Does AIDS have any external . easy to spot symptoms ?
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* Lack of energy
* Weight loss
* Frequent fevers and sweats
* A thick, whitish coating of the tongue or mouth (thrush) that is caused by a yeast infection and sometimes accompanied by a sore throat
* Severe or recurring vaginal yeast infections
* Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease or severe and frequent infections like herpes zoster
* Periods of extreme and unexplained fatigue that may be combined with headaches, lightheadedness, and/or dizziness
* Rapid loss of more than 10 pounds of weight that is not due to increased physical exercise or dieting
* Bruising more easily than normal
* Long-lasting bouts of diarrhoea
* Swelling or hardening of glands located in the throat, armpit, or groin
* Periods of continued, deep, dry coughing
* Increasing shortness of breath
* The appearance of discoloured or purplish growths on the skin or inside the mouth
* Unexplained bleeding from growths on the skin, from mucous membranes, or from any opening in the body
* Recurring or unusual skin rashes
* Severe numbness or pain in the hands or feet, the loss of muscle control and reflex, paralysis or loss of muscular strength
* An altered state of consciousness, personality change, or mental deterioration
* Children may grow slowly or fall sick frequently. HIV positive persons are also found to be more vulnerable to some cancers.
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Not necessarily. Generally skin tone might be off and they might appear way too bony, but other than that disease sets in because the immune system can't fight it off, so anything could be a symptom.
aids can cause lesions on the body among other things, but just because a person has a lesion doesn't mean they have aids and a person can also have no outward symptoms at all so you have to be careful and don't judge people.
Yes, as the body starts losing its immunity towards other infections and diseases, AIDS is visible. It is important that the person gets a blood test done in order to get the results. And it is most likely in the case of people who have had unsafe sex without using condoms, which you know for sure. Therefore, the loss of the immune system is the first sign of symptoms arising from AIDS.
I suggest that you google H.I.V / A.I.D.S and get the answers that you seek from the professionals. A.I.D.S is not a disease it is an acronym. It is the H.I.V virus that you should be asking about.
no but without an immune being up to par it could be something else.
Aids is an infectious disease which is transmitted through:
-sexual intercourse with an infected partner.
-transfusion of blood contaminated with th virus
-using syringes contaminated with the virus
-from an infected mother to her child during pregnancy r delivery.
The symptoms are:
-Enlarged lymph glands and in the infra-axillary area
-dry coughing and hard breathing
-rise in the temperature and sweating for several weeks
-diarrehea for an unknown reason
-pink or red spots on the lips ,eye lid or ears.
However,the disease could not be assured only through blood analysis because the symptoms of AIDS are similar to the symptoms of other diseases.
There is one thing that happens during the aids and you can see and that is mole like lesions the are dark and varied in sizes. They have been know to go and go but they can be on any part of the body. But please don't think that if a person has a mole they have aids they looked totally different and moles are only related to cancer but even then not always.
No, there is not a certain look. A.I.D.S. is a diagnosis given once a person who is HIV positive has been diagnosed with more than one of the opportunistic infections. Different sufferers may have different infections some of which do not have specific physical signs which would make them stand out.
A person who has lost a lot of weight may have cancer, or even an eating disorder, a person with lesions may have severe psoriasis etc. Do not judge someone by their appearance. If it is a friend or family member then ask if they are well, or Say that you are concerned about them. If its not, then why do you need to know?
As the disease progresses, the patient's weight decreases, in some cases Karposi Sarcoma develops (A secondary disease brought on by the collapse in the immune system) And when this happens, moles appear on the body, but otherwise there are no significant physical signs that you wouldn't find with someone very ill with cancer or COPD (Appear gaunt)
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I'm a registered mental health nurse also a volunteer with AIDS charity for 14 years
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