Possible positive oralquick

[Humbly20]

I'm a 36 year old black gay male living in Atlanta, Ga. Hiv rates are extremely high here. My exposure to hiv was unprotected oral sex on for guys with one ejaculation. I had three protected anal sex acts and I was the recipient. For each of the anal sex acts, I or them did not hold the base of the condoms, use the correct lubricant, neither did i check the condoms. With one of the guys it felt like condoms spit in me or some strange feeling with the condom. Basically, I didn't follow the condom directions and also one of the condoms were too small for one of the guys. I didn't think anything about it until I started feeling the following: first, a really bad cold followed by a cough that wouldn't go away. So i ordered two hiv test called wonfo off wish and they both gave me unclear results. The backgroud in the testing window was pinkish making it impoosible for me to see the lines but you could look deep inside the test and see a second line. So, I disregared those test and got a oralquick test which showed a very extremely faint line that wasn't really pink or purple, however more transulucent in color. You would have to literally shine a flashlight in to see a faint reading. This line appeared after the test showed a negative. Now, my back is gradually being covered in a rash that's starting to spread over my entire back. It feels like an allergic reaction. Im suffering from diarrhea and extreme exhaustion despite getting adequate rest. I'm terrified at this point. I ordered something called my lab box so i can be tested again with a more reliable test. Please help me im scared to death

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[AnxiousNoMore]

I'm not sure why you keep asking for advice, since you haven't accepted any of it. hiv prevention is straightforward because there are only 3 risks, so consider seeing a therapist if you're unable to accept the 3. Or do the placebo test if that makes you stop worrying.

[Humbly20]

I explained to you that I appreciate he advice. What makes me extremely uncomfortable is the results ive seen and the strange symptoms ive been feeling.

[AnxiousNoMore]

Reread my last advice.

[AnxiousNoMore]

hiv prevention is straightforward. Since you have no disease, your test gave you a false positive.

[AnxiousNoMore]

Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  (mouth, fluids etc. which is not a risk for hiv.) No worries, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the worst that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. You can't get hiv when you use a condom and if a condom fails it rips apart down the seam and hangs in tatters, so that didn't happen - all the other anal details and worries were irrelevant.

[Humbly20]

I posted a picture of the rash in my profile picture and uploaded it to my photo gallery. My skin itches and the rash is getting worse. Im so terribly sorry.

[AnxiousNoMore]

This is an hiv prevention forum and you don't have hiv.
See doc or ask your pharmacist if they have some otc cream to help with your rash if concerned. Rashes have been around for thousands of years so it can be from anything, but for sure it has nothing to do with a disease you don't have.

[Humbly20]

One of those guts ejaculated in my mouth. He could have been recently infected. The condoms could've been tampered with, because i received a preliminary positive on the oralquick. I wouldn't exaggerate these things. Im being totally honest. I'm not fueled with anxiety but rather hurt. I'm quite fimilar with the oral test and I know what i saw.

[AnxiousNoMore]

You haven't listened to any of the advice about oral, so actually you are "fueled with anxiety" because you are relying on a purposeless test - which makes it just a placebo.  There is no reason to post your placebo test result here since it is negative.
I don't know why you think someone tampers with your condoms, but I don't know these people so will leave it at that. hiv doctors can't diagnose from symptoms which is why no one here pays attention to them either - likely you got Covid or a cold from them (or anyone else you are not sd from) since it is a different virus that is very easy to catch.

[Humbly20]

If the oralquick is placebo. Why is it widely used in testing centers and approved by the fda. The cdc must be an inaccurate source for information, because it states that oral is a risk. I'm already infected with hsv1 and hsv2. The body.com mentioned having an std increases the risk. That guy ejaculated in my mouth and as for as the anal details i believe that condons can fail , (i.e) wrong size, not holding the base, putting it on wrong etc. The doctor that i went to told me hiv is possible to catch by oralsex. I shipped ny results off today and will post them once the lab has processed

[GuitarRox]

I completely agree with anxiousnomore.  You didn't need a test at all.  This is a moderated forum that follows the advice of experts specifically in HIV.  Continuing to ask if your non risk is a risk won't make it one.  It's not.  NO RISK> you will not get another answer from this site. No one, in the history of HIV, has tested positive from having oral sex.  Not a single proven case.  Theoretical risk is different than practical risk.  No one gets HIV from oral, you won't be the first.

[AnxiousNoMore]

Humbly20 I clearly stated why in your case the test is a placebo for you and GR has also explained it - since you have no interest in the advice and insist on testing, you are doing a placebo test - you might as well do a test to see if he made you pregnant.
cdc uses theoretical risks that have never manifested in 40 years hiv history - how useless is that? You have greater risk of E Coli death from a hamburger (hundreds die each year from E Coli) than from something that has never happened, but you don't test your burgers for E C so your priorities are misplaced.

[Humbly20]

I did not intend to bother you guys . For quite sometime now ive been feeling unwell. My last reliable hiv test was last year with a negative result. Throughout these encounters I ordered two test from wish and one oralquick test. I recieved a preliminary positive result on all three. I would not exaggerate these things because i saw these results clear as day. I only took those test because the symptoms I was having. Mainly becuase the reaccuring rash thats covering my whole back.Maybe those results could have been from a sexual incounter before the negstive result. Im waiting for the test results to give me a peace of mind. I read your comments for hope and a peace of mind, becuase telling me im negative is definietly encouraging after the results i seen on those test. God bless you guys for taking the time out to that.

[AnxiousNoMore]

Now you are worrying about prior sexual encounters but if you didn't have any unprotected anal before, then the advice can't change.