“The Three Stages of HIV Infection: Symptoms, Testing, and Treatment”

HIV infection occurs in three stages:

• The first stage is seroconversion, which is a certain period of time in which HIV antibodies have started to develop to fight the virus.
• The second stage is the time when no symptoms of HIV appear.
• The third stage is the final stage of HIV infection.

First Level

People infected with the HIV virus will experience flu-like illness, several weeks after infection, for one to two months. Then, after that condition, HIV may not cause any symptoms for several years. This phase is known as seroconversion.

The most common symptoms of HIV are:

• Fever
• Sore throat
• A rash appears
• Swelling of lymph nodes
• Diarrhea
• Fatigue
• Muscle and joint pain

However, the symptoms of HIV above could be symptoms of other diseases. To find out whether a person is infected with HIV or not, an HIV test must be done.

The sooner the condition is known, the success rate of treatment will be higher.