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Sorry, but i need reassurance

I am sorry to say that i feel like a child with this. If im old enough for risky behavior i should be old enough to deal with it. Intercourse with a woman of unknown status. Used a condom witch i did not supply. It was thin. Thinner than im used to, but stayed on during, as i checked numerous times. Week later bad headache for days with cold symptoms. Week after that rash, which looks like pipmles but arent,appearing every day in a new area. Mostly legs and buttocks and arms.Sorry, everybody here is so pro condom and confident. But how do i deny these symptoms? Ty
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13276481 tn?1451146767
See a doctor about how you feel but as AnxiousNoMore said, your condom protected you from hiv.
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If you used a latex condom you had no risk, but if you can't find what it was then you will have to test after the window period. Try to relax if you have to test because nothing is pointing to HIV like you think it is.

Your self-diagnosed "symptoms" are likely all in your head from fear making you over-analyze your body and imagining things are happening. HIV doctors only pay attention to test results so your symptoms do not point to anything --- except fear and a cold that everyone gets 3 times a year, and perhaps measles or shingles or PERHAPS something else that only a doctor's office can identify.
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