INFO HIV AND AIDS

Usually common HIV symptom are
1 )Development of shingles
2 )Frequent and severe herpes infections
3 )Frequent fevers and sweats
4 )Increasing sickness ( in children)
5 )Lack of energy
6 )Persistent skin rashes or flaky skin
7 )Short-term memory loss
8 )Slow development ( in children)
9 )Swollen lymph nodes lasting for more than 3 months
10)Weight loss

HIV infection has basically four stage
1 )incubation period
2 )acute infection
3 )latency stage
4 )AIDS

The incubation period upon infection is asymptomatic and usually lasts between two and four week

The second stage, acute infection, which lasts an average of 28 days and can include symptom such as
*fever
*lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes)
*Sore throat
*rash
*muscle pain
*malaise
*mouth and esophageal sores

The latency stage,which occurs third,shows few or no symptoms and can last anywhere from two week to twenty years and beyond

AIDS, the fourth and final stage of HIV infection shows as symptoms of various opportunistic infection.OTHE symptom likes :

* Pneumonia, including PCP
* Tuberculosis
* Night sweats
* Persistent fatigue
* Extreme weight loss and wasting, exacerbated by diarrhea. Up to 90% of HIV
patients worldwide experience diarrhea
* Meningitis and other brain infections
* Fungal infections
* Syphilis
* Malignancies such as lymphoma, cervical cancer, and Kaposi's sarcoma (affects
the skin and oral mucosa and may spread to the lungs. Kaposi's sarcoma can
actually occur in earlier stages of HIV as well)

HIV and AIDS can be contact by anyone, regardless ethnicity, age group or sex.
You actually did not get AIDS unless you get infected by HIV positive
HIV can be transmitted by infected with HIV through vagina fluid, semen and breast milk


Most people get HIV virus by

1. Having unprotected sex with someone infected
2. Sharing needle with infected person
3. Passing by infected mother to her child by breast feeding, pregnancy or birth
4. Blood transplant by someone infected
5. By infected blood sprinkling to open wound

However, HIV cannot be spread by

• Mosquitoes
• Phone
• Saliva
• Shaking Hand
• Sharing Eating Utensil
• Toilet Seat

If you suspect that you may have HIV or want to learn about the symptoms of HIV/AIDS, keeo reading with click at HIV symptoms, so that you can identify the common sign and symptoms of HIV.

What is HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the body's immune system. A healthy immune system is what keeps you from getting sick.

Because HIV damages your immune system, you are more likely to get sick from bacteria and viruses. It is also harder for your body to fight off these infections when you do get them, so you may have trouble getter better. HIV is the condition that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

What is AIDS

AIDS stand for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom

Acquired means you can get infected with it.
Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fight disease
Syndrom means a group of health problem that make up disease

AIDS is a progression of HIV. When HIV moves into its final stages, it is considered to be AIDS. People who have AIDS are at an even higher risk of getting sick, and their bodies are even less able to fight off infections than people who have HIV. They usually die of an infection or cancer.