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What are the initial symptoms of AIDS? The three ways of AIDS transmission should be clear
After most people are infected with HIV, they do not feel sick at the beginning, and there is no antibody in the serum. This period is called the window period, usually two to three months, and then enters the asymptomatic period. During this period, from a few months to over a decade, antibodies began to be detected in the serum. HIV resistance. The process from the invasion of HIV into the human body, through the window period and asymptomatic period, to the emergence of AIDS syndrome is called HIV infection (HIV infection), and the infected person is called HIV carrier (HIV carrier) or infected person.
Early symptoms of AIDS
Some patients have no clinical symptoms at the early stage of HIV infection, but most of them have no clinical symptoms. The clinical symptoms caused by HIV viremia and acute injury of the immune system six to six weeks after HIV infection, and the early symptoms of AIDS are mainly as follows:
1. Respiratory tract infection symptoms: upper respiratory tract infection symptoms such as fever, fatigue, sore throat, and general discomfort;
2. Headache and rash: symptoms include headache, rash, meningoencephalitis, or acute multiple neuritis;
3. Lymph nodes: There are swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit, and occipital region, similar to infectious mononucleosis;
4、 Hepatosplenomegaly
The three ways of AIDS transmission should be clear
1. AIDS transmission route 1: sexual contact transmission.
Including sexual contact between same-sex and opposite sex. Anal and oral sex have a greater risk of infection.
2. AIDS transmission route 2: blood transmission.
(1) Importing contaminated HIV blood or blood products.
(2) Intravenous drug addicts share HIV contaminated, unsterilized needles and syringes.
(3) Other medical devices or daily necessities (such as sharing toothbrushes and razors with infected individuals) may also be infected through damaged areas, but it is rare.
(4) Syringes and needles are not thoroughly disinfected or not disinfected, especially for children with high risk of injection prevention; Inadequate or incomplete disinfection of oral equipment, delivery equipment, surgical equipment, and needles; Hair cutting, beauty (such as eyebrows and ears), tattoo knives, needles, and bathroom foot knives are not disinfected; Sharing scrapers, razors, or toothbrushes with others; Blood or blood products without HIV antibody test, and bone marrow and organ movement under similar circumstances; When rescuing a bleeding victim, the damaged skin should come into contact with the victim's blood.
3. AIDS transmission mode 3: mother to child transmission.