How do you know if you have AIDS. How to know if you have HIV without leaving your computer screen! Groups of people with a short incubation period

In ancient times, healers did not have ultrasound machines, blood pressure monitors and laboratories, and healers determined the disease by the appearance of the patient. How to conduct a self-diagnosis of the body yourself and consult a doctor at an early stage of the disease? Master class from "Ladies' cocktail".

Skin self-diagnosis.

Face colour. Let's soberly evaluate the color of your skin. If she is bluish-pale, you are clearly anemic. A yellowish tint and a network of capillaries on the face indicate an unbearable load on the liver or tobacco abuse. Grayish skin in cores and cancer patients, a red face is a sign of pressure problems. Flabby skin becomes with disorders in the intestines, and prematurely old - with diseases of the thyroid gland. Yellowish-brown spots on the face are caused by kidney pathology, and light pigmentation is caused by pregnancy.

Face zones. Take a closer look, it seems that your temples have become sunken ... Run to sleep, or are you going to exhaust your precious body to the limit? Pimple on the nose? Perhaps, of course, you have a secret admirer, but plus there are problems with the pancreas. A rash on the forehead is a sign of problems with the intestines, on the temples - with the gallbladder. A pimple on the chin signals the imminent onset of critical days, constant rashes on the chin are a sign of gynecological diseases. Cheeks can be used to judge metabolism. A slow metabolism is "read" on chubby cheeks, an accelerated one - on sunken ones.

Hair and nails.

Now there are so many professional cosmetics for hair and nails that it would seem elementary to solve any problem associated with them. No, no and NO! No, even the most expensive cosmetics will not help if you do not cure the true cause. How to determine this reason? Take a close look at your hair and nails.

Hair loss . A well-known problem. A strengthening shampoo won't help. It's all about a sharply reduced immunity. This may be due to seasonal beriberi or past illness. In this case, it is worth drinking a good multivitamin complex, increasing the amount of vegetables, liver, fish and dairy products in the diet. And most importantly - less nervous!

Dandruff . An equally common problem. It in itself is a disease - seborrhea, but occurs with disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. So in addition to a good remedy for dandruff, try to examine the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, drink decoctions of cleansing herbs, review the menu.

Weak hair . Is your hair breaking a lot? Is there a decent amount of hair left on the comb every time? Why? Avitaminosis or metabolic disorders. The way out is to drink a vitamin complex, lead a healthy lifestyle, eat right. Dry hair becomes with kidney disease, oily - with problems with the endocrine system.

Spots and grooves on the nails . They do not appear at all for a gift, as we used to think. They reflect our digestion. White spots are witnesses of the abuse of sweets, a lack of calcium, yellow spots are a sign of a violation of fat metabolism. Longitudinal grooves on the nails appear in a person with an incorrect, unbalanced diet, transverse grooves - with a sharp change in menu components (for example, after a long trip). If such "signals" appear, do not ignore them. Review your diet, arrange a "fasting day." Do not abuse flour and alcohol.

Nail color and surface . If you have brittle nails, the body lacks calcium and vitamin A. A flat or concave nail plate is an iron deficiency. Whitish nails become with anemia, bright pink - with hypertensive patients, bluish - with cores and yellow with liver diseases. By the way, Chinese healers considered nails to be a mirror of the whole organism, especially on the legs. So take a closer look.

your nose.

The nose also has "problems". Let's learn how to decipher them.

Nose bridge. If you have a swollen bridge of the nose, this indicates inflammation in the nasal cavity or the formation of polyps. A transverse wrinkle on the bridge of the nose is a sign of thyroid disorders.

Wings of the nose. Blue-red wings of the nose - a signal of impaired blood circulation. Thick and pale wings are signs of lung disease, such are often found in smokers.

Colour. A red nose with a mesh of blood vessels occurs in hypertensive patients, a bluish nose in people suffering from hypotension. A constantly red or brownish nose indicates chronic stomach problems or alcoholism.

Other. People suffering from heart disease have a deep and elongated nasolabial fold. The tip of the nose betrays heart disease. If it is white, contact a cardiologist, you probably have problems with the body's main pump.

The language is not silent!

In a healthy person, the tongue is pale pink with a smooth longitudinal fold and normally expressed papillae. If you have any deviations from this norm - urgently find out the reason. Diagnosis should be carried out on an empty stomach, preferably in the morning.

Language zones. Tip shows the condition of your lungs. Any changes in this area indicate a violation of the respiratory system, and if they occur, seriously consider quitting smoking. The central part is a mirror of the state of the stomach and spleen. The root of the tongue shows the state of the kidneys, and the lateral edges show the liver and gallbladder.

