HIV Symptoms
Since it is common for people infected with HIV to show no symptoms for 10 years or more, the only way to know if you are infected is to be tested. Some people who have been recently infected may show the following symptoms of HIV around two to four weeks from infection:
- Fever
- Swollen lymph glands
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Rash
These symptoms usually go away after the first month, and no other signs or symptoms might appear for several years. Once the HIV infection becomes more advanced, the following symptoms may be indicators of an advanced HIV infection:
- heavy night sweats or recurring fever
- rapid weight loss
- dry cough
- extreme and unexplained fatigue
- swollen lymph glands in the groin, neck, or armpits
- diarrhea lasting for over a week
- brown, pink, purplish, or red blotches under or on the skin, or inside the nose, eyelids, or mouth
- white spots or unusual blemishes in the mouth, in the throat, or on the tongue
- pneumonia
- depression, loss of memory, and other neurological disorders