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Weird Symptoms one week after sexual intercourse

Thank you for reading this. I know it has been said a thousand times but I'll say it again. I'll regret this till the day I die. I had sexual intercourse with 2 sex workers on 2 different occasions. Both times I used condom. I received oral sex and we had vaginal intercourse. I also gave both sex workers a very short oral. As far as I remember, condoms were used properly. After the last intercourse, roughly 6 days after, I started experiencing tiredness, I feel as if I have fever but I actually don't have it. One lymph node on my neck is swollen (only one) and I feel like the left side of my throat is soar. All my symptoms are very mild but I usually don't experience such stuff. I had burning sensations all over my body a few times. I thought I was just tired but after one night of good sleep (over 8 hours) I still feel the same. I know it might just be a cold or flu but I'm freaking out here. Could you please give me some advice how to proceed?

Are my symptoms showing up too early for HIV?
Should I be worried? Should I get tested and when?
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Thanks for your reply. The thing is I never felt like this. I'm really terrified I did something extremely stupid. I know the chances are low but I'm still worried.
Do HIV symptoms actually cause a real fever or just a sense of fever?
Does anybody know the chances or statistics of HIV among sex workers in EU?
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Everyone gets 3 colds or flu every year and your symptoms are self-diagnosed so in your panic state are likely incorrect or don't exist because your fear is getting the better of your reasoning. HIV doctors aren't interested in "symptoms" and are only interested in conclusive test results, which you don't have to do. See below.

The chances of HIV are not low like you claim, they are zero. Now that you know you can't have HIV any more than you can be a pregnant male, I hope you get back to your happy life and don't bother testing for either.  
Perhaps you have an STD and you can find info on that in the STD forum - otherwise ask doc if the symptoms don't disappear when you relax.
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Latex condoms have been proven to protect against hiv and so this should not be hiv related.
They also greatly reduce some other std transmissions.
See a doctor about how you feel but you smartly used a condom and had protected sex concerning hiv.
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