Are Chills A Symptom Of Ars

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how long do ARS symptoms last ?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Can symptoms last 24 hours only ?I had a cold chills with body aches that lasted one night. Could this be seroconversion ?

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ars-symptoms

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

can the people who have tested positive describe the symptoms they experianced during the ars period and after please. Thanks Read more »

AIDS symptoms in ARS? please help, goibng crazy

Posted by paranoiafreak, 1 Reply

The pain is unbearable that i always wake up at dawn at could not get back to sleep anymore. It started with weakness in both upper and lower extremities then after a while burning sensation on the dorsal area of the feet and arms appeared. It went... Read more »

I had all the symptoms of ARS

Posted by manifestingneg, 1 Reply

After a drunken exposure in Thailand with a Thai girl, where the condom slipped, I started PEP at 56 hours. I took it for 1 week and stopped due to side effects. I had extreme fatigue begin on day 10 post exposure. I was now back home in the... Read more »

ARS SYMPTOMS, MAYBE? A LONG STORY FROM 7/26 POSTIN

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Hi There,
Here is the story. I was seeing someone for almost a year and back in Nov, we decided we wouldn't use protection because we were just seeing eachother. After our last encounter, a couple of days before feb 14 (unprotected), I decided I... Read more »

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Protected Intercourse + No ARS symptoms = HIV free???

Dear Dr. Bob, First off, great site and you rock like a hurricane!!! Anyway, I am a 26 year old heterosexual male. I had protected vaginal intercourse and protected insertive oral intercourse only with a female sex worker on April 6, 2003....

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hey Curious George,Do hurricanes rock? I thought they were just big bags of wind!?!?You had "protected vaginal intercourse and protected insertive oral intercourse only with a female sex worker". Assuming the condom was used correctly (as... Read more »

Follow Up - Scared, ARS-like Symptoms After Mutual Masterbation

Doctor,I hope you are having a Happy New Year. I'm in a bit of a crisis and I need your help.On Dec. 3, I went to a bathhouse. There were a few risk incidents: 1) Sucked unknown partner for 30 seconds, don't think there was pre-cum, 2)...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your HIV-acquisition risk from the activities you describe are extremely low. Your negative HIV PCR RNA at day 20 is extremely encouraging and I have no reason to question your HIV specialist's opinion. He has much more information about... Read more »

The Results - Scared: ARS-like Symptoms After Mutual Masterbation

Hi Dr. Bob,I hope I haven't offended you. I just want to thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Truly, I would reread your answers to me several times daily as I waited through the window period. This was my situation:...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,How could you have offended me? Did you vote for Palin or something like that?1.Assuming you have no symptoms that require specialized testing, your results to date cover the major STDs and I do not feel additional tests would be... Read more »

ARS Early Symptoms - thank you and testing

Dr. Bob:Thanks for your last post as I was fully not expecting it and your patience in dealing with my daily rants and raves. As I mentioned before, I was doing it more as a way to get it off my chest then asking questions or expecting you to...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Friendly Neighborhood Train Wreck,Here are the parts of your post I agree with most:"I think I have lots of issues going on, and this (these) incident(s) have magnified everything to an nth degree . . . ." (Actually, I think you have... Read more »

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