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When to test for HBV after exposure?

Hello. I write here a bit worried. My situation is, I met this asian girl studying abroad three months ago, and we became a couple. The thing is she is an hepatitis b carrier and the virus is still active on her. We had sex since october and had sex twice while her period. On the last of those times my member touched the outside of her vagina and had a little stain of blood on the head of my penis, less than a drop. Anyway we always used condom while penetrating sex, but the lubricating of the condom made the little stain of blood on my pwnis move around, I'm not sure if it actually reached the uretra since i washed after. So now is november 28 and I had a few symptoms I read are from hepatitis, twice since we have had sex from the first time, when i went to the toilet my stool was almost white, those were separsted times, and a few days ago I had this itch in mt body moving from here to there, I don't know if that could be for me being anxious about this. So anyway I've read the average window period of the HBV being 90 days, but would it be to esrly to test for it right now? At least to have a control and a clinical history of the case? Or at lesdt to know if my vaccination is still working. By the way, i was vaccinatrd 8 years ago but i don't think i had the complete dose, I probably mised one of the two. I'm really worried since now I feel with my throat soaring really bad although there's no fever, and I read hepatitis can also be felt as a cold. I hope some one can clarify my doubts, thanks for reading I know I write too much. PS. I broke up with the girl since she just "forgot" she's an active carrier and still went trough having sex without telling me because she thought it would be alright. In any case aparently her viral load on blood is very low, but still active.
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Dear friend check your anti hbs value to know ,whether you are immune .Good that you are taking vaccine.
Some  where i read there comes some drug which is to be taken in case one is exposed to hbv in a window period.
Meet a Hepatologist asap.Go to ILBS DELHI ,if you are from India.
Take care
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I forgot to mention I got vaccinated again 3 days after that last expousure havimg sex on her period, in 14 days I'll take the second dose to complete the vaccination scheme.
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