HIV, Recognize the symptoms in order to avoid HIV

At the beginning of the next month or two months of the HIV virus has entered the body, 40-90 percent of people infected with HIV develop symptoms similar to flu symptoms called acute retroviral syndrome (ARS). Although such symptoms are infected with HIV cannot be detected until years later.

Michael Horberg Director of HIV / AIDS Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California says that in the early stages of HIV infection usually has no symptoms. Therefore if you are included in risk groups should be checked out.

Below are the common symptoms experienced by people infected with HIV-positive?

1. Fever. One of the symptoms of acute retroviral syndrome (ARS) is a low-grade fever with body temperature reached 38 degrees Celsius. Symptoms of fever are often accompanied by other mild symptoms, like fatigue, sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes. Carlos Malvestutto, infectious diseases and immunology instructor from New York School of Medicine says that at this phase of the virus has moved into the bloodstream and begin to replicate in large quantities. Therefore, the inflammatory reaction in the body’s immune system.
2. Fatigue. Inflammatory response in the body can also lead to feeling tired and drained of energy. These symptoms can occur in early or a few years later.
3. Muscle pain. Acute retroviral syndrome symptoms are often diagnosed as viral infection, influenza, mononucleosis, hepatitis and syphilis even. This is not surprising because many similar symptoms, including pain in muscles and joints. Swollen lymph glands are also common because it is part of the immune system will become inflamed when an infection occurs. Lymph nodes numerous in the armpits, groin, neck as well.
4. Skin rash. A rash of reddish spots on the skin can occur in early or late stage of HIV / AIDS. When the appearance of the rash can’t be explained and you are a high risk of contracting HIV, immediately do the test.
5. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. According to Dr. Carlos Malvestutto says that 30-60 percent of people experience brief symptoms of nausea, vomiting or diarrhea at the onset of HIV infection. However, these symptoms can also arise due to antiretroviral therapy and advanced stage of infection.
6. Weight down. Decrease in body weight (BW) is a sign of worsening disease and also because of severe diarrhea. Carlos Malvestutto said that if weight loss has occurred, meaning the immune system was exhausted. However, thanks to antiretroviral therapy, these symptoms are rare. A person who has AIDS wasting syndrome typically lose 10 percent or more of their body weight, and suffered from diarrhea or fatigue and fever of more than 30 days.
7. Dry cough. Some HIV positive people also experience a dry cough that lasts for weeks and continued to deteriorate.
8. Inflammation of the lungs. Cough and body care may also be due to a serious infection caused by germs. When our immune system in good condition, then these germs do not cause problems. There are many opportunistic infections different in people with HIV. One of them AIDS pneumonia, toxoplasmosis, herpes, and fungal infections.
9. Sweating at night. Most people in the early stages of HIV infection sweating at night, which is not associated with room temperature. These symptoms worsened in the advanced stage of infection.
10. Changes in the nails. Patients with impaired immune systems, such as AIDS, are more susceptible to fungal infections. These infections also cause changes in the nails, such as easily broken, fragile, and also change the color.
11. Fungal infections. Fungal infections are often experienced in the advanced stages of HIV infection is a kind of thrush in the mouth caused by the fungus Candida. Patients who experience severe canker sores are difficult to swallow and difficult to cure.
12. Numbness and tingling. At an advanced stage of HIV infection can cause numbness and tingling sensation in hands and feet. This phenomenon is also called peripheral neuropathy, which also appear in patients with uncontrolled diabetes. These symptoms occur because the nerve is damaged.
13. Irregular menstruation. HIV infection also can cause menstrual cycle is interrupted, such as menstruation or less irregular. This disorder is caused more weight loss than HIV infection itself.