Are Night Sweats An Acute Symptom Of HIV

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Acute HIV Infection

What Is Acute HIV Infection? The amount of HIV in the blood gets very high within a few days or weeks after HIV infection. Some people get a flu-like illness. This first stage of HIV disease is called "acute HIV infection" or "primary HIV infection." About half of the people who get infected don't notice anything. Symptoms generally occur within 2 to 4 weeks. The most common symptoms are fever, fatigue, and rash. Others include headache,...

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Valtrex's effect on Symptoms of Acute HIV?

One week ago I suddenly began having fever, night sweats, mild diarrhoea, swollen lymphs. 5 days ago my mouth broke out in ulcers and a white film. 2 doctors gave their opinions and one said the mouth was 'yeast' the other said it was...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Valtrex (val-acyclovir) should not have an effect on acute HIV symptoms. If you are worried, I would get HIV testing. If exposure was recent an HIV viral load or combo antibody/p24 would be appropriate. DW... Read more »

sweating a lot? (NIGHT SWEATS, 2011)

Hey Doc,i need ua help.i was diagnosd HIV+ in 2008 n i had herpes but dey usually cum n go,but my problem is dat i am sweating alot in an abnormal way especialy when i sleep or doing some activ work,do you think i might b having a serious problem or...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Unfortunately I cannot evaluate the cause of your night sweats over the Internet. Certainly your increased sweating could be caused by anxiety due to your recent problems with the mother of your child. However, there are many other potential... Read more »

are the following symptoms: muscle pain, joint pain, throat pain, night sweats, lymph gland pain all together only connect to hiv?

are the following symptoms: muscle pain, joint pain, sore throat, night sweats, lymph gland pain, oral thrush all together only connect to hiv? There are no other diseases it could realte to really, right?...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Those symptoms are all related to HIV, and many other viruses including flu, mono and others.MH... Read more »

acute hiv symptoms after testing positive

I tested positive 5 days ago after being consistently exposed for some 4 months from the beginning of the year, practicing unsafe sex. My boyfriend is still not tested yet but is the only one I've done unprotected sex with so I am pretty sure...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and sorry to hear about your test results.While you can't have "acute symptoms" more than 3 months after exposure (ie., you're past the point of acute infection), you could certainly have HIV symptoms (i.e, those of chronic... Read more »

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acute hiv symptoms? very worried....

Posted by veryworried, 1 Reply

hi, thanks for taking time to read this. first, let me say i almost never get ill & i haven't thrown up once in 15 yrs. worst thing i got must've been a cold. i had unprotected vaginal sex with a woman about a month ago. exactly 6 days later, in... Read more »

Symptoms - Night Sweats

Posted by Freaked_Ben, 1 Reply

Are the sweats limited only to the nighttime? Can they be profuse sweating during the day?

Let me cover everything that is going on.

Had unprotected oral and protected vaginal intercourse on Sunday the 11th. Then on Saturday the 17th, had a sharp... Read more »

Clear up the sweating/night sweats issue!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I had what I consider "night sweats"....Approximately 10-12 days after "exposure". They lasted may 4 nights or so, haven't had trouble since. Woke up sweating at night, not DRENCHED...just kinda sticky sweaty on my shoulders, forehead and neck.

No... Read more »

Concerned about sweating at night

Posted by moojkabooj, 3 Replies

Hi all-I have a somewhat paranoid question and this may be a long post. I am a 24 year old female, I have anemia and hypoglycemia. I'm also bipolar so I take zoloft and lamictal which are pretty strong meds. Anyway, last october I engaged in sex... Read more »

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