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Are Oral Blisters A Sign Of HIV?
HIV infection - asymptomatic
Symptoms
Asymptomatic HIV infection, by definition, does NOT have symptoms typically associated with HIV, such as:
- Fever
- Opportunistic infections (opportunistic means they occur because the weakened immune system provides the "opportunity" for infections to take hold. Serious opportunistic infections include
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia , cytomegalovirus, and Mycobacterium avium). -
Oral thrush (also an opportunistic infection, but not life-threatening...
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