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Heartburn and ARS seroconversion
I was discouraged not to take 4-week test and i'm starting to regret it a bit. I feel like my health is quickly deteriorating and I wanted to hear from you experts who have been around hiv+ persons. My exposure was unprotected sex about 8mins and this was about 4.5 weeks ago. Is heartburn or inflammation of the chest area common during serconversion? I've experienced numerous symptoms but they have all subsided. All I'm experiencing now is this constant heartburn which has lasted for the past 3 days. Initial symptoms started 10 hours after possible exposure. Everyone i've spoken to claims ARS couldn't occur so quick.
I'm coming to the terms with the fact that I might just have it... I'm getting tested once I get back from the holidays... Any comments would be appreciated.
I'm coming to the terms with the fact that I might just have it... I'm getting tested once I get back from the holidays... Any comments would be appreciated.
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Your symptoms are not due to ARS but they are likely due to anxiety. ARS symptoms start 2-4 weeks after exposure and last 1-2 weeks. Symptoms come on all at once.
Your symptoms are not due to ARS but they are likely due to anxiety. ARS symptoms start 2-4 weeks after exposure and last 1-2 weeks. Symptoms come on all at once.
I'm taking a rapid anti-body blood test and not the the PCR DNA. If its not hiv, idk what else it could be. I've always been healthy until the day after the possible exposure. The first symptom was abdominal inflammation and not a sore throat or even a rash. If it was sore throat, then I would have never ended up on this site or even thought of HIV because I was just recovering from a sore throat the week before. Don't get me wrong, I'm hoping its not hiv but I'm trying to accept my reality. The fever which lasted for 5 days also began 4 days after possible exposure. Is this still too early to be considered ARS?
ARS can never start within hours, that is proven scientific fact. ARS are symptoms from the body after the infection has started to take place. No infection STD, colds, flu, or HIV can take place within hours.
Even your 7 week test is not going to be conclusive so if it happens to be positive doesn't mean it is conclusive and certainly will not mean that ARS started within hours because it can't.
Even your 7 week test is not going to be conclusive so if it happens to be positive doesn't mean it is conclusive and certainly will not mean that ARS started within hours because it can't.
Pls bear with me Vance I don't mean to be stubborn or to have a defeated attitude. So whatever that has happened to me in the past 5 weeks couldn't possibly be ars? The doc said my protein is slightly high and this is only pointing towards one direction. I get tested on my 7th week mark which is jan 10th and if things turn out bad, then you have a clear case where ars can start in hours.
You are going way over board and would encourage you to start posting in the anxiety forum. This forum does not discuss symptoms because they are general and non-specific and are meaningless in the scope of things.
You were told when ARS happens and how long it lasts.
You were told when ARS happens and how long it lasts.
Teak, pls answer. As a person living with HIV, do you normally get abdominal inflammation? Given that you work in the field of hiv prevention, have you ever seen someone start experiencing ars within hours after possible exposure?
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