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Had unprotected vaginal sex one day short of six weeks ago. Spoke with infectious disease specialist who specializes in hiv. He tested me at 4 weeks and yesterday. Both negative. he said he will gladly test me at twelve weeks, but based on risk he feels I don't need to do that. I still plan on it, for peace of mind. Here is my question, I have had a sore throat for three days now with swollend glands and no fever as of yet. I am going to run to urgent care this evening, but physician I spoke with at my internal med. Drs. office said it was probably viral. Couls this be the start of an ars related illness, is a sore throat at 5 1/2 weeks too late? I was so confident until I started reading all kinds of crazy posts.
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1163575 tn?1339478617
6-8 week testin can give u a fair result of ur status..some experts believe its gud enuf
but a 3 mth test is the guideline set by cdc so certain experts still stick by tat
be well
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Thanks Teak. I thought the sore throat was to late. Can you tell me why this hiv specialist I saw in my town and why the hiv specialists on here sometimes say they feel you can stop testing between 5-6 weeks. Is it based on different scenarios? I truly am not questioning, just curious. Thanks in advance for anything  you can provide.
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3 month post exposure test is conclusive and your sore throat came on to late to be related to ARS.
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