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ARS Symptoms
#194365 - 06/03/06 06:29 PM
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Can ARS symptoms last more than a week or two? Could it go on for a few months? I've been having muscle aches, night sweats and swollen glands for the past few months but I haven't gotten to courage to go for a test yet. Unfortunately back in March I had sex with a guy I met at a club. We didn't have a condom. Now I'm really scared and mad at myself for being so stupid.
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I would be lieing to you if I didn't say that you put yourself at risk for STD's, including HIV, because unfortunately you did. Acute Retroviral Syndrome Symptoms are VERY non-specfic....meaning the symptoms can be related to MANY other infections...viral or bacterial. A test right now would give you a conclusive result, that is, if you didn't have any risky exposures past the one in question.
Were your swollen glands confirmed by a physician? Many mistake their "nodes" incorrectly referred to as glands, as being swollen. Here is an FYI...everyone's nodes are different. You may have a large node, which my feel enlarged, but are considered normal. I am HIV negative, but I have glands that I can palpate (feel). They are in my neck (hardly can feel them) and they are VERY shotty in my groin..meaning that they are felt, but not pathalogical (meaing worrisome) I even have a gland in my left armpit up in my axilla, but then again, I lift weights and I shave my chest, and when I get razor bumps, my armpit nodes swell. Burn a finger, or part of your arm? Your armpit nodes will swell...walk barefoot outside and sustain a small cut? Your groin nodes will swell. NEVER go by symptoms....TRUST ME...in understand HOW YOU FEEL because I was you before...had a VERY risky exposure (insertive anal) and I got every symptom in the book....fever, swollen glands, sore throat, fatigue, swollen spleen, loss of appetite, weight loss ( was VERY glad for that LOL) and GUESS WHAT??? I had MONO......EFFIN MONO!!! SPENT 2 MONTHS WORRYING ABOUT HIV BECAUSE OF MONO...this was back in February. Lesson learned? Heh...that's an understatement.
Please don't be upset if someone tells you "dont go by symptoms, get a test" because frankly, they are correct. Most of these folks are HIV postive, and they do have knowledge about the virus....listen to them...they know what they are talking about.
Go get a test Monday. If this was a one time exposure, then the odds are in your favor that you are negative. But don't rely on odds, because you are bound to lose someway, somehow.....
Good luck, stay safe, and enjoy life. Positive or negative...we will never know when our time is up!
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no...if ya do have em, they last up to 2-3 weeks after that they go completely away......
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First you have to understand what ARS [Acute Retroviral Syndrome] means. It is the body’s reaction to an infection. Your body is saying; hey, what’s going on? It then 2 to 4 weeks into the infection begins to produce anti-bodies to fight the infection. This is the time that ARS presents. After your body produces anti-bodies, it thinks all is well and the symptoms of ARS disappear. Now in almost all cases, within 6 weeks these anti-bodies will be able to be detected using the standard tests being used today. So no, ARS symptoms would not typically last 2 or more months. D.J.
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