subject: Symptoms That Indicate The Beginning Of Hiv Infection [print this page] The earliest symptoms of HIV infection occur while your body begins to develop antibodies to the virus (known as seroconversion) from six weeks to three months after HIV infection. Those who show early symptoms of HIV will develop flu-like symptoms. This may include: fever, rash, muscle aches and swollen lymph nodes and glands. But for most people, the first symptoms of HIV, it is not clear.
Although the infection is slowly taking hold in his body, most of those infected with HIV will be asymptomatic. Only by being tested for HIV can be sure that you have been infected. But despite the absence of HIV symptoms, but also very contagious during this period will largely be able to infect others, including your child.
HIV / AIDS Symptoms
As the infection progresses, people with HIV grow increasingly susceptible to diseases and infections that do not normally affect the healthy population. Although many of these diseases are easily treated, people with HIV often have such weakened immune system, curing properties fail.
Without treatment, infected with HIV, it is likely to develop AIDS eight to ten years after HIV infection. Taking HIV drugs can slow this process. With treatment, it may be ten to fifteen years or more before they develop AIDS. In the later stages of HIV before it develops into full blown AIDS, HIV infection can cause severe symptoms. These include:
* Chronic yeast infections or candidiasis (fungal infection of the mouth)
* Fever and / or sweating
* Easy bruising
* Extreme exhaustion attack
* Unexplained body rashes
* The incidence of lesions on the skin or mouth
* Sudden unexplained weight loss
* Chronic diarrhea lasts a month or more
Symptoms of AIDS
To be diagnosed with AIDS, your T4 cells fall below 200 per cubic millimeter (in healthy adults, the T4 cells in 1000 or more per millimeter is normal) or be infected with opportunistic infections. Called opportunistic infections because they use a weakened immune system. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintains a list of these diseases are opportunistic infections and lead to the diagnosis of AIDS. These first signs of HIV will usually disappear within one week to one month, and is often mistaken for other viral infections. During this period, you are infected. More persistent or-more-severe symptoms of HIV infection may not be for several years after the first infection.
HIV is usually diagnosed through blood or mucus orally at the presence of antibodies against the virus. Unfortunately, HIV tests are not accurate immediately after infection because it takes time for the immune system to make these antibodies. But the majority - over 95 percent - antibodies three months after infection. Rarely, it may take up to six months for the detection of HIV was positive. Some samples are tested for the presence of the virus may be positive earlier.
Symptoms that indicate the beginning of HIV infection is widespread. Often you can not tell the difference from other signs of viral infection. If you are concerned that it may have been exposed to HIV, talk to your doctor about your problem. There is no vaccine against HIV infection and no cure for AIDS. But it is possible to prevent infection. If you do not know the HIV status of partner.
