Signs and Symptoms

Early Symptoms

Objective:

1. Chills – are feeling of coldness accompanied by shivering. They are

arise with or without fever. Without fever, chills typically arise after
exposure to a cold environment. Essentially any condition that may
produce fever (including infections and cancers) can result in chills
along with fever.

2. Rash - rash is a symptom of HIV that usually occurs within the first
two months after becoming infected with the virus. Like other initial
symptoms of HIV, it’s easy to mistake this rash for a symptom of
another viral infection. Therefore, it’s important to learn how to
identify this rash and how to treat it.

3. Night Sweat - Night sweats can be a symptom of both early and late
HIV infection. But as there can be many other causes of night
sweats, their presence on their own does not indicate that a person
is HIV positive.

4. Fatigue - is a general term used to describe feelings of exhaustion,

sleepiness, and lack of energy. It is a common problem among HIV-
infected people. Fatigue is not a disease, but rather a symptom of
disease. Some people suffer from isolated or periodic bouts of
exhaustion.
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Early Symptoms

Subjective:

1. Fever – one of the first signs of an HIV infection can be a mild

fever, up to about 102F/39C. At this point the virus is moving into
the blood stream and starting to replicate in large numbers.

2. Muscle aches – Other common symptoms of infection include

muscle aches and joint or body pain, rheumatic disease. This can
be caused by the HIV alone or by other viruses or bacteria, and
inflammation often accompanies.

3. Sore throat - People living with HIV may have a chronic

or recurring sore throat, and it's not uncommon for people living
with HIV and AIDS to develop thrush, an opportunistic, secondary
infection.

4. Swollen lymph nodes – Lymph nodes often swell in one location

when a problem such as an injury, infection or tumor develops in
or near the lymph node.
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Objective:

1. Rapid weight loss

2. Sores of the mouth, anus, or genitals
3. Red brown, pink, or purplish blotches on or under the
skin or inside the mouth, nose, or eyelids
4. Recurring fever or profuse night sweat
5. Extreme and unexplained tiredness
6. Prolonged in the armpits, groin, or neck
7. Diarrhea that lasts for more than a week
8. Pneumonia
9. Memory loss, depression, and other neurologic
disorders