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HIV risk from quick Oral

Hi there, below is a paste of my post on the free forum and the response I received from Teak has really helped my anxiety levels. To bring my episode to a close I am after your expert opinion as medical professionals, I have edited slightly so as not to exceed 2000 characters. I have / I am still considering visiting the Freedom clinic in Harley Street and my question after you read my post below, is would you recommend that I need to for medical reasons, not peace of mind reasons.
On the 03/12/13 I did a stupid thing after drinking far too much and gave a random stranger at a spa a blow job, from memory only for a few seconds and I believe that it was less than 10seconds. I am married and hetro and have no idea what on earth I was thinking of. I have spent all day since then checking myself, reading the internet and like so many people have convinced myself I am now infected with HIV. Also there was no ejaculation.  I haven’t really had any symptoms as such, other than a very mild sore throat and still have a bit of one, however my house hold has been and has a cold on and off. I have had and have the odd ache. I have had the odd skin blemish come and go, I am eating more and more I think to convince myself I haven’t gone off eating and my stools are fine. My question is, having read so many different views and so many other websites where the views on risk differ so much is what should I do.  On this website which seems to be one of the best I have found, I have read that most physicians wouldn’t recommend that I need to test for such an incident and that testing would really be for peace of mind, is this really true. If my incident is one where medical experts would tell me no need to test, this would be the closure I need.  I am not sure why this incident has made me think this way; I have a friend (not related to this incident) that recently tested positive for HIV and who is gay, so I am not sure if that is playing on my mind as well.
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Hello

I think you should relax.

The calculated risk of contracting HIV from a man who usually has sex with other men  who's status is unknown in London is of the order of 1 in every 62,500.

If the other male is known to be HIV positive then the chances are around 1 in 5000. This will reduce markedly, if not to zero, if the person is on treatment.

It seems reasonable to think that if the oral sex is very brief, or if there is no ejaculation into your mouth, then that risk would shrink further.

Overall, from what you have described I would judge your prospects of HIV infection to be next to zero.

You may wish to consider that diseases such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea, which are treatable with antibiotics, are much easier to catch and you might wish to screen for those.

Kind regards, Sean
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Many thanks Sean for your response, this has helped beyond belief

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