Feb 9, 2024 · The symptoms of HIV and AIDS vary depending on the person and the phase of infection. Primary infection, also called acute HIV. Some people infected by HIV get a flu-like illness within 2 to 4 weeks after the virus enters the body. This stage may last a few days to several weeks. Some people have no symptoms during this stage. Possible symptoms ...

Feb 9, 2024 · If you get a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, tests can help your healthcare professional learn the stage of your disease and the best treatment, including: CD4 T cell count. CD4 T cells are white blood cells that HIV targets and destroys. Even if you have no symptoms, HIV infection becomes AIDS when your CD4 T cell count dips below 200.

Jan 11, 2023 · Early HIV symptoms are called acute retroviral syndrome or acute HIV infection. The symptoms are the body's natural response to the virus. Many people with HIV get flu-like symptoms of it early on, but some people don't.

Feb 9, 2024 · Mayo Clinic Minute: Know your status -- the importance of HIV testing June 25, 2024, 04:00 p.m. CDT; Unlocking the mechanisms of HIV in preclinical research Jan. 10, 2024, 03:30 p.m. CDT; Mayo Clinic expert on future of HIV …

Nov 17, 2015 · More than 36 million people worldwide are living with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In the United States alone, more than 1.3 million Americans carry the virus — that's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Jan 3, 2025 · AIDS-related or epidemic Kaposi sarcoma. This type happens in people infected with human immunodeficiency virus, also called HIV. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.

Jun 19, 2024 · The HIV Clinic, available at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, provides specialized treatment for people who have been exposed to or diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.

Jun 14, 2021 · HIV is a sexually transmitted infection spread through contact with infected blood, semen or vaginal fluids. The virus also can be spread by sharing drug needles and syringes, and less commonly from mother to child. Watch: Dr. Stacey …

Apr 12, 2016 · While there's no vaccine for HIV or a cure for AIDS, the disease can be prevented and treated. Dr. Rizza says three main ideas are key to stopping transmission and slowing the virus: prevention , treatment and research of new therapies.

Sep 17, 2015 · Since the 1980s, pneumocystis pneumonia, or PCP, has infected thousands of HIV/AIDS patients. For nearly three decades, Mayo Clinic internist Andrew Limper, M.D., has researched the mystifying and often fatal lung infection.