Introduction to AIDS stages, symptoms of acute AIDS

AIDS can be divided into three stages: acute stage, asymptomatic stage, and AIDS stage. The symptoms of each stage are different. What are the symptoms of the acute stage of AIDS? How to prevent AIDS?

1. Symptoms of acute AIDS

During the acute infection period, 75%-90% of new patients may have no symptoms at all. They are just HIV carriers, healthy in appearance, and have normal T4 cell counts in laboratory tests. They are HIV antibody positive 6 weeks after infection. Sometimes they have symptoms similar to infectious mononucleosis in the early stage, and sometimes they develop into chronic lymphadenopathy syndrome, which manifests as enlarged lymph nodes throughout the body.

Systemic symptoms include fever, sore throat, sweating, joint pain, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. Skin damage is mainly manifested as rashes, mostly non-itchy red maculopapular rashes, occasionally diffuse urticaria or water urticaria, and the rash is mostly on the face and trunk, and in severe cases, it can appear all over the body. About 9% of patients with damage to the nervous system may develop acute HIV meningitis, with clinical manifestations of fever, headache, vomiting and meningeal irritation signs. Cerebrospinal fluid examination shows an increase in mononuclear cells and increased protein content. Common gastrointestinal symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, oral and esophageal candidiasis, etc.

2. How to prevent

There is currently no effective vaccine to prevent AIDS, so the most important thing is to take preventive measures. The methods are:

1. Maintain self-discipline, do not engage in prostitution, and avoid premarital and extramarital sexual activity.

2. Drug use is strictly prohibited and syringes should not be shared with others.

3. Do not transfuse blood or use blood products without authorization. Use them under the guidance of a doctor.

4. Do not borrow or share personal items such as toothbrushes, razors, and shaving razors.

5. Using condoms is one of the most effective measures to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS during sexual intercourse.

6. Avoid direct contact with the blood, semen, breast milk and urine of AIDS patients to cut off the transmission route.