The earliest stage of HIV is called the acute phase or early stage of HIV infection. In the early stage of infection, about 2 weeks after HIV infection, some symptoms similar to the flu or infectious mononucleosis may appear. The symptoms are not very different from the flu, mainly fever, muscle, joint, throat pain and some rash or lymph node swelling, which are not specific. These symptoms are not specific. It is difficult to detect the infection unless you are specifically tested for HIV.
The earliest stage of AIDS is the asymptomatic stage. This asymptomatic phase does not mean that the patient is completely asymptomatic, but rather that there are essentially no symptoms directly related to AIDS, but there can be other comorbidities.
When the body’s immunity is severely violated by HIV, various infections including bacterial, fungal or parasitic infections can occur, which can cause symptoms of infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, herpes zoster, and viral infections, like cervical cancer caused by papilloma virus infection, which are symptoms of advanced stages of the disease.