Once infected, how long does HIV virus takes to create AIDS symptoms?
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It varies from case to case. Could be 2 weeks, could be 20 years.  Magic Johnson still hasn't developed AIDS.
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Ask the top 15 AIDS researchers in the world how long it would take HIV to infect the initial cells. If you were to inject these 15 leading AIDS researchers with a live HIV they would probably start a treatment promptly. It's possible all could be cured before 10 - 14 days ( about two weeks ). These great researchers would want to present their findings to the world. Yes, it would help find a cure for AIDS faster.
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some doctors like patients to re-test their blood for HIV and other STD's as although the test originally said you were negative, the virus may not have been in your system long enough to be detected.\n\nThe HIV virus can take up to 1 - 2 months to be detected by blood tests. Doctors will initally run a test when you believe you have been infected, and another 6 months later to ensure the original diagnosis was the correct one.\n\nAs with all diagnosis methods, the blood testing HIV procedures are not perfect! For your health and the saftey of those you are sexually active with, the second test is high recommended. Until then, i would high recommend having safe sex!
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I'll try to keep it simple, but comprehensive\n\nThe main symptom of HIV is that the body begins to kill off its own T-Cells, which help to keep the body disease-free. When the number of T-Cells reaches a certain critical low point, AIDS can develop.\n\nHIV is a virus, which means that it is small enough to enter other cells in the body. When it enters a cell, it messes around with the cell's DNA and turns it into a virus factory. The more viruses there are, more T-cells die. The medications that your friend is taking should kill off some of the virus, but HIV can adapt to drugs quickly and sometimes develop immunity to the medicines.\n\nIf your friend has a good T-Cell count, that means that he still has many of his T-Cells, enough to stay relatively healthy. Viral load simply is a measure of how much of the HIV virus is inside of his body. High viral load is bad. Low viral load is good.\n\nIf your friend is sexually active, he MUST USE A CONDOM AT ALL TIMES! I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. Also, he should avoid sexual contact when he is having an outbreak (this is when virus production kicks into overdrive. This can happen either spontaneously, or because it develops an immunity to the medicine he is taking). As long as he uses a condom, takes his medication, and doesn't have sex during his outbreaks, the chances of spreading HIV are marginal (but still POSSIBLE, as condoms are not 100% effective)\n\nI hope i helped you with this. Please respond here or e-mail me back with any other questions. E-mail: mrwasabi90@hotmail.com (Preferably e-mail)\n\nIf you want more information I suggest calling Dr. Drew on LoveLine. He is a board-certified physician and will gladly answer questions about sex, STDs, drug addiction, etc. 1-800-LOVE-191 (call between 10pm and 12 PM Pacific Standard Time)\n\nAll I can say to you and your friend is good luck.
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There is no test for AIDS.  You can get a test for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.  It can take up to 6 months for enough antibodies to HIV to build up in the body for an HIV test to be reliable.  If you are worried that you have done things that put you at risk, like having sex with multiple partners,  shooting drugs or sex with people you do not know, I would recommend you be tested every six months.  I would also recommend learning more about HIV/AIDS and perhaps going to an agency in your community where you can ask questions in a private and confidential setting.  Check out this website for more information about HIV/AIDS, how to stay safe and where you can go for testing:  http://www.hivtest.org/index.htm \n\nI lost a friend to AIDS and I promised her that I would continue to educate people about prevention as she did before she died.  She was a lovely woman who dedicated the last months of her life to educating our community about HIV/AIDS and the importance of testing.  I miss her a whole lot.
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There r many, here is a website.\nhttp://www.hivsymptoms.org/aids-symptoms.html
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The symptoms of AIDS are primarily the result of conditions that do not normally develop in individuals with healthy immune systems. Most of these conditions are infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites that are normally controlled by the elements of the immune system that HIV damages. Opportunistic infections are common in people with AIDS [18]. Nearly every organ system is affected. People with AIDS also have an increased risk of developing various cancers such as Kaposi sarcoma, cervical cancer and cancers of the immune system known as lymphomas.\n\nAdditionally, people with AIDS often have systemic symptoms of infection like fevers, sweats (particularly at night), swollen glands, chills, weakness, and weight loss [19][20]. After the diagnosis of AIDS is made, the current average survival time with antiretroviral therapy is estimated to be now more than 5 years [21], but because new treatments continue to be developed and because HIV continues to evolve resistance to treatments, estimates of survival time are likely to continue to change. Without antiretroviral therapy, progression to death normally occurs within a year [8]. Most patients die from opportunistic infections or malignancies associated with the progressive failure of the immune system [22].\n\nThe rate of clinical disease progression varies widely between individuals and has been shown to be affected by many factors such as host susceptibility [9][10][13], health care and co-infections [8][22], and peculiarities of the viral strain [15][23][24]. Also, the specific opportunistic infections that AIDS patients develop depends in part on the prevalence of these infections in the geographic area in which the patient lives.
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Unprotected sex, no matter how long can transfer Aids.  The aids may not show up in the blood for a month or two.  Hope you learned something from it, like not having sex without some sort of protection.
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). ‘Acquired’ means not inherited. ‘Immune deficiency’ means a breakdown in the body’s immune system. ‘Syndrome’ refers to a range of diseases that may be associated with another disease.\n\nