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Possible hiv infection

Hi all
I had protected  viginal and oral action with a csw in the red light district.its been 10 weeks since my exposure week 4 I took a rapid test concluded to be negative I had some symptoms like headache joint pains, random red dots around my arms n tights at hair follicle frequent urination Aswel went back to my doctor at 6 weeks she did urine test  for stds and drew blood to test for hiv with the Elias test all clear.8 weeks later took another rapid test negative but after that suffered from headaches stuff neck random pain around my entire body dry mouth and loss stool once everymorning kinda freaked out anxiety taking its tall on me.

What are the chances of being infected at this stage?

Thanks in advance
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Thanks for your response anxious I've stated that I had viginal penetration tho I get you when you say it was zero risk, I also forgot to mention that I had a swelling on the back of my head and one just behind the ear lymph node I presume.what ive notice was that it swelled like a acne pimple no bigger then a cm but, disappeared two days later. Secondly my urine is kinda darker then normal and a slight odor the doctor gave me antibiotics to clear that out although she confirmed no std.im not questioning your answer just weird that this has been the first time ever That I've been so sick.

Thanks for the time you put in to answer questions like these really appreciate
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You wasted your time testing and it doesn't matter what district someone comes from, btw.
Stop testing, since you had zero risk. No one got HIV from oral or even kissing, because it is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva. Double zero risk.

Condom always protects so again zero risk.

Likely your pains are psychosomatic, but since we can't diagnose you from here and you have no medical background, that only leaves your doctor as the go to person if you seriously think there is a medical problem to be diagnosed. You have been living in terror and likely tensing up and over-analyzing your body, which is natural since you were under the faulty impression that you were dying. Try to relax and see if the pains disappear, or were always there but you ignored them before.
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