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Im a 27 blk gay m. about a month ago i recieved unprotected oral sex not sure on there status and then a couple days later i had unprotected sex with one of my friends that ive known for a few years. i told him of my symptoms and he assure me that i was fine. Exactly a week later i started having symptoms such as swollen lymph nodes in armpit,neck, and groin mild sore throat mild dry cough that lasted for about 2days, and about three week later ive had a mild headache located in between my eyes i took a home test 2wks after my symptoms  and it came back negative. so do i have something to worry about?
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1563685 tn?1310402354
If you mean unprotected anal sex that you need to get tested at 3 months post-exposure for a conclusive result because you might have an HIV risk from that. But oral sex doesn't count as HIV risk under any circumstances.
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oh ok, and another question what about me recieving oral sex?...
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You had unprotected sex so testing is required.Only an hiv test at 3months post-exposure is going to give you a conclusive result.Hiv is never diagnosed on the basis of symptoms alone.Many different infections and reactions cause similar types of symptoms not specific for hiv.Take care.All the best.
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