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I don't know what I have?

Hello,
before I start, I would like to inform you that I'm an educated college student, and that my anxiety and feelings of guilt are getting in the way of me knowing what's scientifically right and wrong. In October, I had my first kiss with a guy I met that day. It just happened, I didn't even expect it and didn't know what was going on until after it was finished. He was a super nice guy throughout the night and after we kissed he wanted to take a walk with me outside, but I panicked and felt guilty for kissing him and ran away from him. When I say that ever since I have had serious anxiety that I have HIV, an STD, or an STI, I'm not kidding. 2 days after kissing him I got a cold (sore throat, dry cough) and a fever, which worsened my thoughts more. Two weeks after that I got another sore throat. And now I have a sore throat again, but there was a canker sore. I know you can get herpes from kissing but I have never showed sign of cold sores on my mouth since the kiss, so I believe I don't have it. Anyways, I feel like I have fatigue as well, but that could be me trying to add on more symptoms related to the disease. I have a small lump where my tonsils used to be, I can't remember if I had  that before the kiss or not, so that's worrying me as well. Also, the left and right sides of my throat since then have always stayed yellow. I just feel like I've been getting sick too often lately. And yes, I do understand that I could very well be just linking coincidences together and giving myself a big scare, but I have had so much stress because of this one kiss in the past few months. You can definitely call me innocent. Is there any possible STI/STD or HIV I could have contracted from him? I didn't taste/see any bleeding, he seemed like a very nice, decent guy. What started all of this anxiety was seeing that he posted that he was sick a few days before we kissed. I just want someone to tell me that I'm going to be okay :(
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Thank you both for your help, your assurance helped me calm down a bit, thank you again
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You are  not an exposure. Then you have to see an ENT.
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You will need to consult your doctor, this forum is HIV specific.
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It's a very intense phobia. I need to find a way to overcome it. Do you think it could possibly be something like Oral HPV? Honestly other than that and Herpes I don't know what else you can contract from deep kissing. I have a lump on where my right tonsil is (I had my tonsils removed) and it has a white spot in the middle of it. I don't smoke or drink (maybe drink once every half year maybe) so diagnosing myself is hard right now (I've even though of throat cancer). All I know is that I'm considering from switching paths of being a general surgeon to something in the sexually transmitted disease field since I've discovered so much and would like to help find a cure/help people who have them
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u are passing HIV phobia. HIV  can not transmit by oral or kissing. forget it.
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Whatever is going on it has nothing to do with HIV.

HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
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