Longitudinal fold. It reflects the condition of the spine. If this fold bends in the center, this is a sign of curvature of the spine or osteochondrosis in the lumbar region, if on the edge - in the cervical region. In this case, change your daily routine, start exercising and try to move more and sit less.

Plaque. A very high quality indicator. White dense plaque occurs with disorders in the intestines (constipation, poisoning). A yellow coating "beeps" about malfunctions of the gallbladder. Dryish plaque occurs when the body is dehydrated, and black plaque occurs with chronic, very serious changes in the functioning of the liver and bile.

Cracks in the tongue. Such "signs" appear in various diseases of the blood, the endocrine system. Usually, some taste qualities are lost in this case, i.e. you stop tasting salty, sweet, sour, or bitter. This situation requires serious investigation. Just noticed cracks - hurry to the doctor!

Tooth prints in the language along the edges appear with slagging of the body. Take a course of hydrocolonotherapy, or drink decoctions of St. John's wort and nettle - this will cleanse the body of toxins. If the imprints of the teeth appeared along the front edge of the tongue, you begin to have a neurosis and the stronger the imprints, the more serious the situation.

A little about color. As mentioned above, the tongue of a healthy person should be pink. The tongue turns red not only at elevated temperatures, but also with coronary heart disease. The darker the shade of red, the more dangerous the ongoing disease. A whitish tongue occurs with anemia, exhaustion of the body, bluish - with cardiovascular diseases. A yellowish color reveals an overabundance of bile or a liver disorder. You can even identify cancer by language. A smooth red surface of the tongue occurs with cancer or severe forms of intestinal disorders.

I think it is not worth repeating that when such symptoms are detected, one should not abuse self-medication. Consult a doctor, and in the course of self-diagnosis, you will already decide which one, confirm the diagnosis and immediately begin treatment.

I have a stomachache?

If your stomach hurts, and even more so periodically, do not rush to drink painkillers. The thing is that our internal organs are permeated with a network of pain receptors, and their irritation signals the brain about certain problems with the help of pain.

Lower abdominal pain - a signal of a violation in the work of the genitourinary system. Perhaps you are dealing with inflammation (aching pains and twitches), infectious diseases (tingling, sharp pain when urinating), or gynecological diseases (periodic or constant pulling pain). In women, this may be a signal of disease of the appendages, in men - the prostate gland.

Pain in the upper abdomen speaks of malfunctions in the work of the stomach or pancreas. Perhaps this is a simple overeating, or a consequence of eating fatty foods. But if the pain repeats several times, consult a doctor and undergo a diagnosis of the gastrointestinal tract.

Pain under the ribs on the left - most likely it is intestinal colic, if pain in the right hypochondrium, you are dealing with liver or gallbladder problems.

Sharp pain in the lower abdomen on right (less often on the left) is a sign of appendicitis. We recommend calling an ambulance. For those suffering from intestinal ulcers, such pain may indicate an exacerbation of the disease.

In any of these cases, do not delay the visit to the doctor. Taking a pill will relieve the pain, but the cause of its occurrence will not go anywhere. And remember, the disease at an early stage is treated easier and more successfully.

Self-diagnosis on other grounds.

Lips and teeth. So, take a good look at your lips. If they are dry, you are dehydrated, try to drink more fluids. Try to pinch your wrist; when dehydrated, the skin then returns to normal for a long time. Pale lips show low hemoglobin, bluish lips - heart disorders. Light brown spots on the lips are indicators of poor digestion. Cracks in the corners of the mouth appear with hypovitaminosis or kidney disease. By the way, if the corners of the lips suddenly sank to the bottom, you are on the verge of depression.

Now it's time for the teeth. White, "Hollywood" teeth are rare and, by the way, not in completely healthy people. If you have cream-colored teeth, then you have a normal fluoride balance and strong tooth enamel. Colored spots on the teeth are a signal of an imbalance in the microflora of the oral cavity and a good reason to visit the dentist! But the darkening of the teeth can be caused by long-term use of antibiotics. Well, other problems with teeth are the work of a knowledgeable dentist.

Pulse. Only specialists of oriental medicine can carry out a complete diagnosis by pulse. We just measure it in a state of complete rest. Men measure the pulse on the right hand, women - on the left. If the measurement result is more than 60, but less than 90, you are absolutely healthy. After a couple of squats and a subsequent three-minute break, 135 beats per minute is considered the norm. If the pulse is higher than these indicators, try to lead an active lifestyle, take walks in the fresh air. If the norms are greatly exceeded, contact a cardiologist and therapist and be examined, you may have diseases of the nervous or cardiovascular system.

