Later Stages And Symptoms Of Hiv

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The Stages of HIV Disease

HIV Is a Continuum Infection Primary Infection (or Acute Infection) Seroconversion The Asymptomatic Stage Early- and Medium-Stage HIV Symptomatic Disease Late-Stage HIV Disease (AIDS) HIV Is a Continuum Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected...

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rash at later stage of ars

I have just tested at 12 weeks negative. Basically, my risk was very low but I decided to test because I have been having ARS like symptoms for the past 11 weeks. After getting my negative, I suddenly developed a fine pink rash all over my arms,...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Unlikely.... Read more »

Symptoms at 7 months later, but HIV-???

Is it possible for a person not to develop ARS symptoms for say seven months after a highly likely exposure. And, to continue to test negative even 13 months after the same mentioned exposure (or six months after these symptoms appear). Or does a...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

It is possible for someone to become HIV infected and not have symptoms, or at least not have symptoms they can remember. If would be extremely unlikely that someone would become infected, have no symptoms, and also have NO evidence of HIV... Read more »

Do symptoms of HIV infection start as soon as 48 hours later?

Hello,I had protected anal sex and after found out the condom was no longer there. Paranoid, I began to worry about HIV. Found out his ex was positive but he was not. About 40 hours later I developed a sore throat. The sore throat then turned into a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Symptoms associated with HIV acute retroviral syndrome (ARS) generally become manifest two to three weeks after HIV primary infection. Your sore throat 40 hours after your condom-failure episode would not be caused by HIV transmission.... Read more »

10 yrs later Hiv symptoms/Tests neg.

Had exposure 10 yrs. ago and for the last 8 yrs. have had health problems. Have seen numerous dr's. and had 20 Hiv tests all negative or indeterminate. Now it's all in my nervous system,spine, severe neuritis and neuropathy(hands and...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Given the duration of time since your exposure and the number and type of tests that have been performed, this is not HIV infection.MH... Read more »

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Symptoms 2 days later HIV

Posted by Jay12312, 3 Replies

About 2 weeks ago I had unprotected sex. 2 days later I started to experience the symptoms of HIV. Is this to early?? I have read on many sites that symptoms start to show in days all the way to weeks and months. Does anyone know the correct... Read more »

4 stages to HIV disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

AMFAR AIDS HANDBOOK (Chapter 4, Page 53 )

There are four stages to HIV disease

1) Acute Infection Stage (500-1200 CD4s)- begins immediately after hiv enters the body and starts multiplying in infected cells. Acute infection ends about 2-6 weeks... Read more »

Symptoms 4-5 Months later

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi guys you guys have been a great help with my stressing reading all of your posts.
My question is that what are the chances of starting Hiv symptoms(not ars) 4-5 months after one single exposure(only chance of exposurein my life)?
Most places I have... Read more »

Symptoms 2 days later

Posted by Jay12312, 1 Reply

A few weeks ago I had unprotected sex. 2 days later I started to experience symptoms related to HIV. Is this to early for symptoms or not?

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