hiv symptoms?

Answer 1

If you test positive for HIV, your next step should be to consult a licensed medical pratictioner to determine your viral load and CD-4 count. Your doctor will help you decide when it will be best to start anti-retroviral therapy.

I strongly caution people from falling prey to claims of miracle cures by websites specifically designed to promote alternative therapies (as in those listed just above). This not to say that you may not benefit from alternative therapies for a while, but always keep your doctor informed of any medications, herbal supplements, etc. that you may be taking. HIV is a managable disease, but you need to keep your eyes open to what is proven to work and what has no scientific grounding at all. This is not a game... it is your life.

Todd (AIDS - positive since 2004)

Answer 2

Many people do not develop any symptoms when they first become infected with HIV. Some people, however, get a flu-like illness within three to six weeks after exposure to the virus. This illness, called Acute HIV Syndrome, may include fever, headache, tiredness, nausea, diarrhoea and enlarged lymph nodes (organs of the immune system that can be felt in the neck, armpits and groin). These symptoms usually disappear within a week to a month and are often mistaken for another viral infection.

During this period, the quantity of the virus in the body will be high and it spreads to different parts, particularly the lymphoid tissue. At this stage, the infected person is more likely to pass on the infection to others. The viral quantity then drops as the body's immune system launches an orchestrated fight.

More persistent or severe symptoms may not surface for several years, even a decade or more, after HIV first enters the body in adults, or within two years in children born with the virus. This period of "asymptomatic" infection varies from individual to individual. Some people may begin to have symptoms as soon as a few months, while others may be symptom-free for more than 10 years. However, during the "asymptomatic" period, the virus will be actively multiplying, infecting, and killing cells of the immune system.
For later symptoms , there are many that will lead to death; some are:
An altered state of consciousness, personality change, or mental deterioration
Children may grow slowly or fall sick frequently. HIV positive persons are also found to be more vulnerable to some cancers.

Answer 3

HIV SYMPTOMS

When 1st infected with HIV, some people may notice a brief flu like illness, but most people are not aware that they have bcme infected and will have no symptoms for many years. However, once they are infectious, their immune system starts to make antibodies to the virus straight away. When these antibodies are detected by blood testing, people are said to b HIV positive. Gradually d virus attacks d body's immune system.

The CD4 T-lymphocyte cells in d blood are particularly prone to attack by d HIV virus. These are helper cells that organise d body's response to viral invasion. A normal T-Lymphocyte count is 500 - 1500/ml blood.

AIDS has developed once the T-Lymphocyte count has dropped below 200/ml n d person is suffering weight loss, diarrhoes, fever, certain types of pneumonia and skin cancer. Damage to immune system, skin or other defences also makes d person subject to infection with Candida or cytomegalovirus. People with this test result and d described symptoms are said to have full-blown AIDS.

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Answer 4

An infection with HIV will not show any symptoms right away. The way HIV works is it wears down the body's immune system, leaving it unable to cope with opportunistic infections. No one dies from HIV; they die from infections the body can't fight off.

The only way to know if you have HIV is to be tested--- TODAY.

Answer 5

Your recent activities and lifestyle may give you a part of the answer to your Question,
In case if you fear getting infected accidently or however
There is only and only ONE method in the whole world it is just to get tested to confirm

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Answer 6

low grade fever for 1-2 months,chronic diarrhoea,pain abdomen,extrema general weakness,loss of weight

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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