HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR PARTNET
HAS HIV
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE HIV; EARLY
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
HIV is human immunodeficiency virus which
once exposed to the virus it causes acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome which in turn
causes progressive failure in the immune
system causing deadly diseases like cancer
and infections to thrive.
Within 2-4 weeks after being exposed to the
various most people experience flu-like
symptoms which may last for weeks. This flu
has been described by experts as “the worst
flu ever” which is called the primary HIV
infection and the flu like symptoms are the
body natural immune system reaction to the
HIV infection.
THE COMMON EARLY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
ARE
FEVER
This is the most common symptom of primary
HIV infection. Most patients experience mild
fever of over 100 degrees F.
This fever is often accompanied by mild
symptoms like sore throat, sore glands and
sometimes fatigue
According to experts at this point the virus is
moving to the blood stream and its being
replicated at large numbers which leads to
inflammatory reaction by the immune system
FATIGUE
Because of the inflammatory reaction by the
immune system your now weak immune
system tries to fight with the virus which
leads to your body feeling derailed, tired and
feeling lack of energy. Experts have always
termed fatigue as both and early or late HIV
symptom. Most victims at this stage don’t
have energy and they run out of breath when
doing simple tasks like walking on stairs.
PAIN ,ACHY MUSCLES ,SWOLLEN LYMPH AND
NODES
These symptoms are often mistaken for flu
that’s why primary HIV infection is often
referred to as flu like symptoms. Lymph
nodes are always located in the arms, groin
and neck and are part of the immune system
and get inflamed when there is an infection.
Surprisingly these symptoms are the same as
those of syphilis and hepatitis so victims may
sometimes mistake them for viral infection.
ACUTE HEADACHE AND SORE THROAT
You may start to have an acute headache or a
sore throat few weeks after engaging in a risky
behaviour. It does not necessarily mean you
have been already infected but it’s good to go
for a test once you start feeling these
symptoms.
SKIN RASH
According to HIV experts skin rush can be
both early and late symptom of HIV infection.
If after a few weeks you start to see boil like
rashes in your body I would advise you to go
and see the doctor since you might be
infected.
NAUSEA , DIARRHEA AND VOMITING
Research shows that about 60% of people
have nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea which is
always short term.
WEIGHT LOSS
This is common in late stages of the infection.
Victims can lose up to 10% of their weight. It
occurs because of depletion of the human
immune system by the virus.
Victims lose weight even if they continue
eating. HIV patients always experience weight
lose if they stop eating ARVS
DRY COUGH
Most people dismiss this symptom as allergies
but it’s often the earliest sign that you have
been infected. If you start experiencing a dry
cough few weeks after engaging in a risky
behaviour then i recommend that you rush to
the nearest health centre and get tested.
PNEUMONIA
This is one of the opportunistic infection
which occurs due to weaken of the immune
system. Many other opportunistic infection
might also occur but at different stages .
The other opportunistic infection includes
toxoplasmosis and yeast infection such as
thrush.
NIGHT SWEATS
Experts researched and found that half of the
people infected experience night sweats
during the early stages of infection.
The night sweats are not related to changes in
the temperature of the room. They might
come about because of the mild fever which
is often leads to fluctuations in body
temperature.
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