Your Opinion on Symptoms of HIV

Hello,

I have read through many posts on questions related to early HIV symptoms and the responses are generally as ', no, you do not have early HIV symptoms, or something similar.

Can you please tell me, based on your knowledge of people who you know eventually did test positive for HIV, what were the most common set of early symptoms?

I have read websites as most due but getting information from someone with longtime experience and knowledge, it would be very helpful...and I realize there is a span of symptoms and everyone does not get them all.

Thank you.

[Vance2335]

You get all of the "symptoms", but you can never use symptoms because most people don't get symptoms.
So that is why you always see either people say on here that you can't use symptoms as an indication.

[Vance2335]

Oh and even the people who say the have all of the symptoms just about all come back with a negative result. The mind has a great way of telling us we have something when we don't.

[atrelle]

hm...You rae saying that most people actually get no symptoms at all?...I have read where 50-90% get certain symptoms which implies 50% get no symptoms.

I was just trying to confirm that and also what are the common ones for people who test positive. Are you saying that those who report symptoms usually get all of them...or they none of them?

Im a bit confused.

Thanks

[LIZZIE LOU]

you can google ARS symptoms...but let me just say that those same "symptoms" are related to many common, everyday illnesses.  THAT is why symptoms are never a good indicator of whether one has been infected.