What happens when a person is HIV positive and what may be its evolution?
We can separate three phases that may occur after infection with HIV:
- Primary: infected people are beginning to produce anti-HIV antibodies that may be detectable with the serological test. People are then infected.
- Evolution: in a second phase of the infection, from 6 months to 10 years or more, clinical manifestations may occur in some people and in others, evolution towards AIDS (severe form of infection with HIV), while another third group can maintained without any demonstration. Among the minor symptoms of infection with HIV can be found persistent clinical symptoms, such as an increase in the volume of the nodes in various parts of the body, weight loss greater than 10% of body weight, fever and night sweats, and severe forms of herpes, Persistent diarrheic and abundant. These symptoms are not specific to AIDS because many diseases, usually benign, can cause these events. People who have a low percentage of T4 cells are at high risk of evolving into the disease.
- AIDS: People who develop AIDS, because the immune system is severely damaged, they can submit the following events: