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Oral risk

Hi I wanted to get some clarity about oral risk specifically with receiving oral.

I met up with a guy about 4-5 weeks ago an the only thing we engaged in was me receiving oral now I know the risk is low but how low is it if there was blood in his mouth from say bleeding gums or something else?

A few days ago I started to get some symptoms which I’ve not had before in this way it started with a sore throat an chills in the evening an then went onto a fever and night sweats during the night, I still have a mild fever, sore throat an fatigue but there’s no cough or congestion in my chest or a blocked/runny nose which has me abit worried as I’ve never had these symptoms like this before.

Before this guy I did have anal sex with another guy but it was protected an there was no condom broken or anything that was about 7-8 weeks ago so I don’t think that would show symptoms this late

Anyway some advice would be appreciated
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This answers all of your HIV questions, and if you can think of any more just reread about the 3. You had zero risk therefore  testing is irrelevant to your situation because you had zero risk. HIV is a fragile virus, which is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.  
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with.
The only way to get HIV is if you did one of the 3. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. Doctors have calculated the risk from what you describe to be less than that of being hit by a meteor, therefore no one will get HIV from what you did in the next 40 years of your life either. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established, so no detail that you can add to your encounter will change it from zero risk.
If you didn't have one of the 3 then you are just worrying about your own hiv theory - which is unrealistic for you to think that can become reality - so you should move on back to your happy life instead.
1 Was your other thread about oral or condom protected?
2 Disease does not have a schedule, otherwise no one would get sick with anything they didn't have before so you have no point, when you try to study your body and note something different than in  the past. Someone coughed on your lips and you got a sore throat so nothing unusual happened there.
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My old thread was about oral too but it was about a year ago, I always have protected sex the only thing that wasn’t protected was the receiving oral, I understand what you mean about symptoms but the way they have come on an the way they make me feel is different from ever before. I woke up today with a rash on my chest again I’ve never had a rash before an I still have the sore throat an mild fever
See a doctor.  You had NO RISK for HIV so your symptoms aren't related to HIV.
Reread about unrealistic and schedule instead of repeating your incorrect claim, especially since your old thread was closed because you wouldn't listen to the advice.
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