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Treatment Available:
Most people who are HIV positive will seek the advice of an
infectious disease physician who can discuss treatment options.
Symptoms:
- Acute HIV:
mild flu-like symptoms about 2-6 weeks after
initial infection.
- Advanced HIV:
swollen glands in neck, armpit, or
groin, continued fever or night sweats, weight loss of more
than 10 pounds (when not dieting),heavy, continual, dry
cough that is not from smoking or has lasted too long to be
cold or flu related, increasing shortness of breath,
continuing bouts of diarrhea, thrush (a thick whitish
coating on the tongue or in the throat) which may be
accompanied by a sore throat, recurring vaginal yeast
infections, unexplained skin rashes (ie: psoriasis or
seborrhea), and herpes infections that may last longer than
usual.
You should be tested if you:
- have had
unprotected sex
- are a man who has
sex with other men who have had other male partners
- have used I.V.
drugs
- have had a needle
stick or any occupational exposure
- are not in a
monogamous relationship
- have had any
procedure where you might receive blood products before 1985
- are pregnant and
at possible risk
- have a current or
past partner that tested HIV positive
- are a victim of
sexual assault
- are traveling
outside of the U.S. where HIV testing is a VISA requirement
- have started a new
relationship
- have never been
tested before
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Transmitted Disease Statistics |
