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ARS symptoms length?
#233117 - 10/29/07 01:40 PM
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The closer I get to my results date, the more nervous I become.
I was reading through the forum and found this bit stated by vokz, "ARS / seroconversion illness is a short acute illness that lasts a few days. If you were one of the few people who experience a longer ARS event..."
I was just curious about this too. So, it's not normal for symptoms to last longer than a week or so? Let alone 4 months?
(I know, I know, different for everyone. Yadda yadda yadda.)
I just like to know the probability of things, so that perhaps I can relax just an ounce.
I did go to the regular doctor today and she thinks my cough might be allergy related. Maybe these medicines will work. I need to reschedule my results date since I'm going out of town. But I should have it within two weeks.
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Estimates of the percentage of infected persons who experience acute retroviral syndrome (ARS) range from 53 - 93%. Some people are asymptomatic, others have only mild symptoms.
The range of time between the initial infection and the development of ARS has been reported as 5-90 days. The usually quoted 2-4 weeks is the range of time for the great majority of those infected.
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You should not symptom shop, some (myself included) never experience ARS.
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vokz
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The fact that your symptoms last a long time doesn’t mean that you aren’t HIV-positive, or that you haven’t experienced ARS / seroconversion illness .. it is just that the prolonged symptoms are almost certainly not the result of ARS.
As Florida correctly states, you should not symptom shop. HIV can not be diagnosed from symptoms .. there are just certain symptoms and illnesses that can make an HIV test advisable.
There is nothing in symptoms that can make it more or less likely that you have acquired HIV.
So, if your symptoms have lasted for four months – without you having to be hospitalised - then they almost certainly are not ARS; but that does not affect the probability of you being (or not being) HIV-positive.
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