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AIDS Symptoms

Without HIV treatment, the chronic stage of HIV infection may progress to AIDS in about 10 years. AIDS is life-threatening. Symptoms of AIDS can include:

  • Fever.
  • Weakness.
  • Fast weight loss.
  • Extreme tiredness.
  • Soaking night sweats.
  • Fever that keeps coming back.
  • Ongoing swelling of lymph nodes in the armpits, groin and neck.
  • Diarrhea that lasts longer than a week.
  • Sores in the mouth, anus or on the genitals. Discolored blotches on or under the skin, or inside the eyelids, nose or mouth.
  • Memory loss.
  • Depression.
  • Infections such as pneumonia.