But sometimes, no symptoms of HIV for years, sometimes up to 10 years after infection.
As experts say that during the early stages and early HIV infection may not show any symptoms of the disease. It should be noted that one of every five people living with HIV do not know that he is infected with the disease, which shows the importance of checks and tests, and avoid illegal sexual practices, or intravenous drug use.
Here are some symptoms that may indicate you have contracted HIV.
1. The fever
The first symptoms of AIDS art, light fever, the patient's temperature to 38.9 degrees Celsius.
If a person has a fever, it may be accompanied by certain symptoms that are usually mild, such as feeling tired, swollen lymph nodes and sore throat. During this time the virus is transmitted into the bloodstream, and begins to multiply in large numbers. When this occurs, there is an inflammatory response by the immune system.
2. Feeling tired
May cause the inflammatory response by the immune system's reaction to your fatigue and lethargy. It should be noted that fatigue may be one of the early or advanced function indicators on HIV infection.
Ron says 54-year-old, who suffers from the disease, he began to feel worried about his health, when tired of just walking, walking three miles a day.
3. Joint and muscle aches and swollen lymph nodes
Usually diagnosed acute retroviral syndrome wrongly as flu, many single women, or any other viral infection such as syphilis or hepatitis.This is not surprising, a lot of very similar symptoms including, joint and muscle pain and swollen lymph nodes. And lymph glands are part of the immune system in the body, tending to the infection, when there is an infection. There are a lot of these glands underarm, groin and neck.
4. Sore throat and headache
The patient may experience also often have a sore throat or headache. So, if you've recently engaged in activity that increases the severity of your disease, you must make the HIV test. You should check for yourself and for others, HIV infection is in the early stages of the disease.
We must also bear in mind that in this period, the body has not yet produced antibodies to HIV, the test may not show antibodies to HIV infection. It may take a few weeks or a few months, so show antibodies to HIV in a blood test. Make sure to do other tests, such as RNA (ribonucleic acid), which confirmed the disease, usually within nine days of infection.
5. Skin rash
The rash may appear in the early stages or advanced HIV (AIDS).
Similar rashes boils with pink spots on the arms of the feeling of itching. As the rash may appear also on the trunk of the body. If Dr. difficulty in the interpretation of the rash, or not treated, you should consider an HIV test.
6. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Suffers nearly 30 to 60% of people with nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea during the early stages of HIV infection. These symptoms may also appear as a result of antiretroviral treatment, or appear in the advanced stage of the disease, usually as a result of opportunistic infections.
Usually diagnosed acute retroviral syndrome wrongly as flu, many single women, or any other viral infection such as syphilis or hepatitis.This is not surprising, a lot of very similar symptoms including, joint and muscle pain and swollen lymph nodes. And lymph glands are part of the immune system in the body, tending to the infection, when there is an infection. There are a lot of these glands underarm, groin and neck.
4. Sore throat and headache
The patient may experience also often have a sore throat or headache. So, if you've recently engaged in activity that increases the severity of your disease, you must make the HIV test. You should check for yourself and for others, HIV infection is in the early stages of the disease.
We must also bear in mind that in this period, the body has not yet produced antibodies to HIV, the test may not show antibodies to HIV infection. It may take a few weeks or a few months, so show antibodies to HIV in a blood test. Make sure to do other tests, such as RNA (ribonucleic acid), which confirmed the disease, usually within nine days of infection.
5. Skin rash
The rash may appear in the early stages or advanced HIV (AIDS).
Similar rashes boils with pink spots on the arms of the feeling of itching. As the rash may appear also on the trunk of the body. If Dr. difficulty in the interpretation of the rash, or not treated, you should consider an HIV test.
6. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Suffers nearly 30 to 60% of people with nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea during the early stages of HIV infection. These symptoms may also appear as a result of antiretroviral treatment, or appear in the advanced stage of the disease, usually as a result of opportunistic infections.
So, it may be diarrhea that does not respond to the treatment at all, one of the signs of HIV infection. Or these symptoms may occur as a result of infection with a virus or objects that are difficult to affect or infect people with a healthy immune system.
7. Weight loss
Sometimes called, the name of the poor. The weight loss is a sign of the disease progresses, it may also be the result of severe diarrhoea.
If you are already experiencing weight loss, this usually means that the immune system is exhausted. This patient continues to lose a lot of weight, even while eating as much as possible. And so, although this is becoming less common, due to dependence on antiretroviral treatment.
The person is suffering from weight loss and wasting syndrome if lost 10% or more total body weight, suffer from diarrhoea, weakness and fever for more than 30 days.
7. Weight loss
Sometimes called, the name of the poor. The weight loss is a sign of the disease progresses, it may also be the result of severe diarrhoea.
If you are already experiencing weight loss, this usually means that the immune system is exhausted. This patient continues to lose a lot of weight, even while eating as much as possible. And so, although this is becoming less common, due to dependence on antiretroviral treatment.
The person is suffering from weight loss and wasting syndrome if lost 10% or more total body weight, suffer from diarrhoea, weakness and fever for more than 30 days.
8. Dry cough
Dry cough is the first sign made Ron felt that there were speeches. At first I thought it kind of severe allergies.But continued with him for a year and a half, and has been exacerbated by the increasingly poor. And couldn't estate albinardil, antibiotics and inhalers, as well as with drugs for allergies.
It should be noted that this type of cough that lasts for weeks, without any improvement, is one of the symptoms experienced by people with HIV.
9. Pneumonia
The foreshadowing of dry cough, weight loss, also a serious infection caused by a bacterium usually does not cause any problem if your immune system is working properly.
It should be noted that there are many cases of opportunistic infections, and each one of them different. For Ron, had pneumonia (inflammation of the sacculated), also known as pneumonia associated with AIDS, which ultimately led to his hospitalization for treatment. And other opportunistic infections that can be infected by AIDS patient; toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection of the brain, a type of herpes virus known as CMV, and also yeast infections such as thrush.
10. Night sweats
Almost half suffer from night sweats during the early stages of their HIV status.
This may be more common with evolution, and here we have to realize, the night sweats is not related to exercise, or room temperature.
As with hot flashes experienced by menopausal women, it's hard to work around these symptoms, they also cause dumping bedding with water due to sweating.
11. Nail changes
The changes in the nails, such as increased thickness of nails, container or split and discolored and the emergence of black lines, structure them horizontally or vertically, one of the signs of HIV infection.
Often, it's up to the fungal infection such as Candida. And recognized that people with weakened immune systems are more susceptible to fungal infection.
12. Yeast infection
Is thrush, a fungal infection common in other stages of HIV infection. It is an infection of the mouth, caused by Candida infection is a type of yeast.
One type of fungus is common, affecting women with yeast infections. And tend to appear in the mouth or esophagus, and makes the patient has difficulty in swallowing.
Ron had woken up one day to find white spots covering his tongue, and later discovered he had thrush. The disease is not a nuisance to him, but he didn't like it. It was difficult for him to get rid of the infection, but finally beat it, after starting the drugs against HIV.
13. Confusion or difficulty concentrating
Cognitive problems can be one of the signs of dementia associated with HIV infection, and the human form, usually in the late stages of the disease.
In addition to confusion and difficulty concentrating, can cause dementia of AIDS-related problems in memory and behavioural problems such as anger and nervousness.Furthermore, it may cause some kinetic changes: the patient suffering from a lack of coordination in its movements, problems with tasks that require dynamic skills like writing by hand.
14. Cold sores or genital herpes
Can cold sores (oral Herpes), genital herpes can be signs of the syndrome of acute retroviral or advanced stage of HIV.
The herpes infection is one of the risk factors for HIV infection. This is due to the genital herpes infection can cause sores which makes it easier for HIV to enter the body through the practice of sex. It should be noted that people with HIV are more susceptible to acute Herpes outbreak often because HIV weakens the immune system.
15. Tingling, weakness
In the advanced stages of HIV infection, the patient may suffer from tingling and numbness in the hands and feet. This condition is called peripheral neuropathy sick, and also suffered by people with diabetes.
In this case the affected nerve damage. These symptoms can be treated with pain relievers that do not require a prescription or medication for convulsions such as alniorontin (Gabapentin).
16. Irregular menstruation
In the advanced stages of HIV infection, women may suffer from increased risk of menstrual disorders, menstrual cycles are less and less in terms of heavy menstruation.
Moreover, the HIV infection is also associated with early menopause. (Beginning menopause at age 47 and 48 years for women living with the disease, compared to 49 for the 51-year-old ladies is not infected).
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