Sex Disease Symptoms: HIV

A lot of sexually active individuals may not be aware that they are already experiencing certain sex disease symptoms. STDs and their symptoms may occur no matter what type of sex is being had – may it be vaginal, anal, or even oral. People who make use of condoms, although considerably safer, may still victim to all sorts of sexually transmitted diseases. Aside from abstinence, there is no 100% effective solution that can guarantee full immunity.

One of the most feared STDs has got to be HIV or the human immunodeficiency virus. Here is a look at some of the possible symptoms of this dreadful disease.

Early Signs

As the name implies, HIV works by impairing the body’s immune system, thereby interfering with one’s ability to fight off all sorts of bacteria and viruses that lead to other diseases. The worst part of HIV is that it can lead to AIDS which is a disease that up until today remains fatally incurable.

One of the biggest problems with HIV is that during its early stages, one may not experience any symptoms at all. However, some people manifest flu-like symptoms after around two and six weeks of being infected. Some other early signs of HIV include rashes, swollen lymph glands, headaches, and fever. These symptoms will almost always disappear after around a month. During this time, the patient also becomes very infectious.

Latter Stages

As  HIV enters its latter stages, it begins destroying more immune cells causing some mild infections, as well as other chronic symptoms which include chough, fever, weight loss, shortness of breath, diarrhea, and again, swollen lymph nodes. These symptoms may then worsen and manifest themselves through persistent headaches, chronic diarrhea, lymph nodes that have been swollen for over 3 months, shaking chills, persistent fatigue, fevers higher than 38 C, and soaking night sweats. If any of these sex diseases symptoms are identified then it is best to have one’s self tested just to be on the safe side.  GP