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HIV symptoms

How long after ARS symptoms would one experience further HIV symptoms.

For example... If i was experiencing ARS 4 weeks after infection( heachaches, muscle aches, joint aches, etc) and then went away as ARS does....

would 6 months later be too early to experience symptoms of full blown HIV. So if I started feeling headaches and joint aches 6 months later could that be now signs of actual HIV.

How long normally after initial infection does a person start gettig major symptoms? HIV symptoms not ARS symptoms.
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You didn't have a risk so why are you asking all these questions?
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Not certain so don#'t take this as fact but without medication I think it is generally 7 years.
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Anyone know?
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What I meant by my question was:

There are a set of possible symptoms of ARS which someone would experience a few weeks after infection. Then these symptoms go away, but obviously the HIV remains and starts to do it damage to the body.

How long after ARS would someone start seeing/feeling effects of the porgression of the HIV virs. And my question isnt about when is someone on the verge of AIDS, but when would someone start noticing side effects of the progressing HIV.

I've noticed on web sites they'll list a set of ARS symptoms and then symptoms of further HIV which also include similar things like weight loss, diarhea, headaches, muscle aches. But this time, these symptoms aren't because of ARS because they've already been infected for some time --but how long?

Someone who went through  ARS, could they start getting the further HIV symptoms like 6 months later (is tht too early) a year, 2?

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What was your risk? What do you mean by "full blown HIV?" What major symptoms are you talking about other than the ARS?
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What's was your risk factor?

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