Symptoms
What are the symptoms of HIV?
Early symptoms time of the HIV infection may be mild and easily dismissed. Even without any noticeable symptoms it is still possible to pass and infect the virus onto others. Therefore, it is important to know if you have HIV.
Below are all of the following symptoms that may appear in an HIV positive person:
Early Symptoms
- Flu and Cold like symptoms:
Fever and night sweats, headaches, lack of energy, and infections. - Skin rashes or skin sores:
Rashes are the most common symptom of HIV. Once HIV positive, a person’s skin becomes extremely sensitive to irritants and sunlight. - Swollen lymph node glands:
Swollen lymph node glands, an indication that our immune system is trying to fight the HIV virus, is often one of the first signs of HIV. HIV Positive individuals may have swollen glands for several months. - Menstrual Changes
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Advanced Symptoms
- Diarrhea
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Weight Loss
- Joint Pain
- Muscle aches
- Chronic cough
- Trouble Swallowing
- Short-term memory loss
- Mental confusion
症狀
感染愛滋病毒的症狀
感染愛滋病毒早期的症狀可能會因為很輕微而被忽略。即使沒有症狀，還是可能將病毒傳染給他人，所以，應該要接受檢測，了解自己是否感染愛滋病毒。
以下為感染後可能出現的症狀：
早期症狀
後期症狀
- 腹瀉
- 噁心和嘔吐
- 體重異常下降
- 關節疼痛
- 肌肉疼痛
- 慢性咳嗽
- 吞嚥困難
- 短期失憶
- 精神錯亂