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Negative oral rapid test at 4 months, but still concerned

Hi all. Back at the end of December 2015, I made a bad decision and had unprotected oral and vaginal sex with a woman whose status I did not know. I told her afterwards I was concerned with possibly catching something, but she told me she was clean. Towards the end of March, I noticed a small white bump on the head down there, which I assumed was a pimple or something, but decided to make an appointment with my doctor (after deciding to do some home research online, which is a bad idea). I suddenly was very fearful about having HPV or HIV, and was so stressed about the unknowns that I decided to take one of the Oraquick oral HIV tests before my appointment. I followed the directions exactly and the test came back negative. I was relieved until I got out of my doctor appointment, being told that I had a yeast infection. I suddenly remembered seeing yeast infections as one of the symptoms of HIV, plus I have had a  runny nose and cough for a few days(which is a little productive), and have been tired the past few weeks. All of this is making my anxiety rise again. Am I being overly paranoid? Should I retest?
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Yes your result is conclusive. I would not be worried about HPV there are many treatments for it while not cureable it is extremely manageable! Where HIV is more debilitating. You do not have HIV but please book yourself in for a full STD screening.
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Stop hijacking people's posts!!! And giving misleading advice on people's posts
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Please do not HIJACK people's posts and please post your questions elsewhere
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You do not have HIV, your test is conclusive, trust these results
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