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Scared of HIV... Please HELP!!!

Hi, I'm a 25 year old gay man.  I have had quite a lot of sex in my life. But I stopped it almost a year ago when I got wary of HIV. I took HIV test(1st test) in Sep 2013 and I tested negative. But in Jan 2013, I kind of went out of control and sucked an unknown guy once without condom. Nothing else, just sucked him once(no kissing/anal sex whatsoever. he did not suck me either). I got very scared. I took a HIV test(2nd test) after three days of the sex. The test result said that my antibody level is 0.436 and that the hiv cut off is 0.533 and hence am HIV Negative. 2 weeks after that, I started feeling a light burning sensation on the left back of my body. I also started having wheezing attacks in the night(I have wheezing history though, but its been some months since I got the last wheezing attack). I'm not sure if it was because of stress. The burning sensation subsided after a couple of days but the wheezing attack still continues. Now I have completed almost 5 weeks from the date of the above mentioned sex(sucking only) episode. In the start of the 5th week I got mild fever. Its been 4 days now and the mild fever is not subsiding despite taking paracetamol twice a day. There were also two very small red bump shaped marks out of nowhere near my left armpit on the 2nd day of my mild fever. The redness however reduced on the same day and the bumps have become very small in size(almost unnoticeable). On the 4th day of my fever now, I'm also feel like getting sore throat(have not got yet).. I have read that a lot of these could be HIV symptoms. I'm very very scared to take a test(especially after seeing the antibody level close to 0.533 cut off). I have almost stopped socializing in my office now and have not been able to work or do anything properly.  Please advice.
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Thank you Teak for reassuring!
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You never had an HIV exposure.
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A follow up on the thread. I went to a doctor, told about the fever(I did not say about my hiv fear). He asked me to do a CBC test. The CBC results say I have high Lymphocytes, high Monocytes and low Neutrophil.. Doctor told it could be some viral infection and asked not to bother.. Could this indicate anything about HIV status. Please advice!
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Thanks a ton for the clarifications, ashibhat.
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You are conclusively HIV negative and no further testing for HIV is required. Oral sex don't carry any risk for HIV.

If anyone telling this, either they don't know what they telling or misinformed. We advice people based on several long term scientific evidence.

Forget about HIV and get on with your life.  
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Thanks ashibhat. The 2nd test(which showed negative)was 4 months after last unprotected sex.

But the penis sucking episode is really bothering me as many websites say that unprotected oral sex carries HIV risk.
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If any of your two test mentioned here were 3 months after the last unprotected sex if you have any, then you are conclusively negative. Don't panic about your sucked penis incident. That exposure carries zero risk for HIV.

Whatever result you got from the test, if that <1 then your test result is negative.

Last of all you cannot get HIV by any kind of oral sex period. If your symptoms bothering you, check with your doctor, but don't worry about HIV.
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