Symptoms of AIDS

About this disease, perhaps, everything is heard. Hardly anyone will argue with the fact that it is one of the most terrible phenomena of our time. One can even say that AIDS has changed our world. Thousands of crippled lives - this is the trace that he left behind.

AIDS in modern society is called differently: both the wound and the curse of the 21st century, and the punishment for the sins of mankind, but above all it is a disease that requires not loud names, but effective treatment.

The first mention in the press about AIDS is in 1981. Then the disease control center was interested in this disease, which is located in the USA.

AIDS is a syndrome of acquired immunodeficiency. The immune system of a person with AIDS, gradually ceases to protect the body from pathogens. Therefore, an AIDS patient easily becomes infected with a variety of viral infections and can die from them.

HIV is a human immunodeficiency virus that multiplies in the human body and causes infection. The last stage of HIV infection is AIDS. An infected person can avoid this last stage, if only in time to identify the infection and begin taking antiretroviral drugs.

HIV infection and AIDS have practically girdled the entire planet. 36.5 million people are already infected, a third of them are children and adolescents. Five young men become infected with the virus every minute.

The main symptom is enlarged lymph nodes.

Symptoms of AIDS, which are typical for the early stages of the disease:

- general weakness;
- headache;
- very high degree of fatigue;
- sudden weight loss of more than 8% for no apparent reason;
- a long period (one month or more) of an intestinal disorder;
- High temperature for more than one month, which is not explained;
- cough, which has passed into a chronic form and lasts for more than one month;
- chronic long-term pneumonia, which does not lend itself to traditional treatment;
- pneumonia, resistant to conventional therapy.

Quite often people do not pay any attention to these "little bells", because the symptoms of AIDS are very similar to the signs of flu or poisoning. Moreover, they are not all infected and can quickly disappear.

Therefore, if a person observes the above mentioned symptoms of AIDS, he must immediately donate blood for a special analysis. Such an analysis is done twice, at intervals of several weeks, to avoid mistakes.

How is AIDS manifested?

The maximum life expectancy of a person with HIV infection is about 15 years, rarely - 20 years.

Against the background of the defeat of the immune system, such diseases can develop:

Candidiasis is a fungal disease that affects the mucous tissues of the throat, vagina, anus, digestive tract;

- Streptococcal meningitis is a disease that affects the brain. It has such symptoms: visual impairment, headaches, speech impairment;

- Herpes - blisters near the mouth, in the genital area and anus. In AIDS patients, herpes spreads throughout the body and is accompanied by very severe itching.

How to protect yourself from becoming infected with HIV?

You can get infected in a variety of ways, but to protect yourself still really.

Everything is simple enough:

- it is necessary to use the means of protection during sexual intercourse, to critically approach the choice of their sexual partners;

- Strictly observe all the rules of hygiene, do not use other people's personal hygiene items;

- do not use drugs, in particular, intramuscularly;

- lead a healthy lifestyle.

It is necessary to know the symptoms of AIDS. One mistake can cripple the fate of a person, as well as his family and friends. Caution should always be in the first place. Life is worth it to live it from beginning to end.