Reading in the eyes. It is believed that only sincere people look the interlocutor in the eye. Let's go to the mirror and look into our own eyes. Hateful bags under the eyes, which betray fatigue, signal us about problems with the kidneys and bladder. Do not try to hide them, it is better to drink a diuretic collection and reduce salt intake. But if the upper eyelids swell, depression is brewing. Get some rest mentally and physically. And be sure to give your body a break: stop being nervous, get enough sleep, balance the menu. Yellowish proteins give out liver disease, a sharp yellowing is a sign of jaundice. In this case, urgently see a doctor! Narrow pupils in normal light occur in a person who is exhausted from pain. Note to vigilant parents - narrow pupils also occur when taking psychotropic drugs, drug addicts and, along with reddening of the white of the eye, after “smoking weed”. Be alert. If you pull the eyelid, the area under it turns out to be pale, your hemoglobin is lowered; if the whites of the eyes are bluish - high blood pressure. In the latter case, do not abuse coffee. And to increase hemoglobin, eat oatmeal, legumes and liver.

To pass such a self-diagnosis is a matter of five minutes. But you will be able to identify your ailments, find out the true causes of cosmetic defects and begin to fight diseases. Be sure to visit an experienced doctor. He will confirm or refute your diagnosis, and also advise effective drugs for treatment.

Almost half of people living with HIV do not know about it, so knowing how to test for HIV at home is essential. The disease generated by this pathogen has a number of symptoms that will help to recognize the infection at an early stage and contribute to the early start of treatment, which will increase the chances of living a long and happy life.

It must be understood that HIV, HIV infection and AIDS are different things, and an HIV infection detected in time will not necessarily develop into acquired immune deficiency syndrome. How to recognize the disease at an early stage in order to start treatment in a timely manner? To do this, you need to know the first symptoms of the disease and how to acquire the infection.

How can you get HIV?

The most common ways to become infected with a disease are known to everyone:

• unprotected intercourse;
• injecting drug use;
• through the blood or other secretions of an HIV-infected person;
• transmission from a nursing or pregnant mother to her child;
• professional infection;
• transfusion of contaminated blood.

According to statistics, from 70% to 80% of all HIV-infected people received the virus through sexual contact.

At the same time, the risk of becoming infected during sex with a partner whose HIV status is unknown is no more than 0.15%. According to studies, a woman is about 3 times more likely to get infected than a man.

The easiest way to protect yourself from infection is to abstain from unprotected contact and avoid drug use.

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How to recognize HIV by the first symptoms?

The human immunodeficiency virus develops in the body gradually, but at the same time it immediately begins to destroy lymphocytes - blood particles, which are one of the key parts of the immune system. On average, the development of infection occurs within 10 years and has several stages:

• window period;
• acute phase;
• latent period;
• pre-AIDS;
• AIDS.

The first stage is characterized only by the production of antibodies in the body and lasts from two weeks to one year. It is possible to determine the disease at this stage only with the help of a special analysis. In the second stage, the person begins to feel the infection, but it is transient. It is at this time that symptoms appear that will help to recognize the infection, but diagnosis during this period is difficult due to the non-specificity of the symptoms, in 96% of cases people experience fever, find themselves in a rash or diarrhea, headache, vomiting and sudden weight loss.

Sometimes fungal diseases appear, such as thrush or neurological symptoms. It is this stage that many patients later describe as “the most severe flu in their lives,” with which it is really easy to confuse.

In the latent period, all symptoms disappear, and it seems to the person that he is completely healthy.

The only thing that accompanies this stage, which can last from 5 to 10 years, is an increase in lymph nodes, but it is difficult to recognize HIV by this symptom alone.

At the pre-AIDS stage, thrush usually appears in the mouth and on the genitals, herpes on the mucous membranes that practically do not pass, and stomatitis - sores on the lips and in the oral cavity.

There are other ways to detect HIV at home - these are special rapid-format immunodeficiency tests that can be done independently and confidentially.

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HIV tests at home

Tests for the recognition of HIV are usually used in two types - this is the determination of antibodies to the virus or the detection of proteins characteristic of its presence, the so-called markers. There are three types of test results: positive, when markers are detected; negative when there are none and doubtful. In the latter case, some markers are present in the analyzed material, but not all, so the result is not considered positive and must be rechecked.

In recent years, tests that can be used at home have appeared and even began to spread in developed countries. They belong to the category of rapid tests, the result appears within 1-20 minutes. To conduct such a test, it is necessary to take a scraping from the oral cavity using a special spatula and place it in a container with a reagent. In 20 minutes the result will be known.

