Stinging Pain During Seroconversion

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Can anxiety cause armpit and neck pain/stinging?

Posted by ExWorryWart, 2 Replies

Has anyone experienced this?
I know what anxiety and panic attack is as I have experienced it first hand but never before do I remember having this 'weird' sensation. Any worried wells here experience stinging pain in both armpits and constant dull... Read more »

Soreness - after seroconversion

Posted by Anonymous

Are there any symptoms after sero conversion? Sore neck? Sore lymph nodes? or is there really no symptoms after seroconversion?

Jackie? Anyone?

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sign of seroconversion

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Except the CBC blood work which could show the seroconversion pattern, what other sign of seroconversion indicates that this process is finished ?
would that be ...body irratation (very slightly needle pain feeling) + very slightly painful swollen... Read more »

seroconversion?

Posted by agny, 1 Reply

Just a question. It has been 4 days and I am in bed. Can't swollow bad sore throat and body aches and 100.3 fever. If there are symptoms can I have gotton them so soon? Read more »

late seroconversion

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

if you have ars 3 weeks after exposure then lasted a week
all the sign. then at sixth month you started having ,diarrhea
stomach pain and neuropathy tested at 22 weeks home acsess neg. can you have seroconversion symptoms
suchh as diarrhea... Read more »

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Can surgery affect/delay seroconversion - 2nd attempt

Hi Dr. Bob,I asked once before and no response, but haven't seen anything in your archives, so I'm asking once more.I know you're very busy, but won't you please ease my pain, please? I had a low risk encounter (kissing,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Doomsday Guy,There was no response to your previous question, because the answer really is already in the archives!Briefly,1.Low-risk encounter plus negative HIV tests out to 22 weeks equals HIV negative.2.Neither surgery nor the medications you... Read more »

Seroconversion

Dear Dr. Frascino:I have had unprotected anal sex with an HIV positive person five and a half months ago. After a few months he discovered he was hiv+. (I know what you are going to say.. and I should have know better, thank you for the slap) I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,And I hope that "SLAP" did sting a bit!Since you've had a significant exposure to a partner confirmed to be HIV positive, the CDC recommends HIV-antibody testing at the three- and six-month mark.I applaud your efforts to get... Read more »

late seroconversion, diabetic on insulin and extremely stressed.

Dr. Frascino, Thanks for answering my last question about HIV, i've had a 6 months test done on the wed 11th may 2011 and the result came back negative which was for both antibodies and antigens. The counsilor at the GUM clinic believes i dont...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"Believing" you have contracted HIV and actually having contracted the virus are two very different things.I haven't changed my assessment or my advice since your last post. See link below. "There is no indication you are... Read more »

delayed seroconversion

Dear doctor, I just seroconverted after 30 months since exposure. YES, 30 MONTHS. During this period my viral load was always undetectable, I had a negative DNA PCR, a negative culture for HIV-1, but I always felt sick and my lymph nodes were always...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

No idea about the seroconversion length of time or prognosis. Many doctors at this point would be hard pressed to start treatment in you given your very high CD4 count and undetectable viral load. MH... Read more »

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