Recurrent HIV Symptoms

[Santino91]

Hi there,
I wanted to ask if having recurrent HIV symptoms is possible or not.
For example, if after 1 month of being infected I got fever, night sweats ..etc and they are gone after few weeks. Can such symptoms reappear after lets say 6 months?

[roostermonkey]

Hello, no, it doesn't work like that, ARS is the first stage of an HIV infection, is the body’s reaction to the infection. Some HIV positive people, but not all of them, reported that around 20 days after their exposure they had fever, sore throat, rash and flu (not cold) like symptoms, all of those came together, or within a few days of difference and lasted for a few weeks. As you see, the same symptoms are present in many other illnesses and not everyone had them, so, we can’t rely on them to diagnose HIV.

As symptoms can't be used for diagnose, if you have been exposed to a risk you should test.

If you want you could describe the risk event you think you had and we can assess your risk.

Hope this helps.

[Santino91]

I've taken P24 Ag And Abs test after 20 days of eposure and it was negative. during this period i had mild symptoms, but now (after 4 months) some symptoms reappeared and now im afraid that the test result was not conclusive since it was taken after only 20 days

[iommi]

Please state your risk as you were already asked to do.
And what do you mean, only after 20 days? .
21, 28, ? Please be more exact in what you're trying to say.

[Santino91]

For me it's only mild diarrhea whenever i eat somrthing i must go to the bathroom few hours later. Also, flaring around the lips (vermillion boarder) that isn't getting any better.

And I meant that I might have taken the test too soon (20 days after the risk of being exposed instead of 3 months) therefore I'm afraid that the negative result was not conclusive

[relp12]

I m in your situation..after a risky contact (in my mind)i developed all the ars symptoms)after 6 day post exposure..some are fever 2 day ..rash on the hand  who disapear in 2 3 day..itchin skin
Burning face..burning mouth and tongue .etc ..i tested at 11 weeks and the result was neg..test antigen/antibody..and also for std..also.negativ
.the doctor told mee is conclusive.i encourage u to make another one.simtpoms are not conclusive