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hiv exposure? help!

hi everyone, in the beginning of june i preformed unprotected oral sex on a male of status unknown. i didn't allow him to ejactulate in my mouth but there was the normal pre-cum that you get while preforming oral that got into my mouth and ultimately got swallowed. there was no penetrative sex at all what so ever and it's been 2 years since i've had any penetrative sex. there was some rubbing of his penis in the anal area but no penetration at all. we're now at three weeks later and every night i seem to be getting night sweats. i keep my bedroom cool and have a fan on medium all night long, so this is scaring me. some nights i have to get up and change my shirt because of it. i keep reading online that there is a risk with oral sex and it's made my anxiety so much worse. is that true? did i really have a risk of this? i'm regretting doing anything with him now and just wish it didn't happen. please help me.
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3191940 tn?1717500602
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As an adult, the only risks for HIV are:
1) having unprotected, penetrative vaginal or anal sex, or
2) sharing IV drug needles with other IV drug users.

You had NO RISK for HIV and you do not need to test.  Whatever is causing your sweats has nothing to do with HIV.  Oral sex is largely a theoretical risk, so some sites mention it out of an abundance of caution.  The truth is that you are more likely to be killed by a vending machine or a hippopotamus than to contract HIV from oral sex.
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