If I Have Ars Will I Have Night Sweats

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Night Sweats Question ARS

Posted by needsupport2, 1 Reply

I'm wondering if anyone with HIV who's been through it can answer this question. I've read that ARS night sweats are almost always accompanied by fever. I've had no fever. What were your experiences? How profuse a sweat, was fever present.

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Night Sweats? Signs of ARS?

Posted by alex39, 3 Replies

Hi
I am a male and I did perform cunnilingus on a woman for few minutes. (No menstrual blood, and I have no sores or lesions in my mouth).
No Vaginal, No Anal.
9 days later I felt a little bit tired during the day and the same evening I got some chills... Read more »

night sweat

Posted by Anonymous

2 months after possible infection and what might have been ARS, i had a night sweat. Yes i was soaked and so was the bed. Is this too late to experience one. I also had bad bronchitis and fever at this time.

2nd question: can ARS worsen to the point... Read more »

Night sweat and fever

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

2 months after a possible exposure i had a fever, bad cough, lots of phlem and had only one night of really bad night sweat. Could be related to ARS

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night sweats

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I had sex with a person of unknown status and a week or two later had bad night sweats for two nights straight, can this be ARS and if so how long after ARS symptoms would it be before a test would show positive? Please help. I getting tested on... Read more »

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Night Sweats

Dear Doctors,What is it about HIV that causes those darn drenching night sweats like the ones I had during ARS? Why are the drenching sweats so exclusive to HIV? I was infected in 7/98 and never had treatment. I have been noticing some mild sweats...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Good question. I would wonder first if you are actually having fever with your sweats(get a thermometer and keep track -- the digital ones are easy to use). The interaction between HIV and your immune system causes the release of lots of powerful... Read more »

broken thermostat with night sweats

Dear Dr. Bob.... Seven weeks ago got wamboozled at a bar and received unprotected oral from risky partner...I've racked my brain senseless and pretty sure thats all that happened!!!...She was a biter although no skin was broken... For the sake...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Tom,Acute Retroviral Syndrome (ARS) symptoms, if they appear, usually are noted 2-4 weeks after transmission. The P24 antigen test has a wide range of sensitivity (30-90 percent) reported in various clinical trials. It is sometimes used as an... Read more »

PEP side-effects night-sweats

Dear Dr. Frascino,I recently discovered the body and am finding it very helpful in dealing with my situation. Last week I had a resk exposure to an HIV positive man. I was the insertive partner with a non-latex condom which broke about three minutes...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Dan,Most likely your night sweats are related to anxiety rather than to PEP or HIV ARS.Because you mentioned "non-latex condom," I should remind all readers that "natural" or "lambskin" condoms are effective in... Read more »

night sweats & joint pain

2 weeks after a possible exposure I developed ARS like symptoms which lasted about 2 weeks (swollen glands, sore throat, chest pain, fever, fatigue) although some symptoms have lasted 4 months now, (muscle and joint pain) I tested negative on Elisa...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

By 15 weeks after exposure, > 99% of people infected with HIV will have a positive antibody test. Viral load tests would be positive as well. A negative viral load test now would rule out HIV infection. There is some relationship between high... Read more »

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