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Should i test further?

Somewhere around mid Feb this year i had anal sex with a csw. On the 7th of March i took an HIV duo test and that came back negative. I had a further retest on the 31st of May in Pakistan in a well known pathology lab and that too came back negative. Now i am nearing my medical examination in Dubai as my visa is expiring and I am getting increasing paranoid that what if i got infected with HIV on the last test as i don't remeber if he used a clean syringe or not. Between my test in May and now, I have had skin rashes and oral ulcers come and go, was diagnosed with acute bronchitis and recently I have been having a very stuffed nose/cough. I am becoming very stressed and anxious regarding this whole experience and the only thing going through my mind is that I MAY have HIV.

What is the risk in this case and should i test again?
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3191940 tn?1447268717
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You don't need any further tests - you are conclusively HIV-negative.  Paranoid thoughts about needles are not rational, and we cannot address these anxiety-driven thoughts.  However, HIV is transmitted by intravenous needles when the needle is pushing fluids INTO your body.  A blood draw is taking fluid out of your body.

You don't have HIV.  You should stop testing, and if you can't get past the worries, please see a counselor to help you move forward.
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