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Scared of HIV

I had protected sex with a sex worker on 2nd May, both oral and virginal with condom.
I’d been very busy at work and sleep very little between 8th and 12th May, also drank a lot alcohol.
On 13th I started to feel a bit off and I notice my temperature was between 36.8 to 37.4 C, and I have other symptoms like diarrhea, strengthless and cough and sweat a lot during sleep.
I’m really scared of HIV.
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The risks for HIV are ONLY having had unprotected vaginal or anal sex or to share IV needles to inject drugs. Only the head of your penis needs to be covered which the condom did and air and saliva inactivate the virus. So whatever you are experiencing in terms of temperature or sleep, or whatever else is not related to HIV or this encounter. No risk
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Thank you very much for your respond, GuitarRox.
I’ve researched a lot about this issue and I try to be calm so hard. Although I forgot to mention that I had a condom slippage at the end of intercourse, condom was remained in CSW’s “exit”.
Does that influence the definition of “protected sex”?
Meanwhile, my symptoms doesn’t seem to get any better, my throat feels weird, I can feel shortage of breath sometimes and cough often; I can feel all my lymph swollen and my body temp seems bit higher everyday. I wake up so many times during sleep with sweat and feel bit strengthless on my legs. Also I feel bit dizzy and thirsty in a bad way. My heart beat seems to be faster than usual, and I feel more sensitive towards light.
It’s 2 weeks from my encounter now, I’m still terrified.
As long as the head of your penis was covered during intercourse, you were at NO RISK for HIV.
Whatever medical issues you are experiencing have nothing to do with HIV, since you never had a risk.  If you can't get past being terrified, you should consider professional counseling.
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