Early Symptoms of HIV

Early symptoms of HIV, i.e. symptoms of acute infection, may be manifested as fever, skin rash, swollen lymph nodes, etc.. The acute phase usually occurs 2 to 4 weeks after the initial HIV infection, and most clinical symptoms are mild, lasting 1 to 3 weeks and then resolving and subsiding on their own. Fever is the most common symptom, accompanied by headache, myalgia, rash, joint pain, night sweats, nausea, vomiting, enlarged lymph nodes, diarrhea, etc. Thrombocytopenia and liver function abnormalities may also occur in some patients. When AIDS is diagnosed, patients should go to regular hospitals for treatment in time, and choose the appropriate treatment under the guidance of doctors in order to improve the quality of life and prevent the disease from progressing and leading to various opportunistic infections and tumors.