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Hard to undestand kiss no risk

I´m male. My story is this. On june 15th (at night), I was involved in hard kissing session with a girl. 1.5 days after (june 17th, at morning) I noticed my neck had at least 5 lymph nodes swollen. They were painless. I noticed them while I as was taking a shower. I didn´t though about an HIV concern, as it was just deep kissing. So I didn´t have HIV in mind and was not worried. Nothing more happend, but 2 weeks after my throat were soaring (just for 2 days). Then a cold begun with headaches. My lymph nodes were getting normal at that time. So I started to think about the enlarged lymph nodes and now here I am, very confused and worried because I had unprotected sex with my wife for 3 times. I know what many people argue about kissing is not a risk, but I found in the files (here at Medhelp, and in another web site forum) that someone got HIV trough saliva used in his penis as lubrication. Tomorrow is going to be 35 days since my exposure to hiv, and I´m going to be tested with an VIH antibody/ Ag p24 test. Hoping I can put this behind as a mere coincidence of symptoms. Should ARS start that soon (1.5 days after exposure)? I know certainly I had no other risks.
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whatever you heard about the guy with the saliva on his penis is a load of crap. Saliva neutrilizes HIV, thus kissing, or anything to do with saliva is a no risk situation. whatever you are experiencing is not anything to do with HIV. First, it was no risk, second, the symptoms would not start that soon, and they would all come at once, not one at a time, 2-4 weeks after infection.
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Thankyou for your very prompt response.
Best wishes to you.
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Sorry to post again with the same worries. Today I visited my Doctor. He said that he has seen people to get HIV trough a kiss. He recomended to test. I got panicked. I thought maybe he is outdated so went to another physician and he told me the same. I reviewed some files here about what happened to azprince. Don´t want to be refused by the community as him just because he claimed he got HIV trough a kiss. I know certainly I was HIV- before the kiss. The fact that I had my lymph nodes swollen was a bad indicator for both of them. I know what safe sex is, I know that my only risk was the kiss, but maybe I´m another exception to the rule that kiss is no risk.
What happened to azprince? Did you found out if he was cheating?
Hope to find some support.
Thankyou
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he was probably lying to save himself humiliation. HIV cannot be transmitted via kissing oral or anything like that. it is ONLY transmitted by unprotected vaginal/anal sex or drug users who pass needles back and forth. And just fyi... your lymph nodes can swell for many many reasons.. it is not strictly a symptom for HIV. Your lymph nodes WILL not swell that quick if this was HIV and they would swell everywhere, not just in your neck, but that wont happen until 2-4 weeks after infection. I am 1 billion % sure you are HIV negative and your symptoms are from something else entirely, like mono.
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Justnotsure, thanks again. As the title of my post, it´s hard to leave it behind, but your words are encouraging. I just read a journal wrote by nursegirl6572, that helped me a little too. Tomorrow I´m going to be tested for mono, hiv, and 2 others.
Teak, I´m sorry and I know that it bothers you, but I guess it´s a human condition to not accept some advices when one think the worst is going to happen. Just wanted to know if azprince retracted or something happend that clears this situation
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You've been going on about HIV since 2007. Seek professional mental help for your phobias.
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Teak, I´ve been kissing since then with no concerns at all. But this time, I had those lymph swollen as never before. that´s why I am worried. But thanks because I know you want peace in mind for kissers
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I want to post and say that my tests are ok. I was tested on Mono, VIH, and don´t remeber what else.
As Justnotsure said: symptoms is nothing, and no risk for a kiss.
Sorry for I´ve been so stubborn.
And thankyou (both) for trying to be a light and support.
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