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curious about symptoms

ABout 10 months ago I had unprotected vaginal sex with a man I barely knew at a party. At that party a close friend of mine was currently fighting off tonsilitis. About a week after, I came down with a very serious case of what came back as strep throat. About a week after finishing the antibiotics, I broke out in a rash which turned out to be guttate psoriasis. Before seeing an expert about my skin I had the Dr.s test me for hiv (which was about a month after the unprotected sex) it came back negative, but I'm also aware that this may have been too soon. I was also told that I still had strep throat and was put on another round of antibiotics, which finally kicked it. My psoriasis cleared up as was predicted. Now since this all came at once I became very panicked before I went back to.piece it all together. So everytime since that whole experience if I feel ill I automatically think I may in fact have hiv. It's been about 9 months since that has all cleared but in the past few days I have had a very slight sore throat along with a little fatigue and a very low fever one night along with slightly looser.bms. Am I over reacting or do you think this is something serious? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Thanks for your input. I appreciate it :)
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Symptoms mean NOTHING - 9 times out of 10 they are due to stress and anxiety.  The chances you were infected with HIV is low but you will need to test.

It has been 9 months go get a test and put this behind you.

Hope this helps

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