Patients with AIDS may or may not have diarrhea during the acute phase, so the specific circumstances of diarrhea may vary greatly from person to person.
In the acute stage, patients with AIDS may have only thin stools, or they may have more frequent stools or diarrhea, which may occur 3 times a day or 5-6 times a day, depending on each individual. Therefore, it is not possible to determine if you may be infected with HIV by the number of times you have diarrhea per day. If diarrhea occurs about 2-4 weeks after the act of possible HIV infection, you should suspect possible HIV infection. If there is also a slight fever, swollen lymph nodes, or rash, it is recommended to visit the Infection or Dermatologic Venereology Department to get tested for HIV and antibodies.
Since there are usually no specific symptoms in the early stage of AIDS, the diagnosis of AIDS cannot be confirmed by symptoms alone.