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symptoms post exposure/inconclusive test

i posted previously...Teak thanks for your responses to that.
my new questions are:
i started feeling like i had a mild sore throat approx. 3 weeks after multiple unprotected vaginal intercourse with a thai gogo dancer.
by 30 days i started feeling like i couldnt breathe so good. at no time have i had a rash/fever or any other symptoms
at 30 days i got my elisa reactive western blot indeterminate test result. The woman who tested me said that this could be due to an underlying infection.
since then my chest has got a lot worse, i am coughing up small amounts of phlegm, losing my voice a little. breathing is strained.
this to me would imply two things - either i am experiencing ARS, or i am experiencing an infection that may of effected my test results. I KNOW that the only way to tell is to get a conclusive test after 3 months, but I am all alone here and even asking the question and having a dialogue about this causes some comfort.
my questions are:
1. do my symptoms, onset, duration, number of, lack of fever at any time...do they sound like ARS?
2. could having a serious chest infection( that is what i feel like im gettigg) cause a false positive?

thank you
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thanks again Teak...good to know its not ARS anyway, im just cutching at straws here trying to find something...anything that could be the cause of my inconclusive result...other than the fact im still in the window period. Nightmare
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