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is a condom break very noticible

Recently I had sex with another man. I asked his status and he said negative and I responded with the same. I was the top and used a lubed condom. Once I finished I checked the condom and it seemed intact.

2 weeks later and my lower right below my jaw hurts and is tender (lymph node?), have experienced headaches, tiredness, and night sweats, some runniness in my nose and throat soreness but no cold (possible hiv risk?).

I wanted to check if maybe the condom had a little hole I didn't see or if there was something else I didn't do to be safer.

I feel like I was pretty safe but then I started feeling sick and wanted to get another opinion.

Thank you
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Condoms don't get little holes, you never had an exposure.
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When a condom breaks it,s obvious and you will notice it.This never happened,therefore you never had a risk and those symptoms you are having are not Hiv related.See your doctor if you are not feeling well.
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condom failure is CATASTROPHIC...not something you have to guess about.  

when you look down and see MR WILLIE staring at you, instead of a condom...you know that your condom failed.
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Thank you for your help. This website is a great resource because of all of you!
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