The sad thing is that home tests for HIV have not yet reached Russia, so you can only be tested for the presence of the virus in a hospital. Confidentiality is often not allowed, so fewer and fewer people choose to go to health facilities to find out their HIV status. But medical diagnostics has its advantages. Having received a positive result, the patient immediately receives all the necessary information and psychological assistance, he will not be able to deliberately infect anyone or harm himself.

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What do you need to know about HIV testing?

The easiest way to protect yourself from this terrible disease is to come to the clinic and diagnostic center at regular intervals. Most often, antibodies that are determined in a person’s blood or saliva, indicating the presence of an infection, do not appear immediately after infection, but within 3 months, so it is necessary to take the test regularly, even after a long period from the alleged moment of infection.

It is easy to donate blood for HIV - for this you need to contact a general practitioner at the place of residence and tell about your intention. Any central district hospital is equipped with the appropriate laboratory tools, which makes it possible to do the test in rural areas.

You can take the analysis in any city clinic, and it is completely free. Anonymous testing rooms are being opened all over Russia, you can go there even without a passport, and such an examination is also free of charge.

In some cases, HIV testing is mandatory. For example, in modern maternity hospitals, since the baby can inherit the virus from the mother, and due to weak immunity, it will quickly develop to the stage of AIDS. The possibility of such infection must be foreseen in advance. Compulsory testing is also being carried out on medical workers who, when working in emergency situations and with patients with an undetermined HIV status, are at risk of contracting the virus.

It is important to remember that HIV test results can be false positives. In the presence of a positive result, the patient is most often sent for re-analysis and is already guided by his performance. The error can be affected by pregnancy, the presence of chronic diseases, disturbances in the functioning of the immune system, and even technical errors of medical personnel. Antibodies to HIV can be observed in pregnant women and children under the age of one and a half years, born to HIV-infected women, with diabetes or oncological processes. A false-positive result is detected during the subsequent diagnosis, and the HIV test is repeated after the cause of the disorders has been eliminated.

The human immunodeficiency virus is a very insidious disease.. Once in the human body, it manifests itself slowly.

The disease can proceed in several stages, each differs in the clinical picture, the intensity of manifestations. The hard shell of the pathogen is supercapsid, sparingly soluble in human biological fluid. The virus infects cells, slowly destroying them.

Immediately after infection, the symptoms are completely absent, this is the insidiousness of the virus. Therefore, it is very important to know how to test for HIV at home.

A person may not be aware of the presence of HIV infection in his body for a long time. It develops at the cellular level and slowly destroys the immune system.

In many cases, HIV is diagnosed after a person's immune system has been destroyed, and symptoms become apparent. The disease passes into the most dangerous stage - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

HIV infection is caused by a small RNA virus. You can get infected from a sick person in several ways:

1. sexual- during sexual intercourse without the use of a condom, since the pathogen is contained in the vaginal environment and semen.
2. Through the blood These are injections and invasive procedures during which tissue integrity is violated. It can occur during a fight, when the blood of an infected person gets into the abrasions and cuts of a healthy person.
3. From mother to child during pregnancy and childbirth. The infection can cross the placenta into the fetal circulation.

The virus lives and multiplies in cells that are designed to protect against infections - T-lymphocytes. The genetic information of the virus is embedded in the cells of the immune system, which begin to produce new viral particles.

As a result, it turns out that protective cells become an incubator for a terrible infection. Experts have not yet found a way to extract the virus from T-lymphocytes without destroying them.

Therefore, many are concerned about the question of how to recognize HIV at home. In addition, the virus tends to change its shape.

Secrets of health. HIV infection. Ways of transmission and preventive measures

HIV infection is characterized by a cyclical course. It has certain stages in its development:

• incubation period;
• primary manifestations - asymptomatic acute infection;
• secondary manifestations - damage to internal organs of a persistent nature, damage to the skin and mucous membranes, diseases of a generalized type;
• terminal stage.

According to statistics, the disease is diagnosed most often at the stage of secondary manifestations.. This is due to the fact that the symptoms of HIV just then begin to disturb a person, and become pronounced.

Sometimes certain symptoms may also be present in the first stage, but they can be easily confused with other pathologies and proceed in a mild form.

In this case, a person rarely seeks medical help. But even specialists cannot always make a correct diagnosis at an early stage of infection.

During this period, the symptoms will be the same for both men and women.. This often confuses doctors.

