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HIV incubation period

I know that after infecting HIV it will take years to become AIDS. If assume i infect Hiv will i get sick easier during the incubation period?
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3191940 tn?1447268717
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Here are the instructions, directly from the manufacturer:
Please read the instructions before you begin the test and be sure that you understand how to take your sample, place test stick in the test tube for no less than 20 minutes and no more than 40 minutes before you read the test.

If you read the test more than 40 minutes after the test stick was placed in the vial, the result of the test is not valid. Do not consider the result an indication of your HIV status.
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You spend a lot of time reading things that aren't useful on the internet. Testing is accurate for true risks and you can know in as little as 28 days post exposure (that is actually a risk) if you contracted hiv. What was the exposure you are referring to.
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Condom broke during sex. Tested negative in 20 min using rapid test after 6 months of exposure. The test kit turn positive after few hours. Not sure what should i do now
You do NOT have HIV.  There is a reason that the test instructions state a window period when you are supposed to check the test result.  If you check the test after a few hours - which is outside of the window period - the result is not accurate.  I don't know why you checked it outside of the time period in the instructions, but you can disregard whatever you saw at that point.

The result you saw after 20 minutes is the accurate result.  You do not need to test again.
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