Within a month or two of HIV entering
the body, 40% to 90% of people experience flu- like symptoms known as
acute retroviral syndrome (ARS).
But sometimes HIV symptoms don’t appear for years, sometimes even a decade, after infection.
“In the early stages of HIV infection, the most common symptoms are none,” says Michael Horberg, MD, director of HIV/AIDS for Kaiser Permanente, in Oakland, Calif.
One in five people in the United States
with HIV doesn’t know they have it, which is why it’s so important to
get tested, especially if you have unprotected $*x with more than one
partner or use intravenous drugs.
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