bettygg: About 36.7 million people worldwide are currently living with HIV, and 1.8 million of those infected are children who contracted the disease from their mothers according to AIDS.gov.
A shocking one in eight people who have AIDS do not even know they have it yet – are you one of them? While there is no cure for HIV AIDS, if detected early on, antiretroviral treatments, or ART, can keep the disease at bay and allow carriers to lead a fairly normal life.
The only way to know for sure whether you have contracted HIV is to be tested for it.
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
Around 30% to 60% of the people in the early stages of HIV deal with short- term nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, Dr.Malvestutto says.
Weight reduction
Called “guides squandering”, weight reduction is a sign of more propelled illness and can vary between a minor weight reduction to extreme looseness of the bowels.
Dry cough
Ron first noticed that something was wrong with him because of the dry cough. But, he thought it was some kind of allergy.
According to Dr.Malvestutto, this cough is typical for patients of HIV who are very ill and could be going on for weeks, with you not seeing the way in which it would be resolved.
Nail changes
Another sign of HIV contamination are nail changes, such as clubbing (bending and thickening of the nails), staining (dark lines or chestnut lines, placed vertically or on a level plane).
This is mostly the case because of some infectious disease, like Candida for example. According to Dr.Malvestutto, patients with worn out insusceptible frameworks are feebler to contagious contaminations.
