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feel like dying inside of HIV fear

Last yeàr I had sex with a csw , I had à cold after 2 weeks,I googled hiv and kept on read8ng now I have all symtom, body aches on all mußcles, weakness and rash on chest below neck àmd swollom pàinful nodes oñ different parts of body fullgum and jaw pains my body aches all the time  I had condom protected sex and handjob unprotected  I have no
I have had medical condi5ionsof hypertension añd diabetes, but I was never this weàk ,the 2as broghtby the csw and it didn't have a w4apper I am worriednow
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188761 tn?1584567620
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Symptoms don't haunt you. Your issues lead you to believe you have symptoms. Please don't confuse two different things, most of the time people fixated on irrational HIV fear have shown to have some underlying emotional issues.

Perhaps, you should work with a therapist to figure out your issue, if it is guilt of cheating or stigma of this disease or maybe just fear of dying or whatever it is. A professional will be able to help you from here. Please understand this is an online forum and it is limited to HIV prevention, you don't have any HIV concern.

Please address your issues subjectively instead of haphazardly consuming information on the internet, misinterpreting it and then ranting on an online forum.

This is the best we could offer you from here. I repeat, please consider seeking help.
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Mike, am trying to move on but these symtoms haunt me bad, my submandibular gland is swollen which on many sites and forums say is a symtoms of HIV also I have loss 10 kg of weight and also I have weak legs and fatigue , I try to  belive tat I used  a condom so no risk but these symtoms make me loose my self
I can't get enough courage to get tested  
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This is not a jaw forum and it is highly unlikely that anything is wrong with your jaw but see doc if concerned, instead of making up hiv theories that no one here is going to believe.
Hey Anm , I don't want to make theories or am not here to debate , I had sex with a csw protected and now my life is upside down ,
I have no idea why you keep coming back here asking the same question since you ignored all the advice and have told everyone that you know you have hiv. It seems your mind was made up before you came here and you want everyone to believe your theory.
See a therapist, because your anxiety is a bit of a mental health problem at this point.
188761 tn?1584567620
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If you keep thinking about HIV all day, all night you will be fatigued.  Also, stop poking those glands so aggressively all the time. You used a condom and you are safe. This is the best this forum can offer you.

We can't keep telling you the same thing every day. You need to move on.
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My symtoms are worsening feeling fatigued and my submandibular galnd is swollen , I am able to feel thenm clearly like a small round thing ,  
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20620809 tn?1504362969
HIV is not diagnosed with symptoms and any number of things can cause the symptoms you describe.  Relax.  You didn't risk HIV.  You don't have HIV from this encounter.
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You don't have any medical training, so it is unrealistic for you to have so much confidence in your self diagnosis of something wrong with your jaw. You need to stop poking and irritating your jaw then pretending afterwards that you became a Google doctor equivalent to a real doctor. This is not a jaw forum and it is highly unlikely that anything is wrong with your jaw but see doc if concerned. You never poked it last year so you don't even know what it felt like then.
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I hope I am fine ,
I have swollen submandibular gland I can feel a round slippery  thing under theja2 bel9w my tounge also there are ßome cases where people ended up with HIV aft3r protected sex
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188761 tn?1584567620
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"*the condom was brought by the csw and it didnt had the wrapper"

The problem is, you are imagining scenarios that is leading to scare. The fact is you used a condom and it ensured your safety, condoms are made of latex and latex protects against HIV. That is the bottom line.

Wrapper, no wrapper, brand, quality etc. are irrational thoughts inside your head, the crux of the problem seems to be some underlying emotion which is translating in to HIV fear. Your jaw is probably just as normal as it should be but you are analyzing it every couple of hours because you read a lot over the internet. Quit that now. Irrespective of that it is not a sign of HIV

You need to see a professional that deals with emotional or anxiety issues, this is an HIV forum and you used a condom. Therefore, you didn't have a risk, this has been clearly stated to you and you need to accept this.  
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Ok,so doñt ne3d to worry
My jaw haß redness along the border I feel pain I have small pea-sized long nerve like something there
I am r
eally wor4ied It defanitly hurts
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I never had these issues  before, it's been almost year after the exposure and now am gett8ng weak ev3ry day
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That is irrelevant since you don't hiv. Disease doesn't have a schedule or else no one would get a heart attack or cancer because they didn't get it before.
3191940 tn?1447268717
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Risks for HIV are:
1) having unprotected, penetrative anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles.

You did not have one of those two events, so you are at NO risk for HIV.  As long as the condom did not visibly break - and you would have known - you were at zero risk for HIV.

I don't know what is causing your symptoms, but you should definitely see a doctor about these non-HIV related symptoms.  They have nothing to do with HIV.
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*the condom was brought by the csw and it didnt had the wrapper
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