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Scared about lymph nodes? HIV? please help

Im a 25 year old female. I went out with a friend. We drank and I told him to use protection. He said okay and we found out the condom slipped in the end and found it on the floor! So we had unprotected sex! Now im panicking after that incident. I kept asking him if he is clean and he was insulted when I asked him many times. I have severe generalized and health anxiety and depression.

Day 11 after the exposure I felt a pain in my armpit. I touched it and its a bean shaped lump/knot under my skin is tender and swollen and painful. Then another popped into my other armpit after a few days. No other symptoms yet.. I went to the dermatologist and told me it could be from deodorant that I use. (I tend to sweat so much and deodorant seems to block it) I reduced my deo and they were gone after a few days. Then after a week I got a cold (extreme stuffy nose, slight achy feeling, reduced smell, dry cough) we had a very cold weather that time .

After 2 months I got diagnosed with gastroenteritis where I vomit and had diarrhea and bloated feeling for a few days.
After almost 4 months I got diagnosed with influenza where the lymph nodes popped again.

The lymph nodes in m armpit pops again when I use deodorant. I injured my heelp and another popped into my groin.

It stressed me out so much. I cry and cant sleep properly. My anxiety is out of whack and I feel so depressed.

I got my CBC checked last month also Hepa B and Syphilis but all came back normal but my WBC is slightly low :(

I am freaking out on my lymph nodes because the last time I got a lymph node is only when Im younger. I also have a very weak immune system where I easily catch colds/flu.

Why is my lymph nodes suddenly popping out now? Could stress making my immune system more weaker than ever??

Im sorry for the long story but I just have to let this out my chest. :( help me
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Thanks for posting this update, congrats on being negative. Hopefully your experience will encourage others to test sooner than later.
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I haven't posted here for a long time. 5 months ago I finally got the courage to have a test. It was negative. I will never have sex unprotected again!
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Symptoms or lack of will not tell you anything about your HIV status.
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Im planning on that. But I just wanted what others think thats why I posted here. I have no rashes or fever or diarrhea on first 2-4 weeks but because of my anxiety I am like this.
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Then test.
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i think the condom wasnt put on properly because we drank too much. I dont even know where he came he wont tell me properly. All I remember is that it was a long sex so we dont know if the condom has been there all along or not. :(
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If you lost the condom on withdraw, then you never had an exposure.
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