What are the phases and symptoms of HIV?
Acute HIV infection, this first stage of HIV infection may not have symptoms but usually there is sore throat, fever, fatigue, headache, swollen lymph nodes and rash. Because these symptoms are so similar to the flu or other relatively minor illnesses due to viruses, many HIV-positive people have no idea they have become infected. So, if you have any reason to think youve been exposed, get tested right away. In most cases, infection progresses with no symptoms and is the asymptomatic stage. If left untreated, a person can go undetected for up to a decade until major symptoms begin to present themselves. These symptoms may include: diarrhea, weight loss, mild infections, fever, cough and shortness of breath. Following that, even more severe symptoms will occur including soaking night sweats, shaking chills or high fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, chronic diarrhea, unusual sores in the mouth, blurred vision, weight loss, numerous other symptoms and opportunistic infections; a weake
