HIV Antibodies and Symptoms Relationship

[Bigvin60]

After a possible exposure to HIV (a slim one from what I have researched), i have been wonderging about a question that the web has had no answer for.  I read that it can take some time for HIV antibodies to become present in the body, i.e as early as two weeks but as long as 6 months in some rare cases, however I have found no information that tells me what the correlation between HIV symptoms an antibodies are.  By this i mean can some one be showing HIV realted symtoms such as swollen glands, sore throat night sweats etc...yet not have enough HIV antibodies in there system to test postive or once you start to show symtoms this means those antiboideis are present.  To clarify a bit if i am not being so, once you start to show symptoms does that mean you body has produced those antibodies or can you have symoptms of HIV for some time but not have produced enough antibodies for an acurate result.  

I appreciate any feed back on this and if any more information is required on anyones part to answer this questions please just ask.

[Teak]

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Serious-HIV-Questions-and-Concerns/show/1023217?personal_page_id=649475&post_id=post_4756255

[joggen]

I suggest that both you and the OP search the expert forum if you are interested. The topic concerning time frames when antibodies and symptoms appear has been discussed there numerous times.

[MrSnooze]

I always wondered about this correlation myself.

[Vance2335]

I read your past questions, I know your situation.

[Bigvin60]

I can't see how someone can assume I had no risk when they do not know the full situation. Non the less I have moved on in a sense that i am no longer worried about this, however on a personal knowledge basis i still wondered about this and thought others may have too and found no specific answer that is why i posted the question here.  I really think people should not be so quick with their answers especially when some people use these forums for serious advice and the above answer to the question i posted was not realated to my question, gave no answer and to me and anyone else who read my post completly useless.

[Vance2335]

Guess what you are wrong...you did not have a slim risk...you had no risk. Move on from this.