Welcome to the-hiv-symptoms.com. Our website provides a lot of information on HIV symptoms, AIDS and the HIV (HI virus).
It also contains content, that shows you how a HIV test is done.

Knowledge about HIV symptoms will not replace a HIV Test. It is essential, that you - if you have a suspicion to be HIV positive - visit a doctor
and do a HIV test.

A HIV test should be done, if you:

have alternate-sex partners

come / came into contact with blood of a third person

received a blood donation (HIV screening to own safety!)

have a new sex partner (the test should be done in this case with both partners)

have an increased risk to be infected with HIV

Attention: Viewed alone, and in many other cases, the following symptoms are not directly related to HIV (opportunistic infections). For your own safety and to exclude uncertainties, we recommend an HIV-test in each case!

Most recent HIV and AIDS symptoms

rapid weight loss

dry cough and shortness of breath

chronic-fatigue

swollen lymph nodes in the armpits, bar, or neck

spots on the tongue, mouth, the nose or on the eyelids

pneumonia

memory loss

lasting depression and other neurological disorders

The following medical conditions can be - in accordance with long-standing - also in connection with an HIV infection:

fever (longer than one month)

night sweat (longer than one month)

diarrhea (longer than one month)

Stages of infection

In 1990, the World Health Organization (WHO) grouped the following infections and conditions together by introducing a staging system for patients infected with HIV-1. An update took place in September 2005. Please note, that most of these conditions are opportunistic infections that are easily treatable in healthy people.

Stage I: HIV infection is asymptomatic and not categorized as AIDS. Attention: even in this stage, HIV is infectious!

Stage II: includes minor mucocutaneous manifestations and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections.

Stage III: includes unexplained chronic diarrhea for longer than a month, severe bacterial infections and pulmonary tuberculosis.

Stage IV: includes toxoplasmosis of the brain, candidiasis of the esophagus, trachea, bronchi or lungs and Kaposi's sarcoma; these diseases are indicators of AIDS.

[source: World Health Organisation (PDF document)]

Why HIV-Symptoms?

We operate this page to inform as many people as possible about the symptoms of HIV and hope, that this information will - directly or indirectly - prevent new infections.

We would like to point out that the owner of this site are neither doctors nor have professional medical training. The contents of this site are not binding and can neither confirm HIV infection, nor falsify. We recommend to do a HIV test at a doctor or hospital or any other specialized, professional medical organization.

The symptoms are verified by the following public sources: WHO [World Health Organization], International AIDS Society, aids.gov [U.S. Government]