Only the secondary stage will show the presence of the virus with high accuracy, and the symptoms will be individual for male and female. Knowing them, you can understand that you have HIV without testing.

The first signs of HIV may be:

• temperature rise to 38-40 degrees;
• rash all over body;
• enlargement of all lymph nodes;
• loose stool.

These are the main symptoms of how HIV manifests itself. In some cases, already at this stage, the immune system is significantly weakened. Early signs of HIV can be combined with various infections, including:

• prolonged pneumonia;
• fungal infection of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract;
• tuberculosis;
• seborrheic dermatitis.

Approximately 50-70% of patients develop an acute febrile stage 3-6 weeks after infection. In the rest, after an incubation period, the infection immediately passes into the asymptomatic stage.

• drowsiness and malaise;
• headache;
• pain in muscles and joints;
• fever and fever;
• diarrhea;
• sore throat;
• loss of appetite and weight;
• eye pain;
• the appearance of painful swelling in the armpits, in the groin, on the neck;
• nausea and vomiting;
• the appearance of ulcers and rashes on the mucous membranes and skin;
• possible brain damage - a manifestation of serous meningitis.

The febrile phase lasts approximately a week.. Then comes the asymptomatic stage. In 10% of sick people, a rapid course of the disease is observed, it is accompanied by complications.

The duration of each form depends on how quickly the virus multiplies.

Symptoms that manifest in HIV-positive women are very diverse. Often this is due to diseases that occur against the background of immunodeficiency or directly with the effect of the virus on the cells of the body.

This disease develops in a woman's body imperceptibly. This period can last 10-12 years. In some cases, infection in women manifests itself pronouncedly:

1. Lymph nodes are enlarged on the neck, in the armpits, in the groin area.
2. One of the main signs is an unjustified increase in body temperature, which lasts from 3 to 10 days.
3. Headache, arthralgia weakness, night sweats.
4. Signs of the immunodeficiency virus can be loss of appetite, depression, diarrhea.

The above symptoms can be observed not only in women, but also in men. There are a number of symptoms that are inherent only to the fairer sex:

• anorexia;
• infections of the pelvic organs;
• various vaginal infections.
• a woman may be disturbed by abundant mucous discharge during the intermenstrual period;
• swollen lymph nodes in the groin area;
• pain during menstruation.
• persistent headaches and irritability can also signal the presence of a virus;
• various psychological changes, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, dementia.

When a headache and weakness appear, do not immediately panic. But if the above signs bother you for a long time, in order to check yourself, it is better to consult a doctor and take the necessary tests.

It is important to know how HIV manifests itself, because many girls are completely unaware of infection in their body. There is an opinion that in the female body the immunodeficiency virus develops much more slowly than in the male.

HIV-infected people can easily be exposed to other diseases that do not pose a danger to a healthy body. But in the presence of a virus, it becomes very difficult to cure them.

Therefore, the ability to detect HIV in the early stages is of great importance.

The first symptoms of HIV immediately after infection are similar to other diseases in men. At the initial stage of development, they are the same as in women.

5-10 days after infection, a carrier of the virus develops a rash or discolored patches of skin of various forms all over the body.

Appetite also disappears, fatigue worries, weight decreases. Sometimes at the initial stage of development in men there is an increase in the liver, spleen.

Men are much more likely to be infected with HIV than women. This is caused by the need to change sexual partners, the neglect of elementary means of protection and contraception.

Therefore, after unprotected sexual contact with a new partner and in the presence of the above symptoms, it is imperative to undergo an examination.

Infection with the baby virus can occur both before birth and after it. Diagnosed only by the age of 3 years. In the first year, the virus manifests itself very rarely.

Most HIV-infected children develop pneumonia, cough, and enlarged fingertips and toes. Many have a delay in mental and psychomotor development, speech, walking, and coordination of movement suffer.

Features of the course of the immunodeficiency virus in children differ from its manifestation in adults. Children who have become infected in the womb, suffer the disease much more difficult. But with successful treatment, such babies can live normally, like completely healthy children.

To recognize HIV at home, it is important to know the symptoms of manifestation. External signs in the case of intrauterine infection appear in the sixth month:

• growth retardation;
• protrusion of the frontal part of the box-shaped form;
• microcephaly;
• mild strabismus;
• flattening of the nose;
• blue sclera and an elongated section of the eyes;
• severe shortening of the nose.

Infected children have an enlarged liver and spleen, grow poorly and gain little weight. An early manifestation of the virus is an increase in lymph nodes.

With the development of the disease, other symptoms appear:

If children become infected while still in the womb, then the disease is much more difficult to tolerate than in adults.

