Signs of HIV

Question 1

Do they have flu-like symptoms? and when does it start to show?

Answer 1

Yes between 2-4 weeks after infection

Question 2

What do they call these flu-like symptoms?

Answer 2

acute HIV infection

Question 3

Does everyone with the disease have Acute HIV symptoms? And what stage is it?

Answer 3

No (stage 1)

Question 4

Does everyone develop symptoms immediately? And what stage is this?

Answer 4

No, it is called chronic HIV infection (Stage 2).

Question 5

Does HIV reproduce at high levels?

Answer 5

No, HIV is active but reproduces at low levels. It can still be transmitted tho- so oop

Question 6

What is stage 3 of HIV?

Answer 6

Aids

Question 7

What do they overall get in stage 3 (not the name one btw)

Answer 7

persons get many opportunistic infections due

to the damaged immune system

Question 8

What are some examples of what happens in stage 3?

Answer 8

pneumonia, tuberculosis, lymphoma and Kaposi’s sarcoma and wasting syndrome

Question 9

what is lymphoma?

Answer 9

cancer of lymph nodes

Question 10

What is Kaposi’s sarcoma?

Answer 10

a type of cancer that causes abnormal patches of tissue to grow in many parts of the body

Question 11

What is wasting syndrome?

Answer 11

10% of body weight is lost while experiencing diarrhoea or weakness and fever may be experienced for more than 30 days.