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Hiv Scare, and anxiety!!

I had unprotected sex June 6th , started with a condom and ended without one. He did not ejaculate in me. About 3 weeks after that I began to have a really sore neck and shoulders, and tension headaches for about a week and a half. Then started having sharp on again off again pains in what I think would be the lymph nodes in my neck but no swelling. A week after that I got to small brown breakout spots on the back of my neck on each side. Lasted for about 5 days. Then one week after that I broke out on my forearm in what look like little pimples but didn't itch , and that lased for a week. Could those be ARS symptoms?? I took a antibody test as normal routine testing right at 3 weeks post possible exposure right when the symptoms started and every test came back negative. I'm going to get a rapid test done later today for my 9th week test .. Hopefully it comes back negative as well .. Anywho can anyone assess the symptoms that I had could they at all be related to acute hiv??
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Rapid test is conclusive at 3 months. Other lab based tests are conclusive at 6-8 weeks.
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Thanks for your response, one more question.. If I take this rapid hiv test today at 9 weeks possible post exposure will it give definite results?
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In ARS are swollen lymph nodes usually visible or could they could be a centimeter and still considered swollen due to hiv??
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Those are not ARS.
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