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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
HIV

Does this describe your symptom?

  
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a sexually transmitted disease (STD)
General Information
  • HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the cause of AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome).
  • The virus attacks a person's immune system, eventually making the person susceptible to a variety of different infections.
What are some risky behaviors that increase the chance of getting HIV?
  • Sharing needles or syringes.
  • Having sexual intercourse (vagina, rectum, or oral) and not using a condom.
  • Having sexual intercourse with someone who might have HIV.
Early HIV Infection
  • Manu people have a flu-like illness when they first get HIV.
  • Symptoms can include:
    • Fever
    • Fatigue
    • Headache
    • Enlarged lymph nodes
AIDS
  • AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
  • AIDS is the last stage of HIV infection.
  • It is diagnosed when a person has:
    • A CD4 white blood cell count less than 200.
    • An opportunistic infection, which is any of a number of rare infections that normally do not occur in healthy persons.

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