Hiv Illness May Not Be Visible

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Is Aids symptom visible by 8months' time?

The last time I had sex with my ex-boyfriend is more than 9 months ago. Recently, I found out that my previous boyfriend has been flirting around with other girls (having sex too) during our relationship. He has a very well built figure but the...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

The symptoms a person usually experiences shortly after infection, called acute HIV infection, generally occur within the first month of exposure. It is unusual for a person to experience symptoms related to recent HIV infection three or more months... Read more »

visible body flued

Hi Dr.can hiv virus only present in visible body flued. i.e if the flued such as blood (infected... Read more »

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P. »

is aids subclinical,visible or emerging?

I have been asked to answer this question, upon searching and searching I couldn't find the... Read more »

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

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could short illness be a symptom of HIV

Posted by Anonymous

i have been sick for a yr with all kinds of symptoms that i mentioned in my previous post, and those symptoms continue and another thing that i have noticed is that if i get sick forsay a cold or flu like symptoms, they last for only a short while,... Read more »

Think I might have hiv or other illness

Posted by VAmberwaves7, 2 Replies

My name is Vanessa I have been with my boyfriend for about a year and he is the only one I have been with without a condom he said he has been with girls without really been tested for stds or hiv. I have always been tested for hiv and stds of last... Read more »

brother severely depressed and ill

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I just found this site and really need to ask some questions and need support to help my brother. He has had HIV AIDS for 14 years and had been hospitalized 3 times in the past month. He stays in bed l2 to l4 hours a day and is severely depressed.... Read more »

antibodies after seroconversion illness

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Dear everyone,

It appears there are a lot of people on this forum who had a low risk exposure, but are only anxious for a HIV infection because they had a flu-like experience with fever. Actually, i'm one of them. I wondered about the following thing: Read more »

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