Health Symptoms 101 Primary Symptoms of HIV

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 5, 2012 --

People must increase their knowledge about HIV virus since it becomes one of the most deadly diseases in the world. At least, you should know the primary symptoms of HIV virus. Primary HIV infection is the stage when a person has been infected with HIV virus for a few weeks or months. Person infected with HIV virus may have health symptoms (which you can check out more at http://www.Symptom-diagnosis.net ) that resemble the flu or mono (mononucleosis) during this time. During primary HIV infection a person will not get clear test result to determine if they are infected or not using standard HIV antibody tests.

Most people with primary HIV infection have symptoms of HIV that occur usually 2 to 6 weeks after becoming infected with HIV. Acute retroviral syndrome is always experienced by people with these symptoms. Primary HIV infection can have different symptoms on different people. Some scientists believe that rash and fevers are the main symptoms of primary HIV infection especially when it present in combination with one or more of the symptoms of HIV.

Those who do have symptoms generally experience fever, loss of appetite and joint pain. Other common symptoms can include sore throat, muscle pain, swollen lymph nodes, diarrhea, fatigue, headache, oral or genital ulcers, nausea and vomiting. These symptoms can occur within days or weeks of the initial exposure to the virus during primary or acute HIV infection period.

In other cases, people with HIV show no symptoms at all. However, most people always show some symptoms. Some people even have severe symptoms that make them to go to the emergency room. Others may only show mild symptoms. When the primary or acute HIV infection is over, the symptoms reduce itself and patients look better for a while. Most people do not show any visible symptoms for longer period of time, it is about 8-10 years.

If these conditions left untreated, the immune system becomes rapidly weaker and the disease progresses to AIDS. The next symptoms experienced by person infected with HIV virus are often related with the opportunistic infections that attack patients with AIDS symptoms include pneumonia, tuberculosis, and toxoplasmosis.

Primary HIV infection or primary symptoms of HIV are a stage that needs immediate medical treatments. You should search for prompt medical treatment from a doctor who specializes in treating HIV. Or you can seek prompt attention from a local public health clinic if you don't have a private doctor or medical insurance. Then, you should ask for a doctor who specializes in HIV or infectious diseases.

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