Symptoms, a couple more questions!

Hey everyone I recently posted my story http://www.medhelp.org/forums/HIVSupport/messages/3177.html and have a couple more questions I have gotten retested and am waiting for the results (2 weeks!), (killing me) I'm very stressed about it.

So having symptoms at 8 days is generally too early? As for lymph nodes, do they swell when you are having symptoms and then return to normal or do they stay swollen for a long period. The swollen node in my groin is the main source of my stress. It appeared the day after my exposure and I realize that its probably not possible to have a node the day after that is caused by hiv but still bothers me for some reason.

I have found other swollen nodes, but they come and go, usually behind my ear generally quite small, I'm sure this has probably happened my whole life, and I'm just paying more attention now.

Do nodes keep swelling, up to 3 months aftewards?


Anyways I'm just stressed waiting for the results and I am trying to keep myself calm. Thanks everyone.

[mike_no]

You got your 3 months negative, didn't you ?

[stressssssed]

Nope. Negative at 3 and 4 weeks.. Just waiting for 9 - 10 weeks now.

[freak_2007]

No, symptoms at 8 days are not very early but they don't mean anything. Lymphnodes in groin swell for lot of common reasons such as hang-nail or cut or scratch in the leg or many other causes. Lymph nodes in the neck and behind the ear are generally palpable even if they are not swollen. You should worry about them when you can see them protruding out of the skin. IF YOU KEEP POKING AT YOUR NODES, THEY WILL SWELL and this is a real phenomenon, they swell when they are poked at or agitated.

After primary HIV infection, if at all the lymph nodes swell, they swell significantly and don't go back completely to normal. some swelling remains.