What Stage In Hiv Do Night Sweats Occur Early Or Late

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The Stages of HIV Disease

HIV Is a Continuum Infection Primary Infection (or Acute Infection) Seroconversion The Asymptomatic Stage Early- and Medium-Stage HIV Symptomatic Disease Late-Stage HIV Disease (AIDS) HIV Is a Continuum Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected...

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Weight loss and Night Sweats

Could you please tell me how early in the course of infection weight loss is generally seen?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question.Weight loss associated with HIV/AIDS does not usually occur until literally years after infection. When weight loss is associated with HIV/AIDS, we are not talking about just a few pounds. We are talking about a... Read more »

late stage

what are the symptoms for late stage of aids. If someone is in late stage what is the treatment and how long would they have to live?...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

The symptoms that can occur with advanced HIV disease are varied and too numerous to list all of them here. Prominent symptoms can include weight loss, fatigue, fever, night sweats and decreased memory. Other symptoms will depend on which of the... 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 »

Night sweats...

Thank-you for the great service you provide for people like myself. I cannot begin to explain how greatful we all are to you and your collegues on this website. The info. you provide to us all help us better understand this killer of a virus. The...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Hi-Night sweats can occur during any stage of HIV infection but their presence, frequency and severity is very variable and differs from individual to individual - so using sweats as an indicator of whether you are infected or not is problematic.You... Read more »

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Define "night sweats" to me.....

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I know an HIV symptom CAN be night sweats. Do these night sweats happen during ARS? After? And if so, how long after? A few months after infection? Years?
I know sweating in itself is common and could be from MANY different things. Just wondering... Read more »

Questions about night sweats please anyone

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

What would be consider the intesity of the sweating to be related with hiv, when would you experience it and how often, many episodes or is it a one night thing? Read more »

Headaches, Night Sweats & Muscle/Joint Pain

Posted by Client9, 2 Replies

About Me: 33yr old Male, with Diabetes, Ulcerative Colitis & GERD. I take Meds for Diabetes but it is till out of control and I should be on Insulin. Recently unemployed with no Health Insurance.

Risk: Broken condom during anal sex(April 23), I... Read more »

night sweats

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I havent been able to find too much information on night sweats, other than they generally appear in the "chronic" stage of HIV, or in the presense of other infections or tumors etc.

Well I have been having them for close to 3 months, since a risky... Read more »

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