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chances + is there a point to test early?

Hey. i hope somone will answer to my questions since im in a big stress.

guess its been asked few times by now but i really need help. had dangerous sex activity (unprotect sex as reciver since condom broke). without go any further in details :

a. what is the earliest i can have symptoms? i had rash on neck for 1 day and itching face after like 5-6 days, im starting to feel a little cold and im sweating all day! (i heard hiv syptom is night sweating but i sweat all day. only one in the house to sweat). also i had little sore on my penis after 6 days. can you get symptoms after 6 days? or 7?

b. is there any point to test after 13 days? yeah im planning to test at 24 days also and after this at 45 days with 4th gen tests but can 4th gen test tell something at 13 days? its include p24 antigen which ive heard can spark after 10 days.

thanks.
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A broken condom is a risk but low. Understand that. It's a very low risk with a transmission rate of LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. Which means it is very unlikely you will get HIV from this. Odds are highly against it. There are no symptoms used to diagnose hiv. None Don't look or ask about symptoms. The proper thing to do when you have had an unprotected anal exposure is to test with a 4th generation test at 28 days. I would not worry. Remember less than one percent chance.
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There is no point or reason to test early. Test at 28 days with a 4th generation test and expect a negative result.
thanks for your answer first of all
in the last night i had a vomit feeling. i woke up in the night almost vomit. now i had this again. i like almost about to throw up. it strated last week. ive seen online its an hiv symptom - can you replay on this?
also, just for knowladge, why it says p24 antigen can pick up after 12-13 days? i think on test on 15 and 28 days.
Reread. "None Don't look or ask about symptoms."
It's a waste of time.

The first step to reducing anxiety is to stop googling cold turkey (no matter how stressful this waiting period is for you.) - there's nothing useful there and it will just make you feel worse.  Second is to stop looking at your body cold turkey - there's no symptom specific to hiv so it's also a waste of time.
i try to take your advice but my tempature raised to 38c . temp + sweat + bad feeling in stomach. im afarid
hiv doctors can't diagnose from symptoms so no one here pays attention to poster's claims of symptoms. Therefore you shouldn't either. 38 isn't really a fever and the rest of your symptoms are in your imagination.
Something that very commonly happens with anxiety is that we begin to have our mind play tricks on us. Every ache and pain you have until day 28 when you take a 4th generation duo test you will attribute to this exposure. Your symptoms do not indicate hiv. HIV is NOT diagnosed by symptoms. It's just not. You can have about a gazillion different viruses going around. So, stay off the internet. Do other things. and just get ready to get a negative result. Remember, your incidence of transmission from this event is LESS THAN one percent. So low.
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