Beware, the HIV virus

Beware, the HIV virus can spy on you with a lifestyle that is not awake, like a pair bergonta. In the early stages of HIV infection, the most common symptom is often not visible. One in five people in the United States with HIV do not know they have the deadly virus.

Here are the characteristics of HIV:

1. One of the first sign of symptoms or characteristics of HIV or acute retroviral syndrome (ARS) can be a mild fever. Fever is frequently accompanied by other symptoms, like fatigue, lymph nodes, and sore throat means the virus moves into the bloodstream and begin to replicate in large numbers. That happens, there is an inflammatory reaction by the immune system

2. Fatigue. Inflammatory response produced by the immune system causing you to feel tired and lethargic. Fatigue can be a sign of early and later HIV.

3. Muscle aches, joint pain, swollen lymph nodes. ARS is often mistaken for flu, mononucleosis, viral or other infections, even syphilis or hepatitis. Not surprisingly, many of the same symptoms, including pain in the joints and muscles and lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are part of your immune system to be inflamed when there is infection.

4. Sore throat and headache. Like other symptoms, sore throat and headaches are often recognized as an ARS in the initial symptoms. If you have experienced symptoms of it, lately, it is better to have an HIV test.

5. Rashes on the skin. Some rashes and even shaped like a boil, with some areas of red itchy marks on the patient's arm. If the rash is easily treated, you should think about taking an HIV test.

6. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. If ARS has spread about 30 percent to 60 percent on your body, then nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea will accompany his days. Diarrhea incessant may be an indication, "said Dr. Michael Horberg, MD, Director of HIV / AIDS at Kaiser Permanente Research Institute in Oakland, California, United States.

Or it is a symptom can be caused by organisms not normally seen in people with healthy immune systems.

7. Weight loss. This is a sign of more advanced HIV disease, causing some severe diarrhea. Department of Health and Human Services. United States announced, a person is considered to have the syndrome if they lose 10 percent or more of their body weight. He will also have diarrhea or fever for more than 30 days.

8. Dry cough. If a dry cough lasts long enough and continue to get worse. Then, like Benadryl cough medicines, antibiotics, and inhalers do not fix the problem, it's a symptom of ARS in you.

9. Pneumonia. Cough and weight loss may also be a sign of serious infections caused by germs that would interfere with the immune system. There are many different opportunistic infections and each can appear in a different way.

For example, other opportunistic infections including toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection that affects the brain, a type of herpes virus called cytomegalovirus, and fungal infections such as thrush.

10. Night sweats. About half of people with HIV will be sweating at night during the early stages of HIV infection.

11. Discoloration of the nail. Another sign of HIV infection is the final nail changes, such as thickening or discoloration and curved, black or brown, on the nail. Often this is due to fungal infections, like candida. That's because Asien with a lowered immune system will be more susceptible to fungal infections.

12. Oral infections due to fungi are common in the next step is thrush. This mouth infection caused by Candida. This is a very common fungus and one that causes yeast infections in women. They tend to appear in the mouth or throat, making it difficult to swallow.

13. It's hard to concentrate. Cognitive problems can be a sign of HIV-associated dementia, which usually occurs late in the course of the disease. In addition to confusion and difficulty concentrating, AIDS-related dementia may also involve memory problems and behavioral problems such as irritable or offended.

This may even include changes in motor, be careless, lack of coordination, and problems with tasks requiring fine motor skills like writing by hand.

14. Herpes. Cold sores (oral herpes) and genital herpes can be a sign of ARS and the second stage of HIV infection. This is because genital herpes can cause ulcers which facilitate HIV entry into the body during sexual intercourse.

15. The HIV virus can also cause numbness and tingling in hands and feet. This is called peripheral neuropathy, which also occur in people with uncontrolled diabetes. This is when the nerve is actually damaged. These symptoms can be treated with drugs to relieve pain and antiseizure such as gabapentin (Neurontin).

16. For women, irregular menstruation. Advanced HIV disease seems to increase the risk for women experiencing menstrual irregularities, such as periods of fewer and lighter. This change however may have more to do with weight loss and poor health for women with late stage of infection. (IAN / Health.com)