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Is this HIV? Having night sweats

Hello, I am very concerned about my health and getting mixed messages every time I read online about symptoms. So, I had sex with a prostitute(2 different ones) and had a condom on that she gave me(could of been plastic sandwich bag for all I know) and we had sex, she also gave me unprotected oral sex and I returned the favor. I had serious coughing and cold 3 weeks after. 5 months later I got an oral swab hiv test, it said negative. I was happy for a while and then had unprotected sex with girlfriend who is hiv negative. a year later, I read online that oral swab tests have false negative 1 in 12 tests given but are usually ok. well, that doesn't fly well with me you see? what if I that 1 idiot? So i freaked out got a finger prick test, was negative. I was cool again for a bit, then a month later I got night sweat with drenched my entire bed(never happened before in my life) and I lost 5 pounds even though I was eating like crazy. NOW I am freaked, I read some more and said rapid finger test thing is complete balls and not enough blood to detect hiv. I panic and went to get a lab test. I got a lab test and got the real hiv blood test in the morning and then they called me in the morning the next day saying it came back normal...........COME ON MAN, I questioned this, how on earth a blood test sent to a lab come back in 1 day and what does normal even mean, thought they would say hiv negative or positive but normal? Is that even a professional term? Even so, how it come back in a day... I heard from everyone it takes 2 to 3 weeks >.>

Anyway, that is my whole story. Does this sound like aids, flu like symptoms, weight lost and night sweats. I get so many mixed answers or strange hiv tests and not sure what to think of it, now I am freaked out about HIV again. Also, the rapid oral tests are declined in canada(I had my tests in usa). Canada must know these tests are *** to disapprove them right? but the blood test would of put my fears to rest but how it come back so quickly and what is normal. Anyone ever heard of this? Thank you so much for who ever took the time to read this. Please do not answer if you are not sure, that will further frighten me. thanks.
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I know how you feel man, when I was about 21 yrs old I had an HIV scare and going through the same night sweats and weight loss and everything. All the tests you did prove that you are not HIV infected, but what you DO have is a bad case of anxiety. So I would recommend speaking to an anxiety specialist to help you cope, other than that you are fine. Normal means that your test came back negative and it is possible to receive the results ion one day, if you paid for the tests and they're not covered by medical insurance, it all depends on the province where you live. Here in Montreal, you can get results in one day and it's something around 120 $ for HIV testing. Way to make a profit from anxious people like yourself.

Cheers dude, you're fine.

Don't mess with prostitutes anymore if you got a girl.
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I was concerned because I never checked if she gave me a real condom or some lambskin and my concerns about the tests I took. If you are very sure about this then thank you for your answer and I will be reasonable and not be annoying lol. Guess my concerns are fear you think?
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You never had an exposure and your test result prove it.
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