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Hiv test at 5 weeks...

I had an encounter with a csw, after that i started to panic as it was mu first time i had been with a sexual worker. At 5 weeks i took an hiv test which came back negative, but i think it only tested for antibodies. Right now at week 10 i started to develop sore throat, lymph nodes and trush.
My question is would the test i took at 5 weeks be a good indicator? Can someone please help me, im really scared to have hiv.
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Wearing a condom protected you from HIV transmission.  Only the head of your penis needs to be covered for protection.  So,  you do not describe any risk at all.  The only ways adults get HIV is unprotected vaginal or anal sex or sharing IV drug needles.  No risk
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Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  (her body 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.
If a condom fails it rips apart down the seam and is hard to take off because of the ring and both of you would know it, so that didn't happen. You should move on from this non event just like she did.
I can understand why she has stopped taking your phone calls, since she knows your theory that she has hiv is incorrect. She wouldn't pay for condoms if she had hiv, because she only cares about her own health and not yours.
Everyone thinks they have hiv symptoms but all you have is an unrelated possible throat issue. Best to stop poking your lymph and irritating it because you don't know what lymph is supposed to feel like. See doc if concerned.
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Oral, anal or vaginal? Was it protected?
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It was vaginal, but i had shaved my pubic area before and i had some red spots around the penis shaft, they looled likr pimples but i think they were just ingrown pubic hairprotected but im not sure if it broke.i have tried to contact the worker to ask her status but she wont reply anymore so it males me think she is hiding something.
Thank you in advance for your help
Also i was thinking of taking an oraquick test at home, would you recommend that? Eventhough its only 10 weeks
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