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I shortened it, please give me some advice. HIV risk.

Hey doc one night I got so hammered I went home with this girl to her place, and we had sex. It was insertive anal sex that only lasted for about 2 3-5 minute periods and no ejaculation. Then she finished me orally of which, I did ejaculate in her mouth. Throughout this whole experience I realized something was off.. Making a long story short, she was a transsexual, pre-op who told me she was on her period... So now I'm freaking out, 2 days later I get a sore throat, I go in to get a full STD panel done that day, I had only gonnorhea, they diagnosed me 5 days later when the results came back. They gave me the shot, a pill and the powder. Throughout the next couple days I started feeling better, then about 5-6 days after treatment(approximately 10 days after possible exposure), I got really sick. Bad sore throat(worse than before) aches, nausea, swollen lymph nodes, and sores all over my tongue.(I have been getting tongue sores for about 4 months now on and off, but this had been the worst breakout) and just general fatigue and lethargy.. I don't have a rash that I can tell, no headaches, no fever, but when I ask her her HIV status, she is very ambiguous(she is phillipino so there's kind of a language barrier). I know people say symptoms don't present until after 2 weeks, but I feel like with what I have researched that is just typically in general they usually don't..  but I just need to know if anyone thinks these symptoms and the situation sounds like I certainly have the virus? Or when symptoms typically present? Or if this was a delayed effect of the gonnorhea? I am feeling better now except for the tongue sores.
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i think that 48 weeks test is conclusive for such high risk exposure ( like mine ) even with 4th and 5th generation test
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Always wise to use a condom for anal or vaginal sex.  Not a bad idea for oral in terms of STD's but you can not transmit HIV through oral sex as saliva renders it inactive.  However, as you did risk exposure through unprotected anal, you must test.  Remember though, it is not an easy virus to transmit and the other person would have to have it to do so.  Your symptoms are most likely unrelated and doctors do not use those to determine status of HIV transmission.  It's all about the test.  So, wait the appropriate time (a month or 28 days) and test.  Best
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I see from your previous post that you had unprotected anal sex, which carries the highest risk for HIV.

You absolutely need to test.

At 28 days post this exposure, have a 4th generation DUO test.
This test will NOT be conclusive, but will give you a good idea of your status.
Testing again at 6-8 weeks will give you results in the 95-98% range.
A final confirmatory test at 3 months (84 days) will give you 100% conclusive results.

Symptoms are NEVER used to diagnose HIV.
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