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HIV symptoms

How long between being possibly infected with HIV and the symptoms becoming apparent?  Can it be within days of possible infection?
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You aren't having ARS, you never had an exposure.
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NO
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Thanks Lizzie.  So it couldn't be within a couple of days getting aching joints and sore throat?  
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186166 tn?1385259382
ars, if one experiences symptoms, comes at 2-4 WEEKS post infection and lasts for 1-2 weeks
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