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I have herpes, worried about hiv

I have had herpes for awhile now and I take care of it with meds. I have been very sexually active and I have ALWAYS used condoms when I have sex with sex workers for both vaginal and anal sex. If I use condoms is my risk still increased? Should I get tested even though I always used condoms because of my herpes? I'm very concerned now.
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3191940 tn?1447268717
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Herpes only increases the risk when you have had a risk to begin with.  It cannot amplify a zero risk scenario, and having protected intercourse is zero risk.  Even if it amplified the risk x10, zero risk x10 still = zero risk.
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