Early Symptoms of HIV

Early Symptoms of HIV

These symptoms resemblance to flu like illness. It may possible that they do not appear in some cases at all. These symptoms develop in months or years. When these symptoms develop the symptoms like extreme fatigue, short term memory loss, weight loss etc. can be seen in infected person.

The early symptoms include

• Fever
• Tiredness
• Headache
• Enlarged lymph nodes

Some common symptoms of HIV

• Excessive fatigue and Weight loss
• Mental symptoms like confusion
• Frequent fevers and Night sweats
• Genital sores and Rash of flaky skin
• Blurred vision

How HIV becomes AIDS

There are four stages of HIV infection. These stages take several years to be developed. The process can be classified into four stages that are primary, asymptomatic, symptomatic, and AIDS. It is necessary to know about that in what stage a person is as it would be helpful for a physician to decide the treatment plan for the disease.

Stages of HIV infection

Primary stage

It is the first stage of HIV infection. When a person gets infected with HIV infection the stage starts soon after that. The stage continues for few weeks and an infected person can experience the symptoms like flu like illness. Generally many people do not undergo with treatment because the symptoms resemblance to sickness or fever. If a person goes through treatment, it is often misdiagnosed with a viral infection. The HIV test results appear to be negative in this period. So it is advisable for those who think that they may be having HIV infection should repeated the test program after six months.

Asymptomatic HIV

In this stage a person becomes symptoms free. HIV finds in low extent in the blood but it can be detectable. Moreover, the HIV test results appear to be positive in this period if it is performed. Though the symptoms are not visible, but HIV continuously reproduced in the blood. The period can be shorter or longer.

Symptomatic HIV

In this stage the immune system is damaged by HIV. As a result of this the symptoms begin to appear. At the beginning symptoms are mild but later on they become severe. Opportunistic infection attack on immune system in this period as immune system is no longer resisting them.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

This one is last stage and a person gets diagnosed with AIDS. Opportunistic infections can be seen clearly in this stage. A person cannot get back to the primary stage after getting developed AIDS.

There is a certain correlation between HIV infection and AIDS. The given stuff would help you to understand this correlation.