Ars What Type Of Abdominal Pain

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ARS STOMACH PAIN?

Posted by Anonymous

Is it normal or even possible for the stomach pain and nausea that comes with intitial infection to last over 2 months? (I really wish i could get some one medically trained to answer this)

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unusual length of ARS?

Posted by Anonymous

Is it unusual to have symtpoms of ARS for 1.5 months? (Steady stomach pain and nausea, dry mouth, ect.rash on cheeks of face)

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Could this be ARS

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello:
8 weeks after possible exposure felt pain in the abdominal area and groin accompanied by general feeling of ilness, weight loss of 15 lbs, and pain behind neck around hair line along with a feeling of paranoia. No fever or diareha
This lasted 3... Read more »

Aseptic Meningitis and ARS

Posted by MikeinAsia, 1 Reply

I need help. I'm freaking going crazy. I had unprotected sex with sex workers while in Manila.
8 days later I woke up with a very stiff neck on both sides. Lymph nodes not swollen, no fever- checked everyday, headaches, but i did keep checking my... Read more »

53 days ora-quick neg, had classic ars

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Yesterday I had ora-quick done at Whitman-Walker in DC (blood/finger prick), very, very much to my surprise, came back totally negative, technician told me I had an 80% chance of being neg for real.

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Can excessive gas be part of ARS?

Hi Dr. Bob,Two quick questions for you:1. Is excessive gas considered to be a symptom of ARS? Have you seen it be or can it be?2. What about lower abdominal discomfort? Occasional minor sharp pain that may be attributed to the gas issue.As always...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,1.No. It's a symptom of eating too many refried beans at Pablo's Ticky Tacky Tacos.2.See #1 above.You're welcome. To decrease your fart-a-thon, try some Gas-X. (It's readily available over the counter.)As for HIV, stop... Read more »

"ARS symptoms"

Hi Dr. Daar and thanks in advance for ur help. Despite the fact that symptoms are never reliable to diagnose acute HIV infection. (1)Is it possible to have a sore thorat with diarrhea ,abdominal pain,fatigue and muscle aches, then in a few days the...

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

You are correct that symptoms associated with primary HIV infection or seroconversion are extremely variable. However, they usually do occur within a few days if not hours of each other and the lymph nodes are diffuse. It would be unusual for... Read more »

Possible ARS Symtoms? (POPPERS, 2010)

First of all, thank you so much for your time. Let me start my story by saying that currently I'm awaiting results from an HIV DNA test. I took an antibodies test 2 weeks ago for a possible exposure I may have had 7 weeks prior. It came back...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"...the other guy was on 'poppers' and through some research I learned that HIV infection is increased from receiving oral sex from someone under the influence from this drug." WHAT? Where did you read that? Poppers can... Read more »

Back Pain and ARS

I'm hopeing you'll have time to answer this one, I'm the one who asked about infection symptoms after having surgery. My exposure was with a prostitute in Bangkok on Jan 20 99, I had no symptoms until two days after a hernia surgery...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Symptoms around seroconversion can vary between people. There is no one set of symptoms that all infected people have. Fever with back/shoulder pain could be in the mix, but not usually as isolated symptoms in the face of a negative ELISA at 8... Read more »

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