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Which stage of HIV infection is characterized by fungal infections or weight loss?
symptomatic stage nova net
What is the advanced stage of hiv infection?
Advanced stage of HIV infection is AIDS.
What is The earliest stage of HIV infection is the?
Swollen glands
What are the three stages of AIDS?
STAGES OF HIV Acute HIV Syndrome * First stage seroconversion * virus rapidly spreads to organs, especially the lymphoid tissues * HIV virus not very aggressive in causing diseases or severe symptoms Asymptomatic State * infection is latent * virus starts to grow and multiply in the lymph nodes Symptomatic Disease/AIDS * Viremia (spread of virus in the blood) * Loss of immune system, mainly due to infection of CD4+ T-Lymphocytes End stage Disease * immune system collapses * virus continues to slowly destroy the Immune System for up to 10 years * usually an opportunistic infection is the cause of death Without treatment, the average time from infection to AIDS is eight to eleven years.Without treatment, 78/100 percent of Hiv-infected people will develop AIDS within fifteen years of infection.
AIDS is the third stage of HIV infection?
AIDs is the forth stage of HIV Infection.The four stages Of HIV are:Primary HIV InfectionAsymptomatic HIVSymptomatic HIVAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Is HIV harmless or harmful?
HIV is a harmful virus. The end stage of HIV infection is AIDS.
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).
Which results when HIV weakens the immune system?
symptomatic infections
Is a person with HIV contagious before seroconversion?
An infected person with HIV is contagious soon after initial infection. The highest risk of transmission is during the initial infection, and at the end stage near death.
Does the Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome describes the early stages of an HIV infection?
no it does in the 3rd stage but not the earlier stages
What are the stages of AIDS?
1.) The first stage, but called the "Window Period", Its the time interval from when the virus enters the body of the patient and then develops enough antibodies to determine the virus in an HIV test 2.) The second stage, known as the "Asymptomatic Stage", Its where it shows no sign of the infection, due to the fact that the immune system is fighting off the virus. 3.) The third stage, is known as the "Symptomatic Stage", where the virus becomes active in the body and makes your body weaker.
Aids is the third stage of HIV?
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is not a stage of HIV infection, but rather a diagnosis given to an HIV+ person who has reached a certain level of decreased immune function. The AIDS diagnosis is based on the health of a person's immune system, not the amount of virus in the body.
