HIV infected person
sometimes does not show symptons at all. However, some
people report of flu-like sickness for some days or weeks
after acquiring the HIV viruses. Also the patient may report
of fever, headache, exhaustion or fatigue and increased
lymph gland in the neck area. Such symptoms however, vanish
over a period of time.
The individual may not report of symptons during early stage
of HIV infection and it progresses variably among
individuals. Such conditions may last from the few weeks or
months to over a decade in some cases. The viruses go on
progressing remarkably within this phase and continue
infecting and killing the cells of immune system in the
body. Immune system in the body acts to fight out the
viruses and bacteria or any such infectious germs. HIV virus
kills the CD4+ or T4 cells that are known as the preliminary
infection fighters
The person infected with HIV viruses may report of
developing the following symptoms as immune system in his
individual body deteriorates:
Energy level deficit, unexplained weight loss, recurrent
fever and excessive sweating especially during nights,
consistent yeast infections, recurrent rashes or flakes on
the overall body skin, loss of memory for temporary phase
and mouth, genital or anal sores due to herpes infections.
The advanced stage of HIV infection is called the Acquired-Immuno-Deficiency
Syndrome-AIDS and the patient have less than 200 CD4+ cells
per each micro liter of blood in his body. The common
symptons of AIDS are: Breathing trouble and coughing,
convulsions, difficulty swallowing, memory loss or
perplexity, continuous diarrhoea, nausea, fever, abdominal
cramps, vomiting, excess tiredness, stiff neck, severe
headaches and comatose state. |
