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My symptoms are killing me

In short,tested negative with antibody/antigen tests in 3 different labaratories out of one year after unprotected vaginal and oral sex with Asian CSW. Developed very strange symptoms. The most worrisome are generalised swollen lymph nodes which are very palpable,till now.
Now almost 2 years from exposure I have rasping breath sounds and a very dry irritating cough on and off which lasts for 3 months now and I am scared that this could be PCP pneumonia,I have never had problems like those and I am also getting aphthous ulcers in my mouth. I have no temperature. I will go soon to the doctor but I am afraid that he/she will misdiagnosed with bronchitis or something like that,because I live in a very small town in Europe where doctors have no very much experience,especially with things like HIV. Can someone have PCP pneumonia for 3 months without temperature? I think that I would conquer my fear if I did not have those symptoms. And those symptoms cannot be pshyological.
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1163575 tn?1339478617
my bad..well u had 3 negative tests 1 yr after exposure..
so you are Conlusively negative...you need to put trust on your tests...
now you did not get hiv from that incident and that is for sure..
you need to go and see a doctor regarding your chest problems..it could be many other probs not pcp...prolonged chest infection is very harmful so go and see a doctor asap..not due to hiv
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Read again what I wrote and you will see that it was now almost two years after my exposure not 3 months.
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1163575 tn?1339478617
pcp comes after a very long time after infection with hiv...not at 3 months..
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You are very confident in those test. Swollen lymph nodes, rashes, aphthous ulcer, rasping breath sounds and a very dry irritating cough, tiredness etc. doesn't look like suspicious to you. OK, I don't expect that you will say "Ooh you have those symptoms, you are positive." No! Actually I was only asked a question about PCP pneumonia. Can someone have PCP pneumonia for 3 months without temperature? Are those "rasping breath sounds and a very dry irritating cough" symptoms of pneumonia?
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You are negative period. trust your results, trust science it hasnt failed yet.  your symptoms are from somehting else non HIV related move on buddy. anxiety is your worry.
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You don't have PCP and you don't have HIV. See a doctor for your illness.
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