AIDS Symptoms

AIDS symptoms are not constructive to the diagnosis of the syndrome. It is difficult to determine whether or not a person has developed AIDS and each country has their own guidelines to classify if a person has AIDS or HIV. For AIDS to be present a person must have a significantly low immune system that can only be attributed to HIV. It is usually diagnosed after a test for HIV has shown that the CD4 cells in the person’s blood are below 200 per micro liter but it can also be diagnosed if the person is suffering from numerous conditions at the same time.

HIV constantly attacks the host’s immune system making the body unable to cope with illnesses that were previously considered harmless. AIDS sufferers may also develop conditions such as Pneumonia and Cancers along with other illnesses or diseases. It is, in cases where a fatality occurs because of HIV, the illnesses contracted due to the person’s low immunity and the person’s subsequent inability to fight these conditions that cause death.

AIDS symptoms include sight problems, dementia, fungal, bacterial or viral infections and various cancers. These are developed as a result of the HIV deteriorating the immune system to such an extent that the body cannot cope with everyday infections. In some cases this means the common cold can be severely debilitating for the sufferer and can also become potentially fatal especially when in conjunction with other infections or diseases. Many people can live with HIV for years before AIDS symptoms start to develop and it is not generally impossible to predict if and when a HIV sufferer will develop AIDS.