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[[File:AIDS Anatomy.png|left|thumb|150px|A diagram showing where the main symptoms of AIDS shows up in the body.]] | [[File:AIDS Anatomy.png|left|thumb|150px|A diagram showing where the main symptoms of AIDS shows up in the body.]] | ||
Many people have no symptoms when they are diagnosed with HIV. Acute HIV infection progresses over a few weeks to months to become an asymptomatic HIV infection which has no symptoms. This stage can last ten years or longer. During this period, the person can still spread the virus to others. Almost all people infected with HIV, if they are not treated, will develop AIDS. A small group of patients develop AIDS very slowly or never at all. These patients are called nonprogressors. Many seem to have genes that prevent the virus from significantly damaging their immune system. People with AIDS have had their immune system damaged by HIV. They are very susceptible to and can easily get infections that do not normally develop in people with a healthy immune system. These infections are called opportunistic infections. The common symptoms are: chills, fevers, rashes, sweats (particularly at night), swollen lymph glands, weakness, and weight loss.<ref name=webmd>[http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/ HIV & AIDS Health Center] ''Web MD''. Web. 26 October 2014 (Accessed).</ref> | |||
Many people have no symptoms when they are diagnosed with HIV. Acute HIV infection progresses over a few weeks to months to become an asymptomatic HIV infection which has no symptoms. This stage can last ten years or longer. During this period, the person can still spread the virus to others. Almost all people infected with HIV, if they are not treated, will develop AIDS. A small group of patients develop AIDS very slowly or never at all. These patients are called nonprogressors. Many seem to have genes that prevent the virus from significantly damaging their immune system. People with AIDS have had their immune system damaged by HIV. They are very susceptible to and can easily get infections that do not normally develop in people with a healthy immune system. These infections are called opportunistic infections. The common symptoms are: chills, fevers, rashes, sweats (particularly at night), swollen lymph glands, weakness, and weight loss.<ref name=webmd/> | |||
If a person has HIV or AIDS and they are not taking any medication like antiretroviral therapy, eventually the virus will weaken the body’s immune system. The symptoms signals the transition from the clinical latency stage to AIDS. During this late stage of HIV infection, people infected with HIV may have the following symptoms: rapid weight loss, recurring fever or profuse night sweats, extreme and unexplained tiredness, prolonged swelling of the lymph glands in the armpits, groin, or neck. There are more symptoms like diarrhea that lasts for more than a week and sores of the mouth, anus, or genitals. Pneumonia and red, brown, pink, or purplish blotches on or under the skin or inside the mouth, nose, or eyelids are also more symptoms. Finally, memory loss, depression, and other neurologic disorders are more signs. All of these symptoms could possibly mean of the progression from HIV to AIDS.<ref name=webmd/> | |||
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