If I Have Ars Will I Have Red Spots

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What are these tiny pin head bright red spots?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

They are on my upper arm and chest, pin head size and bright red, they look like dots of paint. There are 8 on my left arm and 4 on my chest. They have been there for a week or so. Are they in any way connected to a possible STD? Or even ARS?... Read more »

Ars?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

The rash, do the red spots appear too look like cherry angioma spots?

also lymph pain, is it continuous or intermittent? I am wondering because I experience these quick pains lasting about 3-30 seconds in my neck/groin/armpits/ and my back.

i know... Read more »

ARS Rash

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Would the ARS rash come and go in different spots of the body throught they day? Would it be more pronounced in the hands and neck? Also more pronounced around the knuckles? During different times of the day the hands get very red and the spots... Read more »

My Wife-ARS Rash

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am scared to death that I may have infected my wife, who came down with sore throat and muscle aches and a rash. I may have been exposed and gone through ars months ago, and now fear I have infected her. Can someone tell me if the rash associated... Read more »

ARS

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Is a fever of 99.9 for one day with diarehea one time and sore throat indicative of ARS. It happened about 2 weeks after a risky unprotected sexual encounter. Also are swollen lymph nodes extremley noticeable(painful) or do you really have to... Read more »

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strep throat and ARS

Hello Dr , if you had a sore throat and it was related to ars what would the throat swab read, Mono, Strep or some other Virus. I really would like to know as my dr said its strep and its bacterial,(not related to ARS) then another dr said ars can...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

Most likely if you have strep throat, that's all you have. It isn't impossible to have strep throat and ARS simultaneously. The sore throat of ARS is due to HIV and throat swabs would be negative if that were the only thing going on.... Read more »

ARS TIME FRAME

Do ARS symptoms usually all appear at about the same time. I mean would you get a sore throat at two weeks and a rash at 9 weeks, or do the symptoms usually appear closer together. Thank you for your time....

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

I assume that "ARS" refers to the acute retroviral syndrome associated with what is described as acute or primary infection, or the symptoms which occur at the time of seroconversion. In general, those infected will develop an ARS within... Read more »

ARS

Dr. Holodniy,Would a very mild sore throat, a severe muscle pain in the back for 4 days, and very slight swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck together constitute possible ARS? Or are these alone not enough with no fever or diarhea? Thanks...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Again, these are very nonspecific symptoms, that can be caused by a variety of viral illnesses.... Read more »

Pep, ars and testing

Hi Dr. Bob Please answer this. It's very important at least while I wait for my PCR (12 days!). After URA I did PEP with combivir. 4weeks I developed sore throat and a rash. On week 6 i did a elisa 4th gen (EIA+p24), and tested neg. Do you...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The p24 antigen test has a specificity of 100%, but its sensitivity is only about 90%. Consequently, it can miss some infections. Your negative six-week ELISA and p24 are certainly very encouraging, but can not yet considered definitive or... Read more »

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