question: Hello doctor, I have potentially been exposed to HIV. 20 days back, I had protected sex with a sex worker and at some point during the intercourse the condom broke exposing my entire penis. I do not know how long this exposure took place. Three days later, I started experiencing a fever. The fever lasted up until a week approximately. I returned home and had swollen lymph nodes below my jaw on both sides. I went to my doctor the next day, and told her what happened and my worries, she prescribed me Doxycycline for the lymph nodes. Within a few days, the left lymph node had completely gone down but the right one still remains. The doctor also had me test for STDs (syphils, gonorrhea, and HIV, all negative). I am now experiencing tenderness and slight pain under my arm pits and behind my left knee, there is a pain when I walk or stretch that leg. Are these the symptoms of early HIV infection? How worried should I be about the lymph nodes? I am also experiencing intermittent tingling in my feet and hands.