The time it takes for the virus to become active is the incubation period. The immunodeficiency virus invades class T lymphocytes. When it enters the cell, it invades its nucleus and changes the genetic program.

Conditions for activation of the immunodeficiency virus:

• the presence of active chronic infections in the body, the pathogens of which constantly stimulate the production of antibodies;
• sufficient activity of T-lymphocytes - cells that carry out immune reactions;
• the presence of T-helpers that are not involved in the processes of immunity.

The time after which HIV manifests itself after infection is from 2 weeks to 10 years or more. But a person infected with a virus is its carrier, even if the disease has not yet manifested itself.

Groups of people with a short incubation period

Some people are at risk. Only not by the possibility of infection, but by the speed of development of the clinical picture of HIV.

People who have enough immunity cells and they are produced again:

1. Newborns - their T-cells are in the growth stage.
2. Drug addicts - all their processes are enhanced to the maximum.

In most cases, HIV can be detected in such people 1-2 weeks after infection. Congenital forms manifest themselves immediately after birth. The child suffers a prodromal period of HIV infection in the prenatal period of development.

The immunodeficiency virus poses a great danger to humans. No one is safe from her. At home, it is very difficult to recognize that you have HIV without tests. A reliable result can be determined only if you undergo an examination.

But in the modern world, experts have developed tests for self-determination of the virus, they provide an opportunity to test yourself. These tests are inexpensive and can be purchased at pharmacies.

There are two types of tests available:

1. A blood test from a finger, it is taken with a small puncture.
2. Analysis of a smear from the oral cavity. A more convenient option, since the result can be obtained in 1-20 minutes.

But it is important to understand that a positive home test result does not mean the presence of a virus in the body.. Often such tests are erroneous, so you should get tested in a stationary center as soon as possible. In addition, this can be done anonymously.

The final diagnosis of the presence of the immunodeficiency virus is not made only on the basis of the results of one laboratory test, but is determined by a combination of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data.

Rapid test for HIV infection

Everyone should know that the main risk for HIV infection is unprotected sex, sharing syringes while using drugs, sexual violence and promiscuity. In some cases, an error or negligence of doctors leads to infection.

If at least one T-cell is affected, the further mechanism of infection becomes irreversible. The production of antibodies begins - cells aimed at direct contact, which ends with a complete suppression of the immune system.

After the number of immune cells free from the fight against HIV decreases, the symptoms of the virus begin to appear.

HIV infection is a special virus that can be transmitted through breast milk, blood, semen. It irreversibly damages the human immune system.

Knowing the main causes of infection, symptoms, and how to check yourself at home, makes it possible to seek professional diagnostics in time and identify the disease at an early stage of development.

With the identification of the immunodeficiency virus in the body, life does not end. A healthy lifestyle, regular examinations and taking antiviral drugs will help save lives for the next decade.

There is no cure for this infection yet.. Certain drugs only keep an infected person alive.

26.10.2018

AIDS is a terrible disease of our time. It reveals various diseases that take place in the human body. Infections affect the internal organs, weakening the immune system. An accurate diagnosis can be determined by conducting laboratory tests. Doctors - specialists can say for sure whether there is HIV and AIDS in the body or not. But the symptoms, external manifestations are easy to determine on their own.

Symptoms of the disease

Changes in the general condition and appearance of the infected. For others, a sharp decrease in weight becomes noticeable, a sharp manifestation of weakness, a fever that manifests itself without any reason.

• Change in stool quality. Persistent diarrhea is a symptom of HIV and AIDS.
• The presence of skin diseases. Ulcers, unpleasant spots, purulent blisters are present on the skin. Warts appear on the body, which the patient cannot remove.
• Skin diseases of the legs. The fungus of the feet affects the nails, feet and completely lower limbs. Nails change their color, break, change shape.
• Increase in colds, pneumonia.
• The formation of incomprehensible tumors. The lymph nodes are enlarged. The tumor appears behind the ears, on the neck, under the chin, in the groin, under and above the collarbone.
• HIV and AIDS changes the behavior of an infected person due to effects on the brain. The patient cannot control his behavior, concentrate attention. The functionality of the memory is reduced. A person becomes unable to memorize a small simple poem.
• Mood change. A person with HIV/AIDS is most often in a bad state of mind, he is dissatisfied with himself and everything around him. All uncomplicated queries become top quality problems.

Any symptom can be considered a signal to see a doctor. Early detection of the stage of the disease is an opportunity to recover. A blood test, its complete analysis will give a diagnosis of the presence of HIV AIDS. Doctors will check the number of cells that saturate the immune system. They will check and be able to determine which disease has settled in the human body.

