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Revised Timing of Acute HIV post
#198866 - 07/05/06 10:32 AM
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My last post got cut off when I was typing. Below is the entire post I was trying to send:
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My question relates to timing of possible HIV exposure, Acute HIV and subsequent sero-conversion.
I had a potentially very dangerous sexual encounter earlier in 2006. I told my partner about it a week and a half later but we did engage in oral sex a few times during that week and a half window. We have not had relations since. The next part is what worries me. About 2.5 months later I got a very acute viral, flu-like illness which included chills, very congested sinuses/nose as well as fever. This made me sick for about a week. My partner got the same illness about a week later although his symptoms lasted longer than mine (a few weeks). He also seemed to keep a shallow, dry cough after the flu-like illness passed for several weeks.
I am curious if the 2.5 months is possible as a window from exposure to acute HIV? If it is, would that then push back the timeline for testing? My logic is that if acute HIV does not happen until 2.5 months when it usually happens at two weeks, would antibody testing also be pushed back by two months?
I am really despearate for an answer. Note I have tested negative with Elisa tests out to 19 weeks but I have not been well since 2 weeks after the event feeling tired with off and on with swollen glands. I feel like I've aged 25 years in a few months. What also worries me is my partner has not been himself either and he appears much more tired and listless than usual.
Thanks in advance for any responses. Please only respond if you have some knowledge about this subject. I realize people want to help but answering me with assurances based on kindness is not really what I am looking for. I want to know if the scenario I describe is something that is seen often, or is not likely at all.
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You can test again at 6 months, 12, ect. But you are NEGATIVE!! Ask your doctor whats wrong with you, and stop asking us. You have reliably tested negative, time to put your mind somehwere else.
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You can test again at 6 months, 12, ect. But you are NEGATIVE!! Ask your doctor whats wrong with you, and stop asking us. You have reliably tested negative, time to put your mind somehwere else.
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Thanks although your response did not really answer my question as to whether such a scenario is possible/common, etc. I wish there was a place to ask someone who really knows about this subject. The Ask The Expert section is great but those doctors get so many questions they only answer a small percentage of them.
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It would be virtually unheard of for ARS to occur 10 weeks after infection. And for both you AND your partner to experience ARS at 10 weeks seems, to me, statistically impossible.
You probably just had the flu.
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Hopefully that is the case.
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ARS if it occurs typically does so between 2-4 weeks, which is in keeping with the timeline that the majority of people infected test postive between 4-6 weeks.
Even if you had ARS at 10 weeks, which you didn't, you certainly would have tested postive by 19 weeks if you were postive.
The conclusion would be that you did NOT have ARS, because you do NOT have HIV.
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I understand what everyone is saying and thanks a lot for the responses. The bottom line is that I had a very risky sexual experience the likes of which I had never had before and two weeks later I started to feel bad and have not returned to my old self since. What has happened to me I have no idea. All of the tests so far say it is not HIV nor any other known STD but I still feel like I have luekemia or something (not sure what that feels like but that is the closest I can convey as to how I feel). I guess I need to grin and bear it as they say. :(
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I've asked the same questions on various sites and never got a clear answer on when ARS should show. Best answer thus far is that it depends on the individual biological response and everyone would respond differently. But as far a testing timelines most here will state conclusive at 3 months. From my research that seems to be the norm for most individuals by by far from conclusive. Please see the link:
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/insite?page=ask-01-07-31. Some here will call that old information, but regardless of what test you take, the biological factor has to be taken into consideration. Good Luck,
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Cobal: I have been in the same situation as you. I go by Ronnie99 on another site that you posted on. It is good that these sites are so anonymous but it would be cool to talk to you since we have so much in common in terms of our recent, unfortunate experience. Anyway, best of luck to you also.
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