Symptoms of AIDS in women

The symptoms of AIDS in women are similar to those that occur in men. In addition, the HIV-positive woman can infect children during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding.

The forms of transmission of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) that will cause AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) are also similar.



symptoms of AIDS
It is called primary infection. It is a very important phase due to two circumstances: recently infected people are much more contagious because their viral load is high, and if they are subjected to an immediate treatment can make the HIV infection is less severe and better controlled by the immune system. long-term. (See what is the Treatment of AIDS)

Symptoms appear between one and four weeks after infection.

Often after having unprotected sex with an infected person.

Its duration ranges from 3 to 10 days, although it may take longer.

The only way to find out for sure that you have been infected will be with the HIV test (HIV, its acronym in English).

The most common symptoms of the HIV infection cousin are (being able to appear in isolation or together):

Fever;
Night sweats;
Fatigue, fatigue;
Swollen lymph nodes in the neck or in other regions;
Sore throat;
Rashes;
Headache;
Muscular and joint pains;
Diarrhea;
Nausea and vomiting;
Canker sores or ulcers in the mouth and, or in, the genitals.
symptoms of HIV - fever

During this primary HIV infection, the virus will multiply very rapidly first in the CD4 lymphocytes and then in many other cells of the body.

You will find a lot of viruses in the mucous membranes (oral, genital, rectal), and body fluids (semen, blood), which will make your risk of transmission during unprotected sex very high.

From then on, it will progressively weaken the immune system and if left untreated, after about 10 years, serious diseases will appear forming the so-called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS):

Opportunistic infections because they take advantage of the weakness of the immune system: oral or genital candidiasis, shingles, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, meningitis and encephalitis, pneumocystis pneumonia, tuberculosis.
Some types of cancer: Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphomas
Intense weight loss
The first signs and symptoms could be rashes on the back, chest, or belly, and swollen lymph nodes.

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Women may also present some other infectious diseases that are their own but aggravated by the situation of immunosuppression, such as vaginal yeast infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and human papillomavirus infection.

How AIDS is spread
The main forms of HIV infection are:
sexual transmission: unprotected vaginal and anal sexual intercourse, vaginal secretions or semen coming into contact with blood, and
the sharing of needles and syringes among drug addicts. (See more about AIDS Prevention)
Women become infected more easily than men through sex.
It is due to biological circumstances:
semen contains a higher concentration of human immunodeficiency virus than vaginal secretions and is maintained for a time inside the vagina, or rectum.
younger women, and older women, have vaginal mucosa more permeable to the virus, which facilitates infection.
during sexual activity it is easier to produce micro tears in the vaginal mucosa, or rectal, which would put the HIV of the semen in contact with the bloodstream.
Mother-to-child transmission
Mother-to-child transmission occurs during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding (vertical transmission), and can be prevented by taking some measures:
During pregnancy, medication against HIV is administered to the seropositive mother to avoid transmission to the fetus.
At the time of delivery, a cesarean section is often chosen to control the delivery and avoid it.
Breast milk should be avoided and commercial infant formulas should be chosen.
In addition, the newborn, to reduce the risk, will be administered, during a month after birth, medication against HIV.
How HIV is NOT spread.                 sport page
The virus is not transmitted through simple contact with the skin, but you must be careful if you have unprotected wounds or pres

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