Night Sweats Worried It Could Be Ars

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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 Sweats - for Jackie Blue

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I just saw your response to someone else about night sweats and it got me worried because my boyfriend just had that. It's been about three months since his last sexual encounter but the other day he told me he felt weak and feverish. He took some... Read more »

Worried about ARS experience

Posted by Anonymous

Hi everyone. I have been worried about this for a while so I thought I would ask your thoughts. My last test was in October and negative. On December 26th I made a really big mistake. I met up with a gay couple and had sex. It was oral sex... Read more »

ARS with unilateral symptoms? or stress and worry?

Posted by nickywick, 1 Reply

Dr. Bob,
( or anyone who is versed in this stuff. Looking for a professional opinion please:)

The past month and a half has been very strange and I wanted to get some good opinions on here. I know ARS symptoms are unreliable and testing is the only... Read more »

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Night Sweats- at what point do you worry?

At what point do you think as a doctor that night sweats are a sign of a terrible problem? I have been "under the weather" with fever, cough, hoarseness, congestion, NIGHT SWEATS(usually about my neck, shoulders and head) etc. I am...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

You ask an appropriate question in that night sweats can be a sign of transient viral infection (i.e. nothing to worry about) or a sign of a more serious illness (e.g., lymphoma, HIV infection, or something else). The majority of folks who... Read more »

Fatigue, Night sweats, and worried

I had sex a little over six months ago and ever since then have been worried about contracting HIV. Mainly because the last 4 months my stool has been soft (I am a big worry wort). I had no other symptoms though it was driving me crazy so I told...

Response from J. B. Molaghan, N.P., A.C.R.N.

San Francisco General Hospital

HelloI agree with your Mom. You might want to visit The Body's Safe Sex and Prevention Forum.There's lots of good information there.... Read more »

Fatigued from worry and night sweats downunder

Dear Dr BobSorry to trouble you with my unwelcome and inappropriate "am I infected question" but after reading your posts over a period of time I have become a member of the Dr Bob fan club, like many others, because of your knowledge,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

G'day Mate!Can women friends be "mates?" Your question does indeed belong in the "Safe Sex and Prevention" expert forum. However, since I have such a soft spot for the Land Down Under and there is that fatigue connection . .... Read more »

PLEASE POST! Woo-hoo to the worried well, from someone with nearly EVERY single ARS symptom out there.

This letter goes to all of you (yes, you) worried wells out there frantically googling your symptoms. I know who you are. I am one of you. Or at least I was, until today.I had unprotected sex with a friend five times three months ago. He's a...

Response from Richard Cordova III

Test Positive Aware Network

Hi there:This is GREAT! Thank you for sending this in. It is true. The mind is a very powerful thing. The mind, combined in an internet search engine can wreak havoc on just about anyone.I'm glad that everything worked out.In health,Richard... Read more »

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