Jakarta, the disease of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the most feared diseases because there is no vaccine or medicine that can cure him. Recognize the symptoms of HIV for early detection.
This deadly virus that will attack the immune system that causes the body loses its ability to fight disease, making the body more susceptible to various diseases.
If these symptoms are not promptly treated, it can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) which is a disease
lethal. Arise as a result of the proliferation of AIDS virus in the human body.
The symptoms that arise from HIV can affect a person gradually. Once the virus enters the body, then the virus will develop rapidly.
This virus will invade CD4 lymphocytes (T cells) and destroy white blood cells that affects the immune system. Each stage of the infection will show different symptoms.
The initial phase of infection with this virus usually does not show signs or symptoms, new symptoms will appear after two to four weeks after infection. A person may complain of severe headache accompanied by fever and persistent.
As quoted Menshealth.about.com, Thursday (10/06/2010) when a person infected with the early symptoms that sometimes appear similar to the flu or viral infection is.
Early signs and symptoms of HIV include fever, headache, fatigue, nausea, diarrhea and swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin.
These symptoms are similar to other viral infections. Because of that many people infected with HIV do not realize that he had been infected for years so it reaches an advanced stage.
Center for Disease Control (Centers for Disease Control / CDC) reveals there are several symptoms that indicate an advanced stage of HIV, namely:
1. Losing weight quickly without any reason
2. Hacking cough
3. Recurring fever or sweating at night
4. Fatigue
5. Diarrhea is more than a week
6. Loss of memory
7. Depression and other nervous disorders.
One way to detect it is by measuring the number of white blood cells, because usually a person with HIV will have a number of small white blood cells.
HIV is not an easy disease to be diagnosed, there are two things to note is that there are recognizable symptoms and perform checks to the doctor.
HIV is caused mostly by the behavior of mutually exchange sex partners without using condoms or those who used drugs since the turn of a syringe.
HIV is transmitted through:
1. Sexual intercourse and oral sex or through the anus
2. Transfusion
3. Shared use of contaminated needles through drug injection and in health care
4. Between mothers and their babies during pregnancy, birth and lactation.
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