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I had brief vaginal intercourse with a woman and realized when I pulled out that the condom had broken- After roughly two weeks I came up with mild fever and muscle pain but no other symptoms, The symptoms lasted less than five days and were not severe (could engage in my daily activities without to much difficulty). I am worried that I might have contracted HIV but also realises that it might be just seasonal flu as this whole happened during a period of flu outbreak where I live..... what are the odds
If one gets symptoms you can have one or more, but it comes on from 2-4 weeks after exposure and lasts 1-2 weeks. And your symptoms other then a fever has nothing to do with ARS. But the ARS fever is not mild.
thank you for the answer- my understanding is that HIV symptoms (though they vary among individuals) often come in constellation (multiple factors). I am right in assuming this? In my case I have neither experienced rashes, sores, swallen lymph nodes and any other symptoms that I often read and hear about.
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