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I had many unprotected oral ecounters (more than 50) with my ex boyfriend (we were in a monogamous relationship for 1 year and a half). He never ejaculated inside of my mouth. We also had vaginal sex, always using protection, and I never noticed a condom failure, so I assume there were no risks there.
For the first 8 months of our relationship, we only had oral sex, but one time, during those 8 months I became very ill with all the ARS sympthoms (very high fever, a very swollen lymph node, muscle headache ache, night sweats, nasal congestion) etc. Everything excpet the rash. I went to the doctor becuase I thought I had ARS and he didn't test me due to "my low risk exposure".
I've seen in some of your posts that you say oral is not a risk for HIV, but then I see other HIV sites where they say oral is indeed a risk.
Do you think I have not had a risk? Do you think i should test? I am very scared of testing ....
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Thank you Teak, thanks for all your help. I hope you are doing fine!
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No you don't need testing.
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Thank you for your quick answer!
So you wouln't test in my situation? You have never knows anyone who became infected in this situation?
Sorry for posting this again, but I remember my very hard symptoms (that lasted for at least 3 weeks), and I become very anxious every time I remember that. Also it is also confusing becuase many sites in the internet include oral sex as a risk (low, but risk) for HIV.
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You were never at risk from oral sex.
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