What are the symptoms of AIDs?

Question

How do you know if you have AIDs?

Answer 1

What Are The Symptoms Of HIV Infection And AIDS?

Most people newly infected with the HIV virus show few, if any, symptoms for a few years. But during this asymptomatic period, HIV is actively multiplying, infecting, and killing cells in the immune system, particularly CD4+ T cells. People are very infectious during this early phase.

As the immune system weakens, symptoms begin to emerge.

Early Symptoms Of HIV Infection
Some people, but not all, develop symptoms within a month or two of exposure to HIV. These people may have a flu-like illness with such symptoms as:

Fever

Rash

Headache

Loss of appetite

Swollen glands (enlarged lymph nodes)

Achy muscles and joints




These early symptoms usually disappear within a week to a month. Most HIV-infected people who experience these early symptoms won't see any more signs of the infection for at least a few years.

Later Symptoms Of HIV Infection
Usually, it takes about eight to nine years between the time of infection and the appearance of later symptoms, although this varies from person to person. These symptoms signal that immune system function is deteriorating, due to declining numbers of CD4+ T cells.


Not all people with HIV infection develop further symptoms. For those who do, however, symptoms may include:

Persistent, enlarged lymph nodes

Excessive fatigue

Weight loss

Frequent fevers

Night sweats

Chronic or frequent diarrhea

Genital sores (sores around the penis or vagina)

Thrush (an infection of the mouth caused by Candida, a yeast-like fungus) and mouth lesions

Skin rash or flaky skin

Joint stiffness and pain

Bone pain

Blurred vision

Short-term memory loss

Repeated bacterial, viral, or fungal infections


As the CD4+ T cell count continues to drop and the immune system deteriorates further, individuals may continue to experience the above symptoms as well as develop new ones.

Answer 2

Days? Could be years. My moms best guy friend got infected in the 80's. All his old sexual partners are dead, but he remains healthy. Could be six months after being infected to even test positive. You might carry it and never test positive. You might test positive for HIV but never ever get AIDS. The symptoms start out as just getting ill more often. It affects your immune system. The only major serious telltale sign is large brown spots on the skin, but that doesn't start until the late stages. Go get tested.

Answer 3

You'd know about the HIV infection long before you knew about the Aids. And as for how you would know, weakness, constant cold symptoms, fevers, nausea, joint aching .... or being diagnosed when you go for standard STD testing, as should be done at least once a year for safety measures regardless. Most people make regular visits to their doctors, which include yearly physicals ... and bloodwork will reveal any abnormalities ... which will lead doctors to testing for HIV and the AIDS virus.

Answer 4

Most of these are caused by pathogens that many HIV-negative people carry without becoming ill. Other signs of AIDS-related illnesses or infections may include:

?nausea
?vomiting
?abdominal pain
?loss of appetite
?losing more than ten percent of one's body weight (also known as "wasting")
? headache
?sore throat
?rash
?night sweats
? confusion
?memory loss
?loss of muscle strength
?fatigue

Answer 5

Check this webpage out.

http://experts.about.com/q/AIDS-339/curious-bout-symptom-AIDS.htm