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What's my risk of infection

I am a strait man who had 2 unprotected oral encounters with other men. Fist encounter was a month ago and I received oral from a guy I met online. He said he was disease free (but who knows), it's been a month now and now painful urination, no discharge,  no sores.
Second encounter was 4 days ago with another man I met online and he assured me he was disease free as well, said he had only been with his wife ( but who really knows for sure). We both preformed oral on each other to completion and swallowed. I haven't  had any discharge, sores, or buring urination as of yet. However I do get a tingling in the head uf my penis that comes and goes throughout the day,  I think it's just nerves.
My questions are what is my risk of catching an STD?
Do I need to be tested?
I am strait and was just experimenting and over it now and don't want to bring anything home to my wife
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In your first paragraph, you say, "now painful urination, no discharge,  no sores."

Did you mean no painful urination? Am I correct in assuming you have no symptoms other than the random tingling you mention?

Both of your partners sound pretty low risk. Oral sex is lower risk than intercourse.

For receiving oral, you could be at risk for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis (uncommon in most developed countries), genital herpes type 1 (the type that causes cold sores, and can be transmitted to the genitals), and NGU (a bacterial infection in the urethra).

If you already have oral hsv1, you don't need to worry about genital hsv1. Even if you've never had a cold sore, you could still have it. 90% of the 2/3 of adults that have it globally never get symptoms.

NGU can be caused by things like bacteria that resides in the mouth normally, strep bacteria, viruses that normally cause upper respiratory infections entering the urethra, etc.

Getting gonorrhea and chlamydia from oral is much less likely than if you had unprotected sex.

From giving oral sex to someone with a penis, you can get oral gonorrhea and chlamydia, and syphilis. The chances are lower here, too.

You can test for chlamydia and gonorrhea at 5 days post exposure, and make sure to ask for an oral swab test, too. You can test for syphilis at 6 weeks, though if you're in the US, Canada, UK, etc., I wouldn't overly worry about that. You can also get an IgG type specific herpes test now, and again at 12 weeks if your hsv1 test is negative, but I'd caution against that. The hsv1 test misses 30% of infections, and it's done at the same time as the hsv2 test, which has a fair amount of false positives. Unraveling that can take weeks and several hundred dollars. I'd imagine that would be stressful, not to mention hard to explain to your wife.

If you get sores on your penis, you can get them swabbed.

Most experts don't think oral sex is risky enough to even warrant testing after 1 exposure. Since you have tingling, you might test, especially because you're married, but I agree - that could be anxiety.

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Yes I meant to say no symptoms
Great, thanks for clarifying. Overall, I wouldn't worry too much, and just test for gonorrhea and chlamydia (and NGU, which I forgot to expand on for testing) at 5 days.
I forgot to mention that I have a slight swelling of my upper right inner right thigh growing area that is very tender to the touch. It started a couple days after my last exposure.  
It has been 8 days since exposure  and tingling has pretty much gone away now, but still have tenderness in growing.
I am diabetic and the tingling in my piens and the tenderness in my growing area could be do to that as well as nerves I guess. Or could it be from my exposures. It's now been 8 days since my last exposure and still no burning,  no sore, no discharge or any signs. Could the all in my head or do I need testing?
Greetings.
The risks you had (low risks) have already been well described by AuntieJessi.
I would like to comment on your symptoms. You swelling on inner thigh (is it groin area?) is most probably not related to STIs. If there is something like a red elevated pimple, it is much likely folliculitis or an ingrown hair.
As for penis tingling... well, it is never a reliable symptom. It is a normal body sensation we just never notice, but when we are worried and concerned and afraid of a STI, we are easily frightened by slightest tingling. I would not consider it a symptom at all. You are right, just your nerves.
I see no need for testing unless you find out your partners were infected or have some STI-specific symptoms.
Thank you for helping put my mind  at ease
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