You can be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and have no symptoms. On average, it takes about 7 to 9 years to develop symptoms. Most symptoms of AIDS is not directly by the virus HIV, but from an infection or other condition acquired by the failure of the immune system. The symptoms can also be severe weight loss, fever, headache, drenching night sweats, fatigue, the most serious cases, shortness of breath, complaints and difficulty swallowing. The symptoms often in the past few weeks or months at a time and not without treatment. Since these symptoms are commonly seen in other diseases, you can not assume that every problem is the HIV / AIDS, until the laboratory tests. See a doctor if you think this is a risk, or if you sign it.
You do not know whether the virus HIV infection. Some people have fever, headache, pain in muscles and joints, stomach pain, swollen lymph nodes, skin rash or one or two weeks. Most people believe that it is the flu. Some people have no symptoms.
The virus carries in your body for several weeks or even months before the immune system reacts. During this period, they will not test for the virus HIV-positive, but you can infect other people.
If the immune system reacts, we started to form antibodies. If you start antibodies, the positive test HIV.
After the first flu-like symptoms, some people with HIV stay healthy for a period of ten years or more. But during this time, HIV your immune system.
One way to damage your immune system can see, the number of CD4 + cells have. These cells, known as "T-cells-cells that are an important component of the immune system. The healthy people have 500 to 1500 cells, CD4 + milliliters of blood.
Without treatment, the proportion of CD4 cells is very likely to fall. Someone might start with the signs of HIV infection such as fever, night sweats, diarrhea, swollen lymph nodes. If you have HIV infection, these problems more than a few days, and perhaps more