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Is this a high risk activity for HIV?

Is this a high risk activity for HIV?

I am a sexually active gay man but i never have penetration sex.  I do not give oral sex, just recieve, and i have occasionally gotten fingered (but no bodily fluids besides saliva was involved).  A couple of weeks ago, i came down with a very severe sore throat.  It was so bad, they gave me antibiotics for strep without testing for it.  I felt better as soon as i took the medecine but now the sore throat is coming back.  Could this be a sign of HIV?  (i finished all of the antibiotics so i am worried as to why the sore throat is coming back).  Thanks
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Extremely low risk activities. You don't have HIV.
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1) If that's your exposure, you had no realistic risk for contracting HIV.
2) Sore throat alone is not considered a symptom for Acute Retroviral Sindrome (syndrome).
3) Antibiotics worked, but may be you should take them for a long time, check back with your phisician.

Stay Well.
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I agree with the guys above.  Nothing that you have done would be considered risky at all.  I never discourage people from getting tested for HIV (unless it is repetitive testing), but if you do, expect only a negative result.

As for strep, it can be persistent and you may just need to take another course of antibiotics.  Don't stress out over it.
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very very low risk. It is as close to zero as you can get.
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wouldn't this be zero risk?
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