How to identify AIDS

A change in the level of immunity leads to the manifestation of various diseases. A weakened body cannot resist viruses, which in a healthy state can be easily dealt with even without medical treatment. The situation is changing. Any disease becomes terrible and dangerous.

The moment of infection and the moment of detection are sometimes separated by years, but these years do not pass without a trace for a weakened organism. An accurate diagnosis can be established with the help of laboratory tests, studies and verifications.

What is required to establish an accurate diagnosis:

• Detection of the presence of HIV and AIDS antibodies in the body.
• Determining the presence of RNA virus.
• An accurate count of the number of lymphocytes in the blood, the percentage of their deviation from the norm.

Detection of HIV is a very complex process, it can take several years. The virus is detected in a positively infected HIV after determining the composition of blood components. You need to look closely at various manifestations of the disease, including feces. Prolonged diarrhea, causeless fever, frequent weakness, sudden weight loss can be symptoms of a terrible disease.

The human body ceases to resist disease. The first signs appear on the skin: spots, ulcers, warts. One of the diseases that affects a person is foot fungus.

• Decreased immunity leads to frequent colds.
• The appearance of diseases in the oral cavity: thrush.
• The tongue and inner surfaces of the cheeks are covered with white ulcers or plaques.
• Herpes prolapse on the face;
• An increase in the number of laryngitis;
• The gums begin to bleed, this is especially noticeable in the morning;
• Skin effusions of blood, a decrease in coagulability become noticeable.

Possibilities of disease transmission

A disease that has no analogues, complex in course and treatment, can be acquired in various ways:

• Sexual intercourse of any type: vaginal, oral, anal.
• Infection through the blood of an infected person (syringe, needle, transfusion, contact opened with wounds).
• Genital fluids. They are especially dangerous for babies during pregnancy.

Inability to get infected in the following cases:

• Simple contact;
• Being close to the patient, communicating with him.
• Exchanging hugs or crying together;
• Through salivation.

You need to know for sure: HIV and AIDS does not bring death. They die from other diseases that the virus allows into the body, and it, weakening, ceases to resist.

Investigation of the disease and search for the possibility of treatment

Medical sources cannot find drugs to treat and destroy the virus that has entered the human body. All experiments, experiments do not give results in the search for a remedy that can drive out the infection. Currently, there are only drugs that slow down the progress of the immune system.

The whole system of therapy is aimed at reducing viral cells. You can delay their development. Medicines help preserve lymphocytes, which support cell resistance to viruses and infections.

Doctors constantly continue to study the nature of HIV AIDS, hoping to find a solution to the problem, they either come close to it, announce the emergence of miraculous remedies, including those made at home, then again roll back far, recognizing the victory of painful viruses over the works of medical geniuses. It can be considered that the main step in the prevention of the disease is the prevention of the receipt of the virus through unknown sexual relations and dirty syringes.

Stages of infection development

In 1989, V.I. Pokrovsky developed a classification of development and divided the course of the disease into stages.

1. Stage of incubatory manifestation. The settlement of the virus in the body, its reaction to the external manifestation. The duration of the period is not defined, it is individual in each case, it is not repeated and is not analyzed. We can only surmise its duration, it is impossible to determine exactly.
2. Primary signs of lymphadenopathy. The form of manifestation of symptoms is febrile, acute, asymptomatic.
3. latent stage. The time of destruction of lymphocytes by the virus. It can last from 2 years to 20 years. It all depends on the body's resistance, the level of its internal security, strength.
4. Stage of the terminal outcome. The disease wins, the body ceases to defend itself, and all secondary infections become incurable.
5. The stage of active manifestation of adverse diseases. The stage of a bright manifestation of signs of HIV AIDS.

• weight reduction;
• Deterioration of the nervous system;
• Rise in infectious diseases;
• Skin manifestations of infections and viruses;
• Damage to the mucous membranes and respiratory organs.

Manifestations of the disease

Signs of HIV become noticeable from the second stage of the disease. They are characterized by an acute form, feverish course, incomprehensible sharp symptoms.

• joint pain, headaches, throat infections;
• Pain in the eyes, change in vision;
• Increased lymph nodes in the neck, groin, armpits;
• Intoxication: gag reflex, diarrhea;
• Constantly elevated body temperature - 37.5;
• Decrease in weight: abrupt and independent of food intake;
• Ulcerative manifestations on the skin;
• Heavy sensations in bright light, desire for semi-darkness.

It is necessary to be attentive to health, the disease can be avoided or detected in time.

