HIV ARS

[mba1976]

I had sex with a girlfriend and discovered she works as escort :
42 days (6 weeks) after last time we met I had the following symphtoms:

a) light fatigue
b) light headache
c) strong irritation to the throat (but could drink, eat and swallow without pain)
d) light diarrhea
e) light pain to lymphonods (neck and armpit) but not swollen
f) weightloss
g) front sweatings
h) NO FEVER AT ALL

(All of this happened starting on the morning after I went to sleep naked and temperature got cold)

I cannot remember if I had any condom failure on the last day I met her...


after 3 weeks I still have a sense of irritation to the throat

Can this be ARS?

I heard that ARS is usually til 4 weeks (very rare 6 weeks!) and usually has fever

[beenthere2010]

If there were any instances of non condom protected sex; then there is a risk assuming she is HIV positive. Most sex workers are not HIV positive as they are very careful and use condoms with their customers. Do get tested - 8 weeks is fully conclusive.

[mba1976]

Is 42 days after exposure compatible with ars symptoms?
Some documents state up 4 weeks others 6 weeks!

[mba1976]

I read that the immune system is at its weakest status 6 weeks after infection.
Can the fact that i got this sore throat 6 weeks after the last contact be an indicator?
Can the fact that after 3 weeks i still have sore throat be an indicator?

[Vance2335]

No.

3 months. * weeks is a very good indication and unlikely to change.

[mba1976]

Ok but are 42 days since exposure a compatible timeline with ARS? Was it likely to be ARS given that i had no dever at all?

When can i do earliest the test to have conclusive results?

[Vance2335]

If you have a condom break then you had a risk, if not then no risk.

[mba1976]

I had a limited number of events condom failures

we tried anal but condom broke. Not a full intercourse but anyway I cannot rule out skin contact. I got aware and took my penis off and found a hole on the side + had some itching on urethra just after I put off the condom

we had a couple of condom slippages from her vagina as she was not wet enough. I cannot exclude skin contact.

Just to be clear:
a) no fever
b) no rash

the main symphtom has been a very strong of sense sore throat/irritation but without pain at all, with the except of light pain at lymphonods and armpits.

The closest exposure can be 42 days, then 47. Is this compatible with ARS timelines? Some sources say 2-4 weeks, others up to 6!

I would like to ask this partner about her positivity status but all I can get in return are lies.

[Vance2335]

If you used a condom then you had no risk. Easy to know if the condom broke, you see it very easily.