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Bookmark or Share- Symptoms of HIV | HIV.govIf you are HIV-positive, a health care provider will diagnose if your HIV has progressed to stage 3 (AIDS) based on certain medical criteria. Many of the severe symptoms and illnesses of HIV disease come from the opportunistic infections that occur because your body’s immune system has been damaged.
- HIV and AIDS - World Health Organization (WHO)HIV is spread from the body fluids of an infected person, including blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluids. It is not spread by kisses, hugs or sharing food. It can also spread from a mother to her baby. HIV can be treated and prevented with antiretroviral therapy (ART). Untreated HIV can progress to AIDS, often after many years.
- HIV/AIDS - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicOverview. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is an ongoing, also called chronic, condition. It's caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, also called HIV. HIV damages the immune system so that the body is less able to fight infection and disease.
- HIV/AIDS - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo ClinicNAT is the first test to become positive after exposure to HIV. Talk with your healthcare professional about which HIV test is right for you. If any of these tests are negative, you may need a follow-up test weeks to months later to confirm the results.
- HIV-positiv – was nun? - Deutsche AidshilfeOb du es geahnt hast oder es dich aus heiterem Himmel trifft: Ein HIV-positives Testergebnis stellt die meisten Menschen vor neue Herausforderungen und wirft viele Fragen auf. Was jetzt? Was sind die nächsten Schritte?
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