Question: What are the Symptoms of HIV / AIDS
in Women?
Answer:
While it’s possible that a woman infected with HIV could display no symptoms, it’s more typical that women infected with HIV will experience some subtle signs and symptoms of HIV that they may not perceive as warning signs of HIV infection.
Women exposed to HIV experience flu-like symptoms within a couple of weeks of becoming infected. In other cases, there are no symptoms for many years.
As the infection progresses, it is not uncommon to experience symptoms such as:
- Frequent
or severe vaginal infections
- Pelvic
infections that are difficult to treat
- Recurrent
vaginal yeast infections
- Pelvic
inflammatory disease or PID
- Pap
smears that indicate abnormal changes or dysplasia
- Genital
ulcers
- Genital
warts
- Severe
mucosal herpes infections
- Swollen
lymph glands in the neck, underarm area, or groin
- Frequent
fevers that include night sweats
- Rapid
weight loss without dieting
- Constant
fatigue
- Decreased
appetite and diarrhoea
- White
spots or abnormal blemishes in the mouth