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Am I infected?

Hi, I didn't know if this was the right section to ask really about this, but here goes. Back in November, I had unprotected insertive Oral sex with a female whose status I have no idea of. This is my only sexual experience in life so far. After I was finished, I noticed no blood on my penis and wiped it off. After this I was done and don't remember seeing any sort of blood around me and no cuts or marks on my penis. After this I started to freak in January when a bump showed up on my penis and had general STD tests. Chalmyida, Syhpilis, Gohno. All negative at 6 and a half weeks. Then HIV negative at 3 months. I am vaccinated for Hep A and B. I didn't think you could get HCV from Oral sex but I heard differently from a health care provider when I called about the window period today. My questions

Is there a good chance I could be infected from getting oral sex?
Would it be a good idea to get tested from this exposure?
They say your more at risk when you sleep with lots of people. I never had anal or vaginal sex, if the person I got oral from slept with a lot of people would this increase my odds?

Sorry if this section isn't for questions regarding if I was infected, but I am freaking out about it. So I hope some people can give me some advice on this.
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897070 tn?1320652629
As far as I know this is a blood to blood mode of infection. In the rare event of blood to blood occuring during sex it could be transmitted via this route hence its classification as an STD.

Stop worrying
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Thanks for the info. I do apologize since I really don't know much about this disease and when my right side started to hurt I worried a bit. I must ask it doesn't seem like its easy to transmit sexually or that it really happens at all. Is there a reason its considered an STD then?
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179856 tn?1333547362
Agree with copyman of course!

Be more discriminant and careful next time you never know what you might get from someone these days - but hepC shouldn't be one of them!
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you have no risk from oral sex. you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning. put this behind you and go enjoy life.
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