What happens to your body when you have AIDS?

If you are infected with HIV, you may experience a range of clinical symptoms. The changes in the body of a person with AIDS vary by disease and stage. The acute infection period may include fever, enlargement of lymph nodes, diarrhea, peripheral rash, sore throat, etc. The asymptomatic phase lasts for an average of 6-10 years, and most patients have no clinical manifestations, while a few patients may develop generalized superficial lymph node enlargement. After entering the AIDS stage, there will be recurrent fever, weight loss, recurrent diarrhea and clinical manifestations of various organ system infections. Of course clinical symptoms are only of some auxiliary diagnostic value for AIDS, and the actual laboratory tests should be the main focus. For patients with positive HIV antibody primary screening and confirmation test, they should be treated promptly.