Acute HIV Rash

Acute HIV rash usually appears during the primary HIV infection stage. HIV rash can appear in single or multiple parts of the body and it can be itchy. Know more about HIV rash, its appearance and symptoms with this article...

Acute HIV rash is a sign of primary HIV infection. However, the rash may not appear in all individuals going through the primary infection stage. The acute or primary HIV infection can be asymptomatic in many individuals. For others however, symptoms like, skin rash and flu like symptoms can develop within 2 to 3 weeks from the time of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV. The skin rash and other acute HIV infection symptoms then disappear within a few weeks, after which no signs or symptoms of illness can be observed in the affected individual for a long time. It may take several years for the initial HIV infection to develop into AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). Below here is some more information about HIV rash, its appearance and symptoms.