... I understand that if there are swollen lymph glands in ARS it is usually general and not localized and I as no trained provider cannot tell for real anyway. ... (1 replies)

... Symptom speculation is pointless. A test at this time scale would give you a very good indication of your status. This forum will not get involved in speculations as its creates more anxiety then good. (4 replies)

... person to have symptoms. There is a consensus here on the site that anything experienced after 6 or especially 8 weeks would be seen as too late in experiencing ARS symptoms. ... (4 replies)

... I just wanted to know if someone was to get ars symptoms is this how it normally presents itself? ... (4 replies)

... I just wanted to know if this sounds like typical ARS symptoms? ... (4 replies)

... ost common are high fever, body rashes, and swollen lymph nodes. It is important to understand that you can never diagnose yourself by symptoms, and sometimes no symptoms may never present themselves during early infection. The only way to know is by testing. ... (4 replies)

... Actually I had been on MJ for a quite a long time and I did it almost daily. And now when I smoke, I noticed that red blotches appear on my skin (trunk, arms legs), perhaps my imunitary system gets low... I don't know what to think, I have NEVER experienced such strange things (burning rashes, ulcers, sore throat etc.) before 1 January, despite my negative rezults (and... (5 replies)

... Well if your symptoms were hiv related you would test positive for sure, so its fair to say they were not. The volume and time scale of the tests confirm you dont have hiv. ... (5 replies)

... All the overmentioned symptoms continued. ... (5 replies)

... but i have all the symptoms and i have the crazy headache and body pain together with rashes and 2 lymph nodes behind my neck. These all are the ars symptoms. Thats make me scared out of hell. Is the cmia antibody test on week 5 is reliable? ... (6 replies)

... can ars symptoms last for 24 hours? ... (5 replies)

... We all get sore throats and ulcers and even rashes. You dont hav hiv your tests have proved. What you belive is a different matter but the facts dont lie, you dont have hiv. (5 replies)

... Thank you, Kevin. I know the risk of 'false pozitive', and such a rezult would be devastating for me.. (5 replies)

... Hi, On top of what Apollo as advised you, you should be made aware you are now grossly over testing. Buddy HIV testing is not infallible and every once in a while somebody who as not got HIV will get a positive result. This is called a false positive. It is well documented that this happens. I have seen this happen and the devastation that goes with it. Because you are now... (5 replies)

... Okay so it has been a few weeks and after developing many more symptoms " sore muscles, joint pain, nausea, etc." I decided to get a PCR test about 10 days ago. ... (13 replies)

... Thank you for your quick reply. Yes sharing with others. With regards to my symptoms and time frame, does it sound like a possibility of ars? ... (5 replies)

... Thanks for your encouraging reply. I also read your thread and I am certain that you will receive a negative result on your 3 month test. As for me, my symptoms have been driving me crazy. Its been the worst that I have. ... (17 replies)

... Great news for your 6 week negative! HIV cannot be defined by symptoms alone only a test can tell you what your status is. If your risk was low such as oral then you have nothing to worry about. ... (15 replies)

... Thanks Smiteler. I hope you are right. I'm still kinda worried and will still take a retest after 5 more weeks to cover the 3 month mark. I hope my 6 week negative won't change. And I just hope and pray that what I'm experiencing now is not late ARS. I hope my diarrhea would stop anytime soon. It's very hard to go in and out of the bathroom the whole day. Anyways, thank you... (17 replies)

... I am really terrified right now that this could be late ars and I might be the first case to have a negative 6 weeks result to be positive afterwards. ... (17 replies)