Saturday, February 2, 2008

Symptoms of AIDS

1. Unexplained weight loss (more than 10%)
2. Prolonged fever
3. Chronic and persistent diarrhoea
4. Chronic cough
5. Swollen lymph nodes (neck, armpits or groin)
6. Recurrent Herpes zoster infection, viral infection of the nerves and appears as blisters on skin
7. Candidiasis of mouth and throat, caused by fungus, easily destroyed by healthy person's defense system.
8. Recurring herpes simplex infection, skin viral infection, often as blisters around mouth or genitals.
9. Disease associated with collapse of the immune system such as Kaposi sarcoma (rare form of blood cancer, purple lesions of the skin) and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (infection of lungs by parasite)

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