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AIDS or HIV is a latent disease. It can show up years after contracting the disease.
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After how long time a person having AIDS feels symptoms of AIDS?
A person does not have AIDS until they are diagnosed with the condiition. AIDS is a result of advanced HIV infection. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. There are no reliable symptoms that point to HIV infection. The only effective way to know your status is to get tested.
How prevalent is AIDS in the U.S.?
In the United States, more than 733,000 people have AIDS, and an estimated one to two million people have HIV infection without the symptoms of AIDS.
What does AIDS-OI mean?
OI= Opportunistic Infection. It is a term that describes a number of different infections, or symptoms that can occur while the immune system weakend by the AIDS virus.
What is an atypical pulmonary infection called MAI?
This is an atypical mycobacterial infection which can occur in the later stages of AIDS. It can affect people without AIDS as well, and it is seen first as a persistent cough. It is treated with a series of three antibiotics over six months or more months. This microbe is common in the environment.
What are the major symptoms of AIDS?
The first symptoms of AIDS/HIV are often dismissed as a bad flu: fever, headache, sore throat, swollen lymph glands, and a rash. Symptoms of a progressing infection include swollen lymph nodes, diarrhea, weight loss, fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
What is the advanced stage of hiv infection?
Advanced stage of HIV infection is AIDS.
How you can find aids symptoms?
Simply search for AIDS Symptoms or go to www.AIDSHealth.org for answers
If a person is diagnose with pcp do they have HIV?
Pnuemocystisis carinii pneumonia, or PCP, is an opportunistic infection most often seen in persons with HIV/AIDS. It's presence alone does not confirm infection with HIV. However, in combination with other symptoms, it is one of the infections used to diagnose HIV/AIDS.
Can aids effect your lungs?
you can get an infection in your lungs from having aids.
Does poverty cause aids?
no. infection with HIV causes AIDS.
What are symptoms of AIDS in Africa?
there is headache,rashes,nausea,pharyngitis and fever
Can proctitis lead to aids?
No, AIDS is caused by infection with HIV. Proctitis, while not pleasant, is an infection, usually bacterial, of the prostate.
