What are the early symptoms of AIDS in men?

When it comes to AIDS, everyone will be very scared. The main reason for this disease is HIV infection. Because it is a sexually transmitted disease and the affected part is very private, it will make the patient very painful and embarrassed. In addition, this disease is very difficult to treat and has a great impact on work and life. This is why people are afraid. So if a man gets AIDS, what symptoms will he have in the early stages?

Early symptoms of AIDS in men:

1. Acute symptoms of AIDS in adult men

Some people may also develop early symptoms of male AIDS in the early stages of infection, with an incidence rate of about 50%, mainly manifested as fever, dizziness, weakness, sore throat, joint pain, rash, swollen superficial lymph nodes all over the body, and other symptoms similar to "colds". Some people may also have diarrhea. This symptom usually disappears after 1-2 weeks, and then male AIDS infected people enter a latent period without symptoms.

2. Latent symptoms of AIDS in adult men

Most people have no symptoms during the latent period, but a small number of adult men will have swollen lymph nodes and nervous system symptoms during the latent period of AIDS, mainly dizziness, depression, memory loss, movement and language disorders, acute aseptic meningitis, manifested as headache, neurological symptoms and meningeal irritation, etc. Swollen lymph nodes are also a hallmark symptom of the latent period, and are found in a small number of adult men throughout the HIV infection cycle.

3. Symptoms of opportunistic infections in the late stages of AIDS in adult men

There may be obvious clinical manifestations such as fever, fatigue, sweating, uncontrollable weight loss (>10%), persistent diarrhea, and persistent fever (>38℃) for more than 3 months; there may also be severe clinical manifestations of immunodeficiency, such as slow cellular immune response, opportunistic infections and malignant tumors, which can affect all systems and organs of the body, and there are often multiple pathogens causing infections and tumors coexisting.

The symptoms of AIDS in adult men are mainly the above. If you have any questions, please consult our experts. AIDS symptoms cannot be used as a basis for diagnosis because these symptoms are not specific and are not unique to AIDS. They may be caused by other diseases. Therefore, the health department stipulates that AIDS diagnosis can only be made based on a positive result of an AIDS antibody test.

All male friends who have engaged in high-risk behaviors such as unsafe sex and unsafe drug injection, especially those who have sex with men, must test for HIV in time. Those who often engage in unsafe behavior should be tested regularly, once every three months, and no longer than six months. Men who occasionally visit prostitutes or have one-night stands must remember to test for HIV antibodies in time after the 2-6 week window period. They can choose to go to the CDC's free consultation and testing point or directly purchase HIV test strips for home self-testing.