hiv seroconversion illness and wbc count

[k1978]

Hi and thanks for trying to look at my case.

I went to an asian massage parlour where the risky exposure was that i performed oral sex on the woman.

The next day onwards I had constant burps expecially after meals. After seven days, I began having chills very often, but no fever. I also had exactly two chicken-pox-like boils on my arm and abdomen. Some boils on my scalp which my doc dismissed with a 2.5% selenium sulphide shampoo. The boils on my body went away after few days.

After two weeks of exposure, I had severe acid reflux, nausea and gas and rumbling in my stomach and pain in my abdomen, along with fatigue. But still no diarrhoea. Then one evening I had muscle ache, malaise and a fever for one night for 100F and a itchy throat. The fever never came back but my throat is hoarse though not sore. But No diarrhoea,No headache, no rash,no vomiting,no photophobia.

I respect my doctor but he is not an HIV expert. He gave me Nexium for acidreflux. HIV antibody tests were -ve at 2 different labs. Acid reflux after meals still present. And fatigue continues. Doctor says I am having a random viral infection in the flu season.
My bloodwork says no 4900 wbc/cc. Doc says that even if I had seroconversion illness going on, my wbc count would rise up. I am not so sure if this is true.
My questions
--is a "normal" wbc count consistent with HIV seroconversion illness ?
--could my stomach/eosophagus problems a manifestation of CMV/HSV/HIV causing gastritis and eosophagitis?
--what is the HIV confirmatory test b4 28 days post exposure?

Please please help,
k1978

[vvvvworried16]

k1978 - u don't need to start a new thread...continue posting on the olds thread that u started..just scroll down on the old thread and click on POST COMMENT

ur symptoms don't seem to be ARS related.

[k1978]

thanks vvvvworried16.

sorry to ask, but what is ARS?

[Brian123]

Acute Retroviral Syndrome

90% persons would have abnormaly high fever...lasting for a rather long duration of time.

Now let me guess...you are starting to pull a thermometer out?   LOL...
Believe me, you would KNOW the fever if you got it.....and I do not mean the FEVER Elvis was talking about.

[k1978]

Thanks to all for you replies. I wish

But since ars / seroconversion illness symptoms are non specific, do you still think (apart from my exposure risk), that my symptoms are indicators for me to be vigilant?

Thanks for your patience,

k1978