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Oral STI

hi, please can someone help. I gave unprotected oral sex to a man followed by protected intercourse on the 26th jan. A few days later I started to get a sore throat (but there have been lots of virus going round) I had a full sti check 2 weeks later everything was negative, but they didn't do a oral swab. I brought a home oral swab which came back negative. I thought my sore throat had got better but I've had a cold and my throat naturally got worse. I went to the doc and they said my throat was very red and had a coating on my tongue. She thought it could be oar thrush as I've had 5 weeks of antibiotics for an unrelated bacterial infection. I'm just worried it could actually be oral gonorrhoea? The last day or 2 I've also had a sore pack near the corner of my mouth but can't really see anything. How likely is it I've got oral sti and do the antibiotics that treat vaginal chlamydia or gonorrhoea also treat the oral infection?
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Oral gonorrhea normally does not cause symptoms and your risk is low. But only way to know is to test.
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For sore throat, I have found gargling with warm salt water to be very effective for me. I've done it 3 X now, and it has always cleared the sore throat soon after. Salt water is an effective cleanser.

If you got tested for Gonorrhea and it came back negative, I wouldn't worry about it.

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Can anyone give me done advice? Thanks
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