AIDS/HIV: Causes, Types, Symptoms and Treatment

HIV, short for “human immunodeficiency virus,” is a sexually transmitted virus.

- Dr. ChalapathyVydehi

Sharing intravenous needles, receiving infected blood donations, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV during childbirth and nursing are also risk factors for HIV transmission. When HIV is contracted, symptoms often appear between two and four weeks later. Sometimes the onset of symptoms is delayed by as much as a year.

AIDS’s full form is Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a disease caused by HIV that might create further complications. HIV/ AIDS is treated with antiretroviral medication and lifestyle adjustments. Unexpected infections, which are often fatal, could strike the person. Therefore, preventing an HIV-positive individual from becoming ill is crucial. HIV disease has progressed to its last stages. Opportunistic infections, such as tuberculosis or yeast infections, are possible during this stage.

Symptoms: After recovering from an illness, you might not initially feel anything. The first two to three weeks after getting sick are the worst. Sometimes, symptoms don’t appear for up to a year. There may not be obvious symptoms during the Acute Retroviral phase of HIV. The following are some things that individuals might observe at this time: