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Worried abt symtons

Thanks for reading.  I am from India. 2 months ago i had a protected vaginal sex with a csw. The condom did not breaks. A week after the incident i lost 4kg of my body weight. A week later i got itchy throat, diarreah but no fever. My body started itching and there was peeling of my palm skin. These symtons were there for 1 week and went away without medication. Are these ars symtons? Is there ny case that if a condom breaks, tears or hole is present people are infected with hiv? Plz help
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Thanks .  I hv promised myself that will abstain myself from these risky behaviours. Will try to kill the guilt and anxiety as soon as possible
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Thanks teak.  I hv promised myself that will abstain myself from these risky behaviours. Will try to kill the guilt and anxiety as soon as possible
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We don't use numbers like the Dr's do. Our stance is it can take 1 time.

Never use 2 condoms, increases the risk of breakage.
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Thanks for your response. A question for you it is not related to my incident. I have read Dr Edward stating that hiv transmission ratio from female to male is 1:1000. Does it mean that u have sex with an infected woman 1 time without a condom the chances are low? Does the number 1000 means having sex with an infected women 1000 times or it is 1000 times exposed?
And if we use 2 condoms during sex noting that the penetration is not hard, will the condom tear if the sex will last only for couple of minutes.


*please note:this is only for my information
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As long as the tip was covered then you had no risk.
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Thanks for the response. Just last question. During the incident i did my best to protect myself but sometime the condom use to slip a bit from the base of the penis while removing from the vagina. Can it be that hiv virus can pass from the lower end of the foreskin? I am preety sure that the tip of my penis was covered.
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You never had an exposure. When a condom fails it fails catastrophically. Condoms do not get little holes or tears.
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