Post Date November, 17 2024
Some netizens asked about the early symptoms of AIDS, but in fact, there were no early symptoms. The course of AIDS is divided into
(1) Incubation period: The time from HIV invasion to clinical symptoms is from June to August to more than 10 years. Attention should be paid to the window period, that is, the time required for HIV invasion to antibody. The window period is called HIV window period. In the window period, the infected person's blood cannot detect antibodies, but the blood, semen, vaginal secretions and other body fluids contain AIDS virus and are infectious.
(2) Acute infection period: Clinically, it presents with transient symptoms similar to infectious mononucleosis, with positive serum HIV antibodies. About one-third of infected individuals experience such symptoms.
(3) Asymptomatic HIV infection period: HIV antibody positive, without clinical symptoms. The incubation period from infection to symptoms may be 1-15 years, with an average of 3-5 years.
(4) Persistent systemic lymph node enlargement stage: first seen in the neck, armpits, and inguinal lymph nodes, and later spread throughout the body. Lasting for more than 3 months, there are more than 3 enlarged lymph nodes in non inguinal areas with a diameter of more than 1 cm, and the cause is unknown.
(5) AIDS related syndrome: there are a series of non-specific clinical symptoms. Symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, weight loss of over 10%, loss of appetite, rash, cough, idiopathic thrombotic purpura, and numerous warts around the mouth and anus. These symptoms are often lighter than the typical symptoms of AIDS, which can last up to three years.
(6) AIDS: Due to the serious destruction of the immune system, resulting in double infection, often become the cause of death of AIDS. Common infections include pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, chronic cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, candidiasis, cryptococcosis, tuberculosis, etc. Secondary tumors, malignant tumors caused by cellular immune dysfunction, are mainly Kaposi's sarcoma, non Hodgkin's lymphoma, and primary brain lymphoma. Other comorbidities such as chronic lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. AIDS will also damage the nervous system, causing late brain damage, manifested as memory loss, indifference, movement disorders, partial paralysis, dementia or mental symptoms. These symptoms can occur alone or simultaneously with the above symptoms. After the current diagnosis of AIDS, the average survival time of the patients is 3 years. No matter how clinically divided, infected with HIV, carrying the virus for life, regardless of clinical manifestations, all have infectivity. At present, there is a problem that people are often afraid of AIDS, so they have prejudice against, discriminate against and exclude people living with AIDS. In fact, people living with AIDS are victims just like patients. Discrimination and exclusion against them are not only unfair to them, but also detrimental to the prevention and control of AIDS. The entire society should strive to change old ideas.
