2 years after getting AIDS, most patients are in the asymptomatic stage, so the body usually has no other symptoms except swollen lymph nodes.
1. Acute phase, which usually occurs within 2 to 4 weeks after the initial HIV infection. Some infected patients develop clinical symptoms resulting from viremia and acute damage to the immune system. Most patients have mild clinical symptoms that resolve after 1 to 3 weeks. The most common clinical manifestations are fever, which may be accompanied by sore throat, night sweats, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, arthralgia, swollen lymph nodes and neurological symptoms.
2. Asymptomatic period, can enter this period from the acute phase, or directly enter this period without obvious acute symptoms. The duration of this period is usually 6 to 8 years. Its duration is related to the number and type of infected viruses, the route of infection, individual differences in immunity status, nutritional conditions and living habits.
3. AIDS stage, the final stage after HIV infection. The CD4+ T lymphocyte count of the patient has decreased significantly, and most of the patients have <200/μl, and the plasma HIV load has increased significantly. The main clinical manifestations in this stage are HN-related symptoms, various opportunistic infections and tumors.
To summarize, AIDS patients usually do not have obvious clinical symptoms or only show enlarged lymph nodes within two years after infection. Only after the incubation period has passed will the patient develop clinical symptoms.