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Worried of possible hiv infection

I am a new member in this forum and have a serious hiv scare that has happened to me. I hooked up with a lady and after some time we had sex.We used a condom and my worry is on removal of the condom, it touched an unbleeding wound on my finger and have the feeling that the vaginal fluids on the condom may have entered the wound. Also i have this fear that as i was washing my penis, some fluid from the hand that removed the condom may also have entered the wound as i used one hand to wash the other.I would like some advice on whether this is a possible risk and do i need testing?
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NO
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I appeal to the forum members to bear with me but am now having the following symptoms following my posted exposure.
1.running nose
2.stomach pains
3.weight loss

could this be related to hiv. am scared
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has there been a case that u guys know of, when someone became infected when he had used a condom?i cant sleep nor think properly
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thank you but i will test at six weeks to calm down my nerves.
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Not possible.Hiv becomes inactive once outside the body and exposed to air.You never at any stage had an Hiv risk.
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Thank you for the quick response but what if some vaginal fluids found its way into the wound, because some people say hiv can get into a person's body through the smallest wounds that we have.I have washed the wound several times to do away with any possible remnants of the virus.
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Zero risk and no testing required because The Hiv virus becomes inactive and therefore unable to infect as soon as it is exposed to air.
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