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A member asked:
Worried about hiv exposure. encounter was 5 days ago, and now i have a sore throat. can that symptom show up 5 days after? or is that too early?
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Too Early: Typically, even the earliest symptoms don't usually show up until 10-15 days after exposure and many don't even have symptoms that early at all. Also, even testing doesn't detect the virus until about the same time. If you think you've been exposed, though, I do highly recommend you be safe and get tested in a few weeks. Good luck, best wishes!
Answered 11/21/2018
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