AIDS - What Symptoms Are Present In The Later Stage Of Infection?

As the HIV virus continues to multiply in the host's6. Excessive weight loss which is not deliberately
body it destroys the person's immunity completelyachieved through increased physical exercises or
and makes him prone to attacks by not only verythrough dieting
serious debilitating diseases, but very mild infections7. Severe persistent headache
as well.8. The presence of a slightly purple or faded growth
The count of the helper T cells (CD4 lymphocytes),over the skin or inside the mouth is very common
which are typically in the range of 600 to 1,000, dropamong HIV positive patients.
below 200 after which the person begins to show9. HIV positive children's growth is poor, usually
other serious signs of the disease. With the person'scharacterized by poor weight gain, trouble in walking,
immunity system completely damaged, he becomesand slow mental development. Such children are also
easily susceptible to opportunistic infections and mayvery susceptible to infections such as those relating
frequently experience the more serious symptoms ofto the ear, nose and throat like ear infection (otitis
AIDS such as the following:media), pneumonia or tonsillitis. They are also easily
1. Severe fatigueprone to more bruising and bleeding than their healthy
2. Soaking night sweats and high fever is veryand normal counterparts.
common among HIV positive patients.10. Apart from these physiological symptoms, it is
3. Frequent episodes of chronic diarrheaalso very common to find certain mental and
4. Shortness of breath is very commonly experiencedbehavioral disorders such as personality changes,
by HIV positive patients.deterioration of cognitive abilities of a person and
5. Swelling and hardening of lymph nodes whichdegenerated memory in HIV positive patients.
persists for more than three months