Characteristic features of Aids sufferers, here are the hallmark characteristic of AIDS patients that we could find of the characteristics of patients with AIDS Aids in general is difficult to know. There are no physical characteristics specific to people with HIV, because the virus attacks the immune system, the characteristics that look so common diseases.
Physical symptoms typically seen when emerging new opportunitis infections, infections that appear in the advanced stages of HIV. The shape is also not different from the people affected by the disease but not for HIV, kind tuberculosis, Kaposi's sarcoma, swollen lymph nodes, etc.. To know for sure ya check the blood for the presence of the HIV virus. Almost all common lab can, but should first consult with a doctor who used to deal with HIV.
Some of the symptoms in people who may be infected with HIV
People with AIDS will look lethargic, listless and weak. Susceptible to all kinds of diseases.
In the phase of weight, people with AIDS will look very thin, dilated pupils, lying limp and weak will die waiting.
The characteristics of HIV / AIDS is a person may experience decreased immunity or immunity, it can be seen an infected virus would easily a flu-like illness for a long time healing. If you have an advanced stage would be very vulnerable once he could develop complications of various diseases. Such as diarrhea, respiratory infections, skin blisters, weight loss continues to decline and the patient was thin and dry.
A person can be infected if he had sexual intercourse by turns both heterosexual and homosexual, and the more vulnerable the hub neighbor, could be from transfusion of infected blood from a syringe can ever diapak same patient.
Currently tests done to determine the person has HIV or not is an examination of CD4 and viral load. A person is said to have AIDS when there is infection with HIV-related opportunistic infections or cancers or HIV infection and CD4 less than 200/dl. Once infected, a person will show symptoms of primary. Such as, fever, muscle aches, joint pain, weakness, sores on the skin / mouth, enlarged lymph nodes, headaches, depression, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. These symptoms last for 2-6 weeks and get better with or without treatment.
Furthermore, asymptomatic stage occurs approximately 5-10 years. Then, the new course of the disease entering the stage of AIDS when there has been a long fever, cough, weight loss, diarrhea, shortness of breath, loss of consciousness, visual disturbances accompanied by opportunistic infections such as vaginal discharge in the mouth, tuberculosis, pneumonia and other P.carinii.
As quoted Menshealth.about.com, Thursday (06/10/2010) when a person infected with the early symptoms sometimes appear similar to the flu or viral infection sedang.Gejala early signs of HIV include fever, headache, fatigue, nausea, diarrhea and swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin.
These symptoms are similar to other viral infections. Therefore, many people infected with HIV do not realize that he had been infected for many years, so it reaches an advanced stage.
Centers for Disease Control (Center for Disease Control / CDC) reveals there are some symptoms In adults, indicating an advanced stage of HIV, namely:
Losing weight quickly without any reason.
Dry cough.
Recurring fever or sweating at night.
Fatigue.
Diarrhea is more than a week.
Memory loss.
Depression and other neurological disorders.
One way to detect it is to measure the number of white blood cells, because usually someone with HIV will have a white blood cell count is small. HIV is not an easy disease to be diagnosed, there are two things to note is that there are recognizable symptoms and examination by a doctor.
HIV is caused mostly by the behavior of mutually exchange sex partners without using condoms or those who used drugs since the turn of a syringe.
HIV is transmitted through:
Sexual intercourse and oral sex or through the anus.
Blood transfusion.
The joint use of contaminated needles by drug injection and in health care.
Between mother and baby during pregnancy, birth and lactation.
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