HIV risk and test question

[Needadvice0824]

About 8 and a half weeks ago I had sex with a random sex worker (not through a company or agency). It was protected vaginal sex. From 2 days after that till now I’ve had a cough and a sore throat. In those eight weeks I’ve also had a tooth infection (a month ago), nausea, 3 week long diarrhea, random pains in joints, headaches, what appears to be a cold sore developing, slight fever on/off (started very recently), white coating on tongue, pain in my lungs and neck, shortness of breath, random pains in chest area, difficulty breathing, feeling like I have bronchitis, and just about every symptom in the book. I took a rapid test after 1 week and a full panel at 4 weeks, both came negative for everything. I’m worried that those tests were too early. If I were to test now, which test would provide me with the most accurate answer. I know a lot of people say since I used protection I had no risk but these symptoms are still here and I just want to conclusively rule HIV out.

[AnxiousNoMore]

You can't get HIV when you used a condom, so testing is purposeless. You can stop testing and move on from HIV. People (including the sex worker) cough on your lips and door knobs so flu is to be expected at any time, like your tooth infection did. my guess is most of your symptoms that aren't related to your flu are in your imagination from fear. Everyone lists their ARS here, but none I have seen actually had HIV because virtually all were like you with no risk.