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Primary HIV infection resembles the flu. Most patients at this early stage of infection will experience symptoms such as fever, body aches and even swollen glands. These symptoms typically resolve themselves and the patient will feel better within a week of two. The body is rapidly making new HIV cells during this time. However, it is unlikely that if they were to take an HIV test, the test would yield positive results.
Why?
Because the antibodies that we measure to indicate the prescence of HIV need time to develop. Typically, the body does not produce sufficient number of antibodies to measure until several weeks into the infection.
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Can you have symptoms of hiv and it not be hiv at all?
You are correct. The early symptoms of HIV infection are like the flu.
Are nasal congestion coughing and pain underarmpit HIV primary symptom?
No.
What is hiv carier?
An HIV carrier is someone who has HIV but does not have symptoms of the disease. Because HIV infection is frequently without symptoms, routine screening is important.
Can the primary HIV symptoms last more than 3 months?
There are no primary symptoms that are accurate indicators of someone's HIV status. Generally, a person would have little, if any indication of infection within their first months after exposure. For more answers to your HIV related questions, I encourage you to read the articles and blogs on www.thebody.com
What are the early HIV symptoms?
HIV symptoms are very similar to many other illnesses. Symptoms may include fatigue, weakness, coughing, fever, headaches, nausea, and pain. Only an HIV test can accurately determine if you have that disease.
How can HIV symptom be detected with 7 days?
It is difficult to detect early symptoms of HIV infection because they are so close to flu symptoms.
Can you have visual symptoms and still test negative for HIV?
There are no reliable symptoms that point to HIV infection. An HIV test is considered conclusive if conducted 90 days after the most recent exposure.
Describes the symptoms of HIV infection in the asymptomatic stage?
In the earliest stage of an HIV infection the symptoms are identical to the flu, but once it enters the asymptomatic stage there are no symptoms until it becomes active again and the immune system begins to fail. That is why it is called the asymptomatic stage (i.e. without symptoms).
Should rash come alone in primary HIV?
A person with primary HIV would get a rash later on in the disease progression. Some people will have flue like symptoms when they first catch HIV.
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.
What are primary stage symptoms of HIV infected persons?
HIV infection has basically four stages: incubation period, acute infection, latency stage and AIDS. The initial incubation period upon infection is asymptomatic and usually lasts between two and four weeks. The second stage, acute infection, which lasts an average of 28 days and can include symptoms such as fever, lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes), pharyngitis (sore throat), rash, myalgia (muscle pain), malaise, and mouth and esophageal sores. The latency stage, which occurs third, shows few or no symptoms and can last anywhere from two weeks to twenty years and beyond. AIDS, the fourth and final stage of HIV infection shows as symptoms of various opportunistic infections.
No fever no headache no rashes no swelling. Can there be HIV infection. Is pain in penis an initial symptom of HIV?
Please be aware that HIV can not be diagnosed from symptoms and that very many people who become infected with HIV will experience no symptoms at all - and, on the other hand, just worrying about the possibility of having been infected (even though you haven't been) can mimic symptoms that may be associated with the acute phase of HIV infection. If you have engaged in a high-risk activity and are genuinely worried that you may have become infected, then the only reliable way to find out is to take an HIV test. A pain in the penis is not generally recognised as a symptom of the acute phase of HIV infection, but it is a recognised symptom of several other more common sexually transmitted diseases (infection with which generally make infection with HIV more likely).
