seroconversion

[cartooncharacter]

hello can anyone please explain to me what is seroconversion asymtomatic and symtomation ? i kind of have an idea but dont fully understand when each of these takes place. my possible exposure was unprotected sex with a guy the end of june whom i knew for ten years thought i could trust. anyway to cut the story short i ended it with him after i heard that he may have hiv due to him being exposed to someone with h i v. i went in and got tested like almost a week short of the window period. the test was negative. but now its way past the window period and im having symtoms and i dont know if its possible but i called a doctor and he said that it is possible to have symtoms this far along. he scheduled another test for me tomorrow. geez i thought symtoms would occur from like the first month or so. this h i v is very confusing and so is the internet with all sorts of information. do you think these are symtoms and that my test was taken too early?

[Teak]

Yes, not days and weeks apart.

[Louis87270]

"They come on all at once and leave all at once."

Does it mean they all come and go approximately at the same time?

[Teak]

Asymptomatic- shows no symptoms
Symptomatic- shows symptoms

With seroconversion one may have symptoms or may not. If you have symptoms they happen 2-4 weeks post exposure and last 1-2 weeks. They come on all at once and leave all at once. The only way you will ever know that you had ARS during seroconversion is by a positive HIV test. Then you can be diagnosed as having had ARS.