AIDS symtoms

AIDS symtoms

The symptoms of AIDS are primarily the result of infections that do not normally develop in people with healthy immune systems. These infections are termed "opportunistic infections."Patients with AIDS have had their immune system destroyed by HIV and are susceptible to such opportunistic infections. The general symptoms are fevers, sweats, chills, weakness, and weight loss. Some other ones are loss of energy, weight loss, a thick, whitish coating of the tongue or mouth that is caused by a yeast infection and sometimes accompanied by a sore throat. There is also an easier chance of bruising, a continuos deep dry cough, and an increase in loss of breathe. These symptoms however may not necessarily mean that you have AIDS. The best way to fully be sure that you have AIDS would be to go see a doctor. It may just be that you have a very bad cold. Yet people normally will have HIV for years before they fully develop AIDS at which point they should be aware of it. There are however for main stages of

This is how people normally develop AIDS: The Window Period:This is when people first contract HIV/AIDS. Now the body enters full blown AIDS. This stage may last for years as well. It is important to note however that people do not die from AIDS. Infection - SymptomicAt this stage, people show signs and symptoms of infection. Immune system cells are severely depleted. This stage may last about three (3) months and in some rare cases, as long as a year. However children get more symptoms which are also complications within them selves. People die from other diseases that infect people after AIDS destroys your Immune System. So now morediseases easily spread to the victim. The main ones are:Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)Infection in the lungs causing thick mucousMore common in men than in womenKarposi's SarcomaVisible lesions grow on top or just under the skin. At this point the body"tms Immune System is completely destroyed. Infection - Asymptomatic:Now a process to produce anti-bodieshas occurred but there are no symptoms of infection. Some of these are:Vaginal Yeast InfectionDischarge from the vaginacauses a burning or itching sensationit is very difficult to curePelvic Inflammatory DiseasePain in abdomenunusual vaginal discharge painful intercoursepain in back of legs, lower back, and painful urinationFever bleeding between menstrual cyclesCervical cancer caused by radical changes in cervical tissuesBacterial PneumoniaInfection in lungs causing thick mucousmost common in women.