With the beginning of the autumn-winter cold, a person is overcome by colds and various infectious diseases, which are not always recognized and cured in time. And this is true (according to the therapists) the symptoms of SARS and influenza are very difficult to recognize. But, nevertheless, it can be done! Indeed, few people know that sometimes even a loss of appetite can mean that an inflammatory-infectious process has begun in your body. From the information in this article, you can learn how to understand that you are sick, and how to do this at an early stage.

At the initial stage, the characteristic symptoms are the following signs: runny nose, severe headache, a sharp increase in temperature, as well as severe weakness in the body, lethargy, weakness, apathy.

Cold - how to recognize it?

Doctors repeatedly remind that the flu and the common cold are two different conditions. Moreover, their symptoms are almost 100% similar. The only difference between these 2 conditions is that the flu affects our body much faster.

So, let's move on to describing the common signs of a cold and flu:

• Characteristic pain in the muscles and joints;
• Runny nose;
• Irritation of the nasal mucosa;
• sneezing;
• tearing;
• Constant desire for sleep and rest;
• "Broken" unassembled state.

More common symptoms for a cold than for the flu are:

• Cough with concomitant sore throat;
• Dry hacking cough or cough with increased sputum production;
• Sinusitis;
• severe joint pain;
• Unpleasant sensations of tinnitus;
• Headache;
• Pain in all muscles of the body;
• Feeling of a "heavy" body, which is very difficult to lift;
• Body temperature at the same time can remain at around 37 degrees.

If you have the flu, then, most likely, symptoms such as:

• A sharp spontaneous increase in temperature up to 39 degrees and may even be higher;
• Fever;
• Chills;
• Migraine - severe headache with pain in the temples;
• severe chest pain;
• , joints.

Misconceptions about the flu

There are several common misconceptions about the flu. Let's look at them in more detail:

• The flu is not such a terrible disease.

What do you think, is this true or not? According to the World Health Organization, influenza, as well as SARS, is the most common disease in the world. And most often (this, surprisingly, but in 90% of clinical cases), influenza leads to such complications as meningitis, sinusitis, otitis media, rhinitis, and cardiovascular diseases.

• The flu can be easily carried on your feet

Many of us have come across the opinion that the flu can be carried on the feet. After all, what is there? You can take a handful of pills and go to work. But, then, these people are surprised that their temperature rises to 40 degrees, and the physiological state leaves much to be desired. It should be understood that the risk of severe complications occurs in pregnant women, heart patients, and also in asthmatics.

Based on this information, we can say that the flu is a very dangerous disease, the occurrence of which must be taken seriously.

Can flu and cold symptoms be prevented?

When a person experiences symptoms such as:

• Desire for constant sleep;
• Complete or partial lack of appetite;
• Unpleasant;
• Isolation of tears (uncontrolled);
• Nasal congestion that does not go away after blowing the nose.

Such symptoms and malaise indicate that you will soon begin an infectious-inflammatory course of a cold or flu. The flu lasts about 2-3 weeks, while the common cold can only last a few days.

Influenza and colds can be prevented even when these conditions have already begun to bother you with their first characteristic signs.

Even if you do not stop the course of the disease in time, you will definitely succeed in significantly reducing the course of the disease.

How to relieve colds?

So, we have already found out that flu and colds can be prevented in advance or significantly alleviate the usually severe course of colds.

The first thing to do is to warm up the body from the inside, thereby starting the blood circulation of the internal organs, and, accordingly, increase the protective functions of the body.

At night, you need to make a special bath with mustard (you need to add a few tablespoons of mustard powder to ordinary hot water). The duration of such a bath is only 15-20 minutes. After that, you need to put on warm socks.

Among the folk methods of treatment are:

• About 3 cloves of garlic should be eaten per day, which is an effective prevention of colds. Traditional healers recommend cutting garlic into small pieces and swallowing it whole (without chewing) as flu and cold tablets. By the way, in this way, you can avoid the occurrence of bad breath.
• As soon as you begin to feel a sharp malaise, weakness, headache, take any of the antiviral agents widely available in the pharmacy. The active substances of these drugs are aimed at fighting the virus and infection that attacks the body.
• If the temperature of the patient is at around 37-38 degrees, then it is not worth knocking it down. Such a slight increase in temperature indicates that the body is actively fighting the virus, therefore, you should not interfere with natural biological processes.

Important! It is much easier to prevent the onset of a disease than to treat its consequences. And this rule works quite effectively in relation to colds and viral diseases. Do not assume that your body will resist the disease, the symptoms of a cold are quite insidious.