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Hiv Risk from semen on psoriasis wound

Hi, my case is not very common i guess, as most people doesnt have psoriasis. well, 15 days ago, i performed protected oral sex to an hiv+ man (i didn't knew then), both receptive and insertive, when he finished i pull out the condom and touch some semen with my hand, when i went to the bathroom to throw it away, inadvertedly i scratched a psoriasis wound in my leg (as a reflex), and make myself bleed there, and i didn't washed my hands prior. Am i at risk from the semen on my wound? about the protected oral sex is it an hiv risk also? im coming down with a fever, sore throat, night sweats, headaches, and getting worried that is ARS? please ***** my risk, thank you.
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This answers all of your HIV questions, and if you can think of any more just reread about the 3. You had zero risk therefore  testing is irrelevant to your situation because you had zero risk. HIV is a fragile virus, which is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.  
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis. Only the head needs to be covered, so if that happened it is  protected and there is zero risk
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis. Only the head needs to be covered, so if that happened it is protected and there is zero risk.
3. sharing hollow needles that you inject with.
The only way to get HIV is if you did one of the 3. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. This HIV science is 40 years old and very well established, so no detail that you can add to your encounter will change it from zero risk. Because of all the research statistics, doctors have calculated the risk from what you describe to be less than that of being hit by a meteor, therefore no one will get HIV from what you did in the next 40 years of your life either.
If you didn't have one of the 3 then you are just worrying about your own hiv theory - which is unrealistic for you to think that can become reality - so you should move on back to your happy life instead.
Everyone posts about their ARS but it is in their imagination when they are negative like you are.You could say those are the symptoms of Lyme disease and think you got Lyme too, or many other diseases.
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You have many posts about your hiv phobia so consider therapy so you can live a normal life instead of wasting it in agony worrying about nothing so much.
Thank you for your time, you reassured me and it is practically the same that a local doctor told me. i guess i should follow your advice and seek help about hiv phobia, in order to have a normal sex life. You do really do a great work here helping people like me.
The therapist might be able to help with not only a normal sex life, but also all the time afterwards when you worry about this one disease. There are 5,000 diseases and conditions that you can get so no reason to focus on this one.
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