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Negative at 5 and 6 weeks

Hi Doctor, I had protected vaginal sex and unprotected oral sex (cunnilingus) with a female of unknown HIV status. It was winter and i had dry chapped lips. The condom did not break during the vaginal sex. At 5 weeks i was down with sore throat and cold and went and got tested . The HIV test was negative. The sore throat lasted for a week. I read on the internet that todays test are almost 100 % accurate after 6 weeks. So i went and got tested at the 6 week mark and i was HIV negative. However after 7 weeks, i developed a sore throat again. It started as a lump in my throat and moved up the throat. I have no other symptoms like cold, fever etc.
1) What are the HIV transmission risks from the exposure i described?
2) Could ARS start at 5-7 weeks after exposure?
3) Is sore throat, wothout any other symptoms indicative of HIV? Could my symptoms be related to stress?
4) Should i consider my 6 week negative test as definitive and move on with my life?
Please help
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no test for you,unless other information you didn't mention
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You did not have a risk nor did you ever need to test.
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Hey am on the same boat as you,but I had protected vaginal sex and protected oral sex with a prof. sex worker for first time and after that a few weeks late a develop a rash on my chest that did look like the one describe on the web it had a few red macules like 5 all around the chest and i don't know if it is papules but had a lot of white bumps on the chest exactly where the hair ports are.Can the only symptom be rash and no fever? or can it be anxiety?
I had an elisa test at 4 weeks an it came negative how accurate is the at 4 weeks?

Thanksss
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1 no test for you,unless other information you didn't mention
2 no,it start at 1-2weeks
3 no
4 you could move on
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There are no doctors on this forum. You didn't not have a risk in what you have described.
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