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Symptoms Of Hiv Questions

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Diploma In HIV Medicine, MBBS

HIV Specialist•Surat
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Earliest symptoms may be Skin related issues. 1. Recurrent skin rashes 2. Recurrent Fungal infections 3. Herpes zoster Disease can occur at any stage are 1. Tuberculosis 2. Lymphoma 3. Herpes Zoster 4. Neurological Symptoms.
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MBBS, Diploma in Nutrition and Health Ed...read more

General Physician•Noida
Symptoms of early HIV infection are

fever
Pain in joint
muscle ache
sore throat
enlarged Lymph nodes
rash
tiredness
weakness
unintentional weight loss

HIV is transmitted by infected blood, semen or vaginal secretions

not transmitted through ordinary contact — hugging, kissing, dancing or shaking hands — with someone who has HIV or AIDS. HIV can't be transmitted through the air, water or insect bites

No permanent cure till now ...more
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CCEBDM, PG Diploma In Clinical Cardiolog...read more

General Physician•Ghaziabad
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It may take many years for symptoms of AIDS to show. As defense mechanism becomes weak you can get any disease which becomes difficult to treat.
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MBBS, Basic Life Support (B.L.S), Advanc...read more

General Physician•Delhi
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Some people notice flu-like symptoms 1-4 weeks after they're first infected. They often only last a week or two. This stage is called acute or primary hiv infection.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.
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General Physician•Koriya
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Diarrhoea can be seen in hiv but it's not acute symptom.
In hiv it takes many years for appearance of symptoms.
Acute gastroenteritis is one of the most common cause of diarrhoea.
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MBBS, DDV, FCPS, APEX, Diplomat American...read more

HIV Specialist•Mumbai
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It is not necessary that you should have symptoms despite having HIV. Don't wait for symptoms to come. If risk is taken, pl get test done after 90 days of last risk.
Symptoms are vague and anything can happen right from fever, cough, weight loss, duahhoea to stroke.
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General Physician•Sri Ganganagar
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There is no symtoms of hiv in early stage. After 5-8 years there may be weight loss, fever etc
so only testing is confirmatory test.
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Hiv occurs via sexual contact, parenteral exposure to blood or vertical transmission mother to child. Hiv-1 via sexual contact. And hiv 2 is rare cause of infection in children. It most prevelant in western southern africa. Hiv affects gradually each and every organ of the body.
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MBBS, PG Diploma (HIV Medicines)

HIV Specialist•Surat
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On base of symptoms no one can say it HIV or NOT
for saying yes or no for HIV
you must have to go for TEST
By simple test you have to wait till 6 month
By special test you can confirm result after 15 days of exposure.
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Cardiologist•Alappuzha
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Within a few weeks of HIV infection, flu-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat and fatigue can occur. Then the disease is usually asymptomatic until it progresses to AIDS. AIDS symptoms include weight loss, fever or night sweats, fatigue and recurrent infections.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), primary HIV infection symptoms may show up two to four weeks after initial exposure. Symptoms can continue for up to several weeks. However, some people may only exhib...more
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