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severe symptoms- oral

Good morning. I will keep this as quick as possible.
1) i got sucked by a person with unknown status, five months ago.: five minutes after the incident, i went to wash my penis. does this increase the risk? will the mucous membrabe absorb the hiv virus?
2) I had severe flu like symptoms with rash two weeks later. on and off high fever (38·5), severe sore throat(no voice and pain), lymph node swelling(neck), pimple like rash, and diarrhea and weight loss. went to see doctor, gave me medicine(no antibiotics), recovererd. these are all textbook symptoms, how do you explain this?
3) now five months later, my cheeks look sunken, fat loss in my limbs(palm and feet), peeling lips and occasional fever. i am going to go get tested, but what is the chance i am positive?
thank you for the time.

I hope that you can reply me with something other than 'oral sex no risk' and 'dont look for symptoms'. If that is the case, how do you exolain what i am going through now?

Any real life stories is appreciated.
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thank you for your answer. i still have 2 qns.
1) have you heard of anocontracting hiv through such exposure?
2) do hiv have recurring symptoms?
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Just reread the first sentence of my first advice, and you can answer all your questions from that. No risk=no disease.
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You are correct saying  'oral sex no risk' and 'don't look for symptoms'.
There are more ways to get sick than from HIV, so your feeling that any disease you catch  has to be from HIV is incorrect.
1, Washing a penis has no effect on HIv since it is effectively dead outside the body.
2. You probably get all those symptoms every time you get a flu, because everyone else who doesn't have hIV gets them.
3. Zero from oral.

Real life stories are anecdotal and have no scientific purpose in diagnosing HIV in another person. If concerned about your health, see your doctor for a proper diagnosis, because self-diagnosis is generally wrong and this is not a diagnostic forum and no one can diagnose you without an examination anyway.
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I meant to write this.  
There are more ways to get sick than from HIV, so your feeling that any disease you catch  has to be from HIV just because you had oral sex is incorrect.
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