World AIDS Day illustration. (Image by Freepik)
Quoting from the official site Ministry of Health There are several phases or stages that must be aware of in order to take appropriate action. These several stages help to find out more about how the HIV virus develops in the body.
The following are the phases you need to know:
1. Phase I (Window Period):
– Even though the body has been infected with HIV, blood tests have not found anti-HIV antibodies.
– During this period a person infected with HIV can infect other people (very infectious) and is characterized by a very high HIV vital load and a sharp decline in CD4 T lymphocytes. “flu-like syndrome” occurs due to seroconversion in the blood, when viral replication occurs very rapidly in primary HIV infection.
– This phase usually lasts about two weeks to three months from the initial infection.
2. Phase II (Masa Letting):
– This phase can be accompanied by mild symptoms or even no symptoms (asymptomatic).
– Viral load decreases and is relatively stable, but CD4 gradually decreases.
– Blood tests for antibodies to HIV show reactive results, even though symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared.
– In this phase, people with HIV can still transmit HIV to others.
– The period without symptoms lasts on average for 2-3 years, while the period with mild symptoms can last up to 5-8 years.
3. Phase III (AIDS Phase)
– In the terminal phase of HIV infection, the body’s immunity has decreased drastically, the viral load value is getting higher, and CD4 is very low, resulting in the emergence of various opportunistic infections.
– Tuberculosis (TBC), herpes zoster (HZV), oral hairy cell leukoplakia (OHL), oral candidiasis, Pneumocystic jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), cytomegalovirus infection (CMV), papular pruritic eruption (PPE) and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
2023-11-30 18:00:20
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