HIV/AIDS / AIDS Symptoms
The time elapsed between exposure to HIV virus and appearance of symptoms is called window period. Some HIV infected patients remain without symptoms for years together during the window period. Common symptoms appearing in an AIDS patient are-
- Lengthy inexplicable fatigue, headache, loss of weight.
- Swelling in joints, joint pain.
- Intermittent fever and chills.
- Frequent diarrhoea and occasional constipation
- Excessive sweating especially during night
- Swelling gums and sore throat.
- Cough, candida, pneumocystis
- Skin rashes, genital sores
- Generalized itching
- Blurred vision, decreased vision.
- Chest pain, back pain, muscle pain, abdominal pain.
- Lose of appetite, indigestion.
- Speech impediment, Retarding intellectual function
- Memory loses cold intolerance.
- Anxiety, stress and tension.
