As the HIV virus continues to multiply in the host's body it destroys the person's immunity completely and makes him prone to attacks by not only very serious debilitating diseases, but very mild infections as well.
The count of the helper T cells (CD4 lymphocytes), which are typically in the range of 600 to 1,000, drop below 200 after which the person begins to show other serious signs of the disease.
With the person's immunity system completely damaged, he becomes easily susceptible to opportunistic infections and may frequently experience the more serious symptoms of AIDS such as the following:
The count of the helper T cells (CD4 lymphocytes), which are typically in the range of 600 to 1,000, drop below 200 after which the person begins to show other serious signs of the disease.
With the person's immunity system completely damaged, he becomes easily susceptible to opportunistic infections and may frequently experience the more serious symptoms of AIDS such as the following:
1. Severe fatigue
2. Soaking night sweats and high fever is very common among HIV positive patients.
3. Frequent episodes of chronic diarrhea
4. Shortness of breath is very commonly experienced by HIV positive patients.
5. Swelling and hardening of lymph nodes which persists for more than three months
6. Excessive weight loss which is not deliberately achieved through increased physical exercises or through dieting
7. Severe persistent headache
8. The presence of a slightly purple or faded growth over the skin or inside the mouth is very common among HIV positive patients.
9. HIV positive children's growth is poor, usually characterized by poor weight gain, trouble in walking, and slow mental development. Such children are also very susceptible to infections such as those relating to the ear, nose and throat like ear infection (otitis media), pneumonia or tonsillitis. They are also easily prone to more bruising and bleeding than their healthy and normal counterparts.
2. Soaking night sweats and high fever is very common among HIV positive patients.
3. Frequent episodes of chronic diarrhea
4. Shortness of breath is very commonly experienced by HIV positive patients.
5. Swelling and hardening of lymph nodes which persists for more than three months
6. Excessive weight loss which is not deliberately achieved through increased physical exercises or through dieting
7. Severe persistent headache
8. The presence of a slightly purple or faded growth over the skin or inside the mouth is very common among HIV positive patients.
9. HIV positive children's growth is poor, usually characterized by poor weight gain, trouble in walking, and slow mental development. Such children are also very susceptible to infections such as those relating to the ear, nose and throat like ear infection (otitis media), pneumonia or tonsillitis. They are also easily prone to more bruising and bleeding than their healthy and normal counterparts.
10. Apart from these physiological symptoms, it is also very common to find certain mental and behavioral disorders such as personality changes, deterioration of cognitive abilities of a person and degenerated memory in HIV positive patients.
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