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Stiff Neck/shoulder Post nasal drip ,Hives, No fever , Could Be ARS

Hi

First of all I would like to Apologize because of my bad English.

I Know that Symptoms are not the right way to aproach HIV and The only way knowing someones HIV - Status is a Blood test 3 months post exposure , But due to my anxiety levels want to mention some of my symptoms after a Broken condom during Anal sex with my girlfriend.(i asked her 1000 times if she is in a good health and she said she never had sex with anyone else and she was a virgin,but i still cant believe it)

instantly after ejaculating and pulling off i realized that the condom was broken and thought OK from now on im HIV+. Started reading a lot about Hiv symptomes and thats how they all came To me : Condom breakage 28/08/2012.

25 days Later walking to my car in a slight cold weather at night after a warm day started to fill chills and shiverings for some minuits. Next day woke up with stiff neck and sholders it was quite uncomfortable moving my neck. could even feel the pain in chest area.Runny/Stuffy nose watery eyes maybe a low raise in body temprature but i believe thats not a fever (37.2-37.4 c). after 4 days sore throat and cough.(Maybe because of Post nasal drips).
Btw a good friend of mine is a GP and asked him if the stiff neck/shoulder thing is due to exposure to cold and he asked me if I Had a runny nose and i said yes. and he immediately answered that he is almost sure its a viral illness and i asked him if it could be a influenza and he answered that my symptomes are nothing compared to a flu and i should take some over the counter meds to eliminate my symptoms.
I was feeling unwell but no way i can name it a fatigue Because I was partying every single day with that cold (Last days of summer holiday )

I flew back to Vienna and everything was normal but again two months post exposure after a very stressful day having hives on the back of my hands which i had also before the exposure occasionally, went outside to smoke a cigarette and again it was very cold outside started to shake and shiver and went back inside before finishing the cigarette. next day again Neck/shoulder pain and anxiety and searching the internet for symptoms made me feel small Lumps in my neck but i think they were not swollen only palpable and that could be due to anxiety trying to play with my neck groin and armpit all day long( unswollen lymph nodes were verified by a ultrasound that i did back then).Then it started again : Post nasal drips Sore throat specially while Laying on my back. had these symptoms for 3 months went to my GP and he wrote me Betametasona drop for the nose which helped a lot.

So Long story short.
Are these possible hiv symptoms .i read a lot that upper respiratory issues are not that prominent in ARS and it could be just a normal cold but what were those Pains in neck and shoulders were they due to Hiv or were they present because of extreme anxiety levels which could have led me to cold weather sensitivity all those months and made those pains?
Another Question is it possiple in rare cases to have Several ARS like the way my symptoms appeared(after 3 weeks). and the exact same cycle after 50-60 days? and is it possible for ars to last as long as 3 months?

So sorry again for my bad english and thank you for doing a great job running this website.

P.S. after trying to look for all the symptomes from the net I Noticed a very thick white coating on the back of my tongue which might be a Keratin Build up and could be brushed of with no blood so its not a Thrush i Guess or i Hope.its still present to this day.

Best Regards
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Thank You very much. i Have to get some courage and do the test. wish you all the best and its so nice that you are active in many different forums trying to share your knowledge with others. I Really respect that.

Live well
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No, didn't have any symptoms at all and to this day I've never had symptoms.
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Thanx For Your Fast reply and although its not a satisfying reply for many ppl it seems to be the right answer when its coming to HIV.
But just as a question did u have have any of the typical ARS flu like symptoms back then or did you have any respiratory infection symptoms i mean runny nose sinusitis as a part of ArS ?

Regards
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Sternocleidomastoid Muscle pain due to Cold weather ,May it cause the symptoms above? I've read that Sternocleidomastoid Muscle pain can cause Coryza .
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Symptoms or lack of will not tell you anything about your status. The only way to know your status is by testing 3 months post your last unprotected sex.
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