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A cut from a shaving stick of an HIV symptoms

I offer service to this HIV patients and something happened one day. The guy came out of his room and he told me to fix his shaving razor blade due to his non high functional. I quickly put on my glove and during the process that I was fixing this shaving stick I had a cut and I immediately drop it and wash my hands. The truth is that I dint find no trace of blood from the shaving stick but I noticed that he just finished using it and I can see some mucous fluid at his jaw not blood. Ever since then I have been so worried and depressed. I noticed I gat some symptoms like lymph nodes, white coating on my tongue and fatigue  but no diarrhea nor coughing. I took the oraquick home kit test appropriately at 3 weeks and also at the six weeks but came out negative. I don't know may be these symptoms are stress, depression or due to the seasonal weather. Pls people help me how am I sure am not infected. I have been depressed all this while and yesterday I just caught up with an headache. Waiting to take the eight week test and how am I sure my result willchange positive
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You never had an exposure and never needed testing. Had you read the instructions it tells you when to test.
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How accurate is eight weeks testing with Oraquick testing kit at home because I already had the six weeks and it came out negative. A lot of symptoms related persist and am looking forward to take the eight weeks test and should I get my mind rested if this c
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HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.

HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
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