Symptoms Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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The Evidence That HIV Causes AIDS

Background The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first recognized in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide pandemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By leading to the destruction and/or functional impairment of cells of the immune system, notably CD4+ T cells, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. An HIV-infected person is diagnosed with AIDS when his...

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HIV or Immunity Deficiency?

is it possible that after starting treatment during seroconversion(before the immune system builds the antibody for HIV)and you develope Immunity Deficiency Syndrome after 3 Yrs on treatment that your immune system would never develope the HIV...

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

This is not common but there are reports of people starting antiretrovirals very early during the course primary infection who then either did not develop antibodies or had those antibodies present early on wane over time. Needless to say, in this... Read more »

Immunity Deficiency and HIV

Hi Dr. Daar,I've submitted a questions in the past and still have no answer, I understand that you are a busy person, and I hope that I get lucky this time.my question is at what point an HIV + individual will develope Immune Deficiency...

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

Hi Joe,Thank you for your post and sorry for the delay in responding. Your questions are complicated but I will try to address some of these issues the best I can.First of all, most people who are doing well on antiretroviral therapy do make... Read more »

Symptoms of HIV

What are symptoms of being infected with the HIV virus?How soon after intercourse would symptoms appear?...

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

The symptoms of acute HIV infection are not specific and may include fever, fatigue, rash, headache, lymphadenopathy, sore throat, night sweats and asceptic meningitis. Symptoms may occur from 5-30 days after infection, but typically 2-3 weeks after... Read more »

HIV symptoms

How do we know that we are infected with the HIV virus, without testing our blood.what are its early symptoms that makes us feel that it is now time to test our blood?i mean to say in early stages can we feel that the virus is in our blood?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,The only way to determine if you are infected with HIV is to take an HIV test. Symptoms are notoriously unreliable in predicting HIV infection.Dr. Bob... Read more »

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Question About Symptoms

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

after exposure... around 3 months... does the hiv virus affect the muscles at all?

my left foot seems to be twitching for no reason.. and different muscles in my body feel like they have been strained... could this be a result of the hiv infection... Read more »

Could this be HIV symptoms??

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I just found out that I was exposed to the HIV virus a couple of times, and I am worried. The last possible exposure was in July. Back in February I had what I thought was the flu. So did my doctors. I had a really high fever, fatigue, severe... Read more »

SYMPTOMS of Acute Primary Infection!!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello,

Can somebody pls fill me in on this.

I may have caught the HIV Virus. It's EXACTLY 7 weeks after the exposure. There are recurring bad/sore throat, swell-like inflammed area under the tongue. I even had an ulcer on the palate of my mouth... Read more »

hiv negative aids symptoms

Posted by My3Cents, 1 Reply

Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia, or ICL, is an immunodeficiency syndrome in which human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, cannot be detected. Because HIV is the causative agent of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), ICL can be referred to as... Read more »

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