{"id":37184,"date":"2024-12-11T22:21:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/?p=37184"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:56:51","slug":"symptoms-of-hiv-infection-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/en\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-en","title":{"rendered":"HIV Infection in 3 Stages: From Early Symptoms to Advanced AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HIV is the virus that can eventually lead to full-blown AIDS. Infection occurs through unprotected sex or sharing needles with an infected person, which weakens the body\u2019s immune system by destroying white blood cells. HIV infection progresses in three stages<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"solid\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: kanit; font-size: 130%; color: #4f9111;\">Choose a topic you\u2019re interested in about HIV infection symptoms below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#a.001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #4f9111; text-decoration: underline;\">HIV Stage 1: Acute Infection<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#a.002\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #4f9111; text-decoration: underline;\">HIV Stage 2: Clinical Latency (Chronic Stage)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#a.003\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #4f9111; text-decoration: underline;\">HIV Stage 3: AIDS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1360567835\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1092\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-1-acute-stage-en.webp\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"HIV Stage 1: Acute Infection\u00a0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-1-acute-stage-en.webp 1092w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-1-acute-stage-en-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-1-acute-stage-en-1024x743.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-1-acute-stage-en-768x557.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1092px) 100vw, 1092px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1360567835 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-264338564\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-264338564 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h2><strong><span id=\"a.001\">HIV Stage 1: Acute Infection\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">This stage happens within the first 2\u20134 weeks after infection.<\/span> Symptoms are like a cold or flu, such as body aches, headache, and sometimes a rash or swollen lymph nodes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this stage, the virus attacks CD4 white blood cells, which weakens the immune system.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #3366ff;\">In the first stage after infection, HIV symptoms usually feel like a common illness, so many people may not realize they are infected.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, the body gradually produces new CD4 white blood cells to rebuild immunity, but they don\u2019t work as well as before the infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;max-width:2000px;height:1px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_933517888\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-2-latent-en-1024x743.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"HIV Stage 2: Clinical Latency (Chronic Stage)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-2-latent-en-1024x743.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-2-latent-en-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-2-latent-en-768x557.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-2-latent-en.webp 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_933517888 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1062270588\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1062270588 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h2><span id=\"a.002\"<span style=\"color: #4f9111; font-size: 100%;\"><b>HIV Stage 2: Clinical Latency (Chronic Stage)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">In this stage, the body shows few or no symptoms because the virus multiplies slowly.<\/span> It can take up to 10 years for the virus to weaken the immune system enough to progress to Stage 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ff0000;\">Poor health or lack of care may cause the virus to advance faster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;max-width:2000px;height:1px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1123532832\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-3-AIDS-stages-en-1024x743.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"HIV Stage 3: AIDS\u00a0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-3-AIDS-stages-en-1024x743.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-3-AIDS-stages-en-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-3-AIDS-stages-en-768x557.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.intouchmedicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/symptoms-of-hiv-infection-stage-3-AIDS-stages-en.webp 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1123532832 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-763099275\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-763099275 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h2><span id=\"a.003\"<span style=\"font-size: 100%; color: #4f9111;\"><b>HIV Stage 3: AIDS\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the final stage of HIV infection, where the immune system is severely weakened and <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">can no longer fight the virus.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ff0000;\">The body is at its weakest and highly vulnerable to opportunistic infections. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\">The immune system can no longer fight off viruses, and previous infections can recur and become much harder to treat.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;max-width:2000px;height:1px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"message-box relative dark\" style=\"padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;\"><div class=\"message-box-bg-image bg-fill fill\" ><\/div><div class=\"message-box-bg-overlay bg-fill fill\" style=\"background-color:rgb(230, 247, 205);\"><\/div><div class=\"container relative\"><div class=\"inner last-reset\">\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1653896955\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1661367067\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1993636214\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #3366ff;\">Don\u2019t wait until it\u2019s too late. Protect yourself by taking <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #4f9111;\"><a style=\"color: #4f9111; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"\/en\/hiv-prep-en\">PrEP<\/a><\/span> before sex and limiting the number of partners. If you\u2019ve been exposed to HIV, take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #4f9111;\"><a style=\"color: #4f9111; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"\/en\/hiv-pep-en\">PEP<\/a><\/span> within 72 hours to reduce the risk of infection.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1993636214 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;max-width:100px;height:2px;background-color:rgb(79, 145, 17);\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1229037910\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1229037910 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think you may be at risk of HIV, get a blood test at a hospital or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #4f9111;\"><a style=\"color: #4f9111; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"\/en\/sexual-disease-treatment-clinic-en\">STI clinic<\/a><\/span> to find out if you are infected. 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Infection occurs through unprotected sex or sharing needles with an infected person, which weakens the body\u2019s immune system by destroying white blood cells. 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