for about 3 days. I took flu medicine which seemed to do the trick but soon as it wore off I was back to miserable. I was sick for about 3-4 days total and am now feeling pretty good and normal. Though now I'm having night sweats but none of the other symptoms are still around. So I was hoping you kind people could give me some advice. I've already been tested and getting the results back this week. I didn't hear about the rapid test until today so I'm doing that tomorrow.

My question: is 1 week after the sex too soon to be acute hiv? Also is the rash the most common symptom, I never got the rash. And from above information what is your educated guess?
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I know I had a fever but did not end up checking the actual temp to see if it was over 102..
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Fever above 102 is most common symptom. ARS happens at 2-4 weeks. Testing is the only way to know for sure.
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