Aa
Now I got really scared
I just read here that there is a type of folliculitis that show up with ARS. How long it would last?
stupidguy25...
if you have questions regarding YOUR exposure...please keep them in YOUR thread.
if you have questions regarding YOUR exposure...please keep them in YOUR thread.
what about onli swollen lymph nodes in groin armpit and neck . Still there after 5 weeks unprotected vaginal sex
In your case. ARS comes on (if you even get symptoms) 2-4 weeks after infection. As you see you had "symptoms" well after 4 weeks. Also you don't get just one symptom.
In my case or in general?
Are you saying that my folliculitis can't be hiv related?
Are you saying that my folliculitis can't be hiv related?
I had ten seconds of unprotected vaginal sex and unprotected oral sex both ways with a woman I met online.
I had two duo tests at one month and two months post exposure, both negative. My two months test was one week after i've seen the patches on my arms.
I had two duo tests at one month and two months post exposure, both negative. My two months test was one week after i've seen the patches on my arms.
There are 1000 other reasons for folliculitis to occur.
Symptom never come alone,but it will come with fever always.
So dont get worried.
What was your risk??
Symptom never come alone,but it will come with fever always.
So dont get worried.
What was your risk??
Here is what the doctor said:
by Edward W Hook, MD, Aug 06, 2010 12:22PM
Welcome to the HIV Prevention Forum. I'm not sure what you mean by "high risk" but in my experience most so called "high risk" personas are really not all that high risk. Irrespective of risk however, the lab data you provide conclusively show that you do not have HIV acquired from this encounter. Any negative antibody test taken more than 8 weeks is conclusive and your HIVC PCR results just confirm this fact. Other tests such as a CD4 test are non-specific and a waste of time to have gotten (yours however is normal). Your symptoms and experience with ARS-like symptoms provide, once again, proof that even when people have symptoms of ARS, they are not due to HIV. As for your own symptoms, they started sooner than is typical for ARS and lasted far too long to be due to ARS. With this as background let's deal with your specific questions:
1. There is a specific form of folliculitis which is sometimes seen in early HIV. You however don't have HIV so if you have folliculitis, it is unrelated.
and here is the link:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Situation-assessment-please/show/1311325
by Edward W Hook, MD, Aug 06, 2010 12:22PM
Welcome to the HIV Prevention Forum. I'm not sure what you mean by "high risk" but in my experience most so called "high risk" personas are really not all that high risk. Irrespective of risk however, the lab data you provide conclusively show that you do not have HIV acquired from this encounter. Any negative antibody test taken more than 8 weeks is conclusive and your HIVC PCR results just confirm this fact. Other tests such as a CD4 test are non-specific and a waste of time to have gotten (yours however is normal). Your symptoms and experience with ARS-like symptoms provide, once again, proof that even when people have symptoms of ARS, they are not due to HIV. As for your own symptoms, they started sooner than is typical for ARS and lasted far too long to be due to ARS. With this as background let's deal with your specific questions:
1. There is a specific form of folliculitis which is sometimes seen in early HIV. You however don't have HIV so if you have folliculitis, it is unrelated.
and here is the link:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Situation-assessment-please/show/1311325
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