How High Is The Fever With Ars

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no fever? no ars?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

i have not had a fever yet. does this mean i am not experiencing ars?

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ARS is more fever/swollen lymph than cough

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

On most web sites it seems ARS Symptoms are more fever/swollen lymph nodes achy body than coughing sore throat type of symptoms. Am I on the right track? Read more »

Fever 7 weeks after high risk exposure

Posted by EuropeMan, 1 Reply

I developed a cough 5 weeks and a fever 7 weeks after unprotected viginal sex with a French stripper in Japan. The cough was with green flem so the doc gave me an antibiotic and the low grade fever disapeared. I live in a house with 4 other people... Read more »

ARS question

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I have some questions regarding ARS. Is it always accompanied by a high fever? If so, what is regarded as a high fever? Secondly, how long does it last, how intense is it, and approxmately how long after exposure does it occur? Thanks.

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Can you have ARS symptoms but not have ARS?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I had symptoms of ARS infection...painful swollen neck glands, low grade fever, rash that lasted a month, clogged ears. My only risk factor is receiving a shot from a doctor 9 weeks before the symptoms showed themselves. Should I be tested? What... Read more »

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ARS OR DENGUE FEVER?

Hi Doctor, are symptoms of dengue fever (flulike, rash) very similar to that of ARS? Nearly 3 months following a high-risk sexual exposure, I came down with flulike symptoms followed by a transient rash 5 days later. But this also started 3 days...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

HIV symptoms can resemble dengue.... Read more »

ARS fever--how common?

Hi Ryan,Fever is almost always found in ARS, right?Could it appear very early (gone <14 days) while the rest of the symptoms come a little later and last for over a month?In other words, would a doctor examining a patient who was going through...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Fever is one of the most common symptoms experienced during acute HIV infection. A doctor is not likely to suspect that you are experiencing ARS unless you are at significant risk for infection (unprotected sex with an HIV infected person, or... Read more »

Please help -- high risk incident and ARS symptoms

Hi Dr. Frascino. You are my hero! Anyway, 11 weeks ago, I had unprotected (actually the condom broke early on -- I remember it in retrospect, but at the time I didn't think about it and continued having sex for maybe 4-5 minutes) insertive (I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Your estimated risk for acquisition of HIV from insertive penile-vaginal sex with condom failure is 5 per 10,000 exposures to an HIV-infected partner. Your negative tests at 6 and 10 weeks are very encouraging, but not definitive. I would... Read more »

Having ARS mean your immune system stronger?

Hi,I seroconverted in May, and had severe ARS, with symptoms lasting thirty days - (Fever, chills, extreme fatigue, severe headache, achiness and rash). One physician said it was actually a "good sign" that I had such a violent response to...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.As far as I know, there's little scientific evidence that the severity (or lack thereof) of symptoms during seroconversion has any correlation to the pace and severity of HIV disease. In either case (using viral load as a... Read more »

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