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Symptoms of AIDS

Symptoms of AIDS

  • There are no specific symptoms of HIV
  • The only way to confirm the existence of HIV is through testing for HIV in a blood sample.
  • There are no specific symptoms of AIDS
  • The only way to confirm the existence of HIV infection through HIV testing in a blood sample. It is important to have enough information about AIDS as a disease that is caused by the virus HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
  • Some people reported that they had submitted a flu-like box between 2 and 5 weeks after infection (risk of contact). But not usually pay attention to this table because the reported cases represent only 10% of infections and symptoms would be like the flu. Therefore, the only way to know if there is infection be tested for HIV three months after exposure risk.
  • There is no associated symptoms of infection, it is said that this infection is asymptomatic.
  • However, transmission risk does exist if the person has symptoms of AIDS.
  • Some people reported that they had submitted a flu-like box between 2 and 5 weeks after infection (risk of contact) as symptoms of AIDS. But not usually pay attention to this table because the reported cases represent only 10% of infections and symptoms would be like the flu. Therefore, the only way to know if there is infection be tested for HIV three months after exposure risk.
  • Many people infected have no symptoms of AIDS, especially in the early years and in general for a long time.

The virus is weakening the immune system would slowly and after an average of 8-10 years without treatment (the disease had evolved and would be badly damaged immune system) when the following symptoms appear:

  • sudden weight loss over 10%
  • Fever or night sweats for more than a month
  • or chronic diarrhea for more than a month
  • acute or persistent fatigue
  • Other symptoms of AIDS or effects: dry cough for over a month, hives, mouth ulcers, mouth and throat fungus, herpes and swollen glands.