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Do I have something to worry about

I have been talking to this girl for about a month and I have been very safe about having a sexual relationship with her.  Yesterday it happened and I use protection with her.  I did not finish because I have intimacy issues and as i withdrew my self from her I saw that the condom was sort of coming out but it was still attach to the penis gland.  I pulled it off with my hand and then I sort of blew on it just to make sure that there was no hole, there wasn't.  My question is, do I need to worry bout catching an std? Was i safe...I don't know how to describe the condom but I know it was still attach to my head and it was not ripped and it was not inside her, but I did had a pimple that I had popped earlier in the day it was near the gland...do i have to worry about something because of the pimple I popped earlier.
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Hey I'm Rebecca, a retrovirologist specializing in HIV/AIDS and other STDs. If you were the insertive partner, and used protection and had no open sores or cuts on your penis, the probability of you catching HIV is one in ten thousand. However, when it comes to other STDs such as bacterial ones like Chlamydia and Gonnorhea, you don't need an open wound for exposure. If you begin to feel symptoms of those diseases, get tested immediately. If not, you have almost nothing to worry about. However I recommend everyone gets checked regularly. But on the HIV front, from what you have described; you should be fine.
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