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Blood during INtercourse

I had not engaged in sexual activity for over one year-someone from the past contacted me.  She had moved away and was back in town.  I broke down and saw her.  She uses protection for oral and vaginal.  During the first minute or less- she noticed blood- she just began her period.  We stopped.  I removed the condom and took a quick shower to wash the blood off.  She said she tested four week earlier and was negative.  After getting home, I noticed a small cut or abrasion in my groin area.  
After one week, I noticed nausea- slight but it persists.  I also noticed that on a few occasions I woke up sweaty, not drenched, but enough to notice and wake me up.  It will be two weeks this Friday.  This has me concerned.  Logically, the risk is not high.  She uses protection and had a recent negative test.  The risk of infection does not seem in the high range, given we stopped quickly and washed the blood away.  Nonetheless, I am anxious.  
I assume the plan of action would be to wait 6-8 weeks to test and then put it behind me-but would testing sooner be of any value-for example, if I test now due to the symptoms would the test be positive if it is HIV?  
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Thank you for your response.  My intent is not to argue, but to get a better understanding.  I assume that this was no exposure becasue  once exposed to air, HIV becomes inactive and unable to infect as has been posted here.  What worries me is that there is blood possibly being grond into a cut for a few seconds- is that not a possible mode of transmission.  If HIV is inavtive the second it is outside the body and exposed to air, how to needles pose a risk of transmission.  The blood leaves one body and is exposed to air on the needle or in the syringe.  Then re-introduced into another person.  Clearly this is more direct and would have a higher concentrationof the virus, but it nonetheless seem to indicate that the blanket statement that once HIV hits the air the risk of transmission is zero is overly broad.  Please educate me as I am confused on this point.  
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You never had an exposure.
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