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Hiv concern
I am a straight 21 year old male. I had unprotected sex for the first time on June 25 with a girl for a few minutes. I started with a condom but could not finish so I took it off for the end. A few days after, I developed a lot of pain in my groin area and legs. I went to my doctor and he said I have an infection and prescribed me penicillin. It turned out to be a muscle strain after an MRI and pain pills. However, I finished the medicine. About 7 days into the medicine treatment, I developed a rash on my chest, oral thrush and a rapid heart rate. My doctor said I was allergic to penicillin and gave a steroid which helped for a while. It then came back and I have had severe anxiety about it being HIV. I asked my partner to get tested about 7 weeks later and she did and was negative. She said I have nothing to worry about however my anxiety is killing me. I did an Oraquick test at 11 at 11 weeks. I still cannot get it out of my head. Should I be worried? I have never felt so alone and scared in my life. Thank you.
Update: I did an oraquick at home test today (89 days) and it was negative! Woo hoo!
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You were already conclusively negative so it was abnormal to continue testing.
Oops, i mixed you up with someone else so ignore that last post. Congrats instead.
I did it to clear my conscious! Thank you for the help. I pray god provides you life and happiness. Bless you all!
Forgot to say my oraquick at 11 weeks (77 days) was negative
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You are supposed to wait 12 weeks but it might still be conclusive. You do need to stop trying to connect your health ailments with HIV diagnosis though, because it can't work. Everything you thought proved HIV was explained by your doc to be something else, so relax and stop examining your body and Googling for HIV because only a test can diagnose..
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