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so confused

ok so here is where i am at:

7 weeks ago had unprotected vaginal intercourse for - 2 mins

after incident:

15 days after had swollen neck lymph nodes
20 days had swollen armpits, lack of appetite
23 days had muscle pain
stomach aches
24 days diharrea for 3 days
fatigue
muscle pain
5 weeks out serious muscle and joint pain worst feeling ever
weight loss of about 8 pounds burn what I eat each day.

Positives

13 and 28 day DNA pcr negative
13,23,28,42 and 45 day HIV1/2 antibody neg
no fever
mono test at 3 weeks neg

so confused any help. Could ARS last 5 weeks?
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I am not an M.D but I have hard copy of the 2004 version and it says the same thing. And I checked with a doctor on the phone he confirmed it. Then I downloaded .pdf torrent to confirm..Sigh..Did't calm my anxiety 100% though,lol..Maybe it would help you..
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According to CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2010 95% of people test positive with 6 weeks of infection on anti bodies test..
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Yes no detected at 13 and 28 days
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Don't go by symptoms. Ur 45th day -ve test is encouraging. However u need to retest again after 3 months for the conclusive result.
My personnel view is that will also come -ve, since ur 28 days DNA report was also negative (I hope by -ve u r saying no virus detected).
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