Symptoms Of Hiv Questions

Hello, yes you may catch HIV infection if you come in contact with any HIV infected girl.
HIV is spread when blood, semen, or vaginal fluids from an infected person enter another person's body, usually through sexual contact, from sharing needles when injecting drugs, or from mother to baby during birth.
Most people who have become recently infected with HIV will not have any symptoms. They may, however, have a flu-like illness within a month or two after exposure to the virus, with fev...more

Hiv is immunocompromised condition of the body present as frequent infections especially fungal infections. Sometimes cancers also develop in hiv patients like sarcoma, cervix, anal cancers etc. Cancer is abnormal uncontrolled proliferation of cells leading to symptoms like palpable lump, ulceration which doesn't heal, bleeding from anywhere, weight loss, difficulty in swallowing, change in voice, change in bowelor bladder habits etc. Treatment for cancer is done depending on site, size, stage a...more

Hiv symptoms
early stage
1. Within 2-4 week after hiv infection many but not all
experience flu like symptoms which may last from few days to several weeks. This is called acute retroviral
syndrome. Some patients do not experience any symptoms
for 10 years or more. Until they develop aids
2. The symptoms are
fever, swollen gland, sore throat, skin rash, fatigue, headache, muscle and joint pain
clinical latency stage
during this stage hiv patients have no sympt...more

1. Early symptoms:-
fever, headache, tiredness, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck.
2. Later symptoms:-
rapid weight loss
pneumonia
night sweats
unexplained tiredness
sores of the mouth
memory loss
depression
each of these symptoms can be related to other illnesses. The only way to find out if you are infected with hiv is to get tested. Please avoid unprotected sex and used needles.

A person can be HIV infected for over 9 years and not show any symptoms. Need to check 4th gen HIV tests every 6 months.

You should do HIV, HEP b, VDRL tests after 90 days. You don't not get symptoms next day of sex, for HIV, but can get other STD symptoms right from day 1.

Yes you need to be on medications to combat increase in hiv counts and to prevent immunocompromised status. Please visit your nearest doctor as soon as possible.
Take care and have a lovely day!

It varies, not a fixed time. Few weeks to months for tests to show, but the virus starts replicating immediately. Initially a transient viral illness, then low grade fever, frequent diarrhoea, recurrent respiratory infection.

Common AIDS symptoms in men include:

swollen lymph glands.
unusual lesions on the tongue; skin rashes and bumps.
nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
cough and shortness of breath.
chronic fatigue.
fever, chills, and night sweats.
rapid weight loss.
blurred or distorted vision.

If CD4 count is with in normal limits than the person is asymptomatic and if the level is low than there can be lymphadenopathy and secondary infections which have their own symptoms