Symptoms of HIV include sore throat, night sweats (sweating abnormally after going to sleep and stopping after waking up), enlarged lymph nodes, apathy, headache, diarrhea, etc. They can be broadly divided into 3 stages, acute HIV infection, asymptomatic HIV infection and AIDS, and the symptoms of each stage are different.
Acute HIV is often characterized by sore throat, night sweats, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, skin rash, swollen lymph nodes and neurological symptoms.
Asymptomatic HIV may also present with enlarged lymph nodes, which are generally not easily noticed.
The AIDS stage is often characterized by fever, diarrhea, weight loss, generalized superficial lymph node enlargement, often combined with various conditional infections and tumors (e.g., Kaposi’s sarcoma, lymphoma, etc.), and some young and middle-aged patients may develop dementia. The average survival of untreated people after entering this stage is 12 to 18 months.
In addition, the body’s immune function is lowered during the AIDS stage, and it is also prone to various infections and tumors, leading to the appearance of many accompanying symptoms, which can be treated under the guidance of the doctor through general therapy, antiviral therapy, and improvement of immune function therapy.
It is recommended that patients should pay attention to the symptoms of AIDS, go to the hospital in time, and actively cooperate with doctors for treatment.