Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
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AIDS-related complex - ARC; Chronic symptomatic HIV infection
Symptoms
- Diarrhea that persists
- Excessive sweating or night sweats
- Fatigue that persists
- Fever that persists
- General feeling of discomfort, illness, or lack of well-being
- Herpes zoster infections (shingles) that keep coming back
- Joint pain
- Mouth disorders
Gingivitis -
Oral hairy leukoplakia of the tongue, caused by a viral infection -
Oral thrush ("yeast infection")
- Pain, loss of sensation, and inability to control muscles (
peripheral neuropathy ) - Skin disorders
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Fungal infection of the skin or nails Molluscum contagiosum Seborrheic dermatitis
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Swollen lymph glands - Weight loss
Signs and tests
The patient may have signs of a bleeding disorder in which there aren't enough platelets in the blood (
In females, a Pap smear may reveal precancerous cells of the cervix.
The HIV ELISA/Western blot will be positive for HIV antibodies.
The following lab tests may be done to see how the immune system is working:
- CD4 lymphocyte count (type of white blood cell count)
Complete blood count Platelet count - Skin test anergy
The amount of HIV can be measured in the blood. This test measures the genetic material of the virus called RNA (ribonucleic acid) and is often called the “viral load”.
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Review Date: 12/01/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in
Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division
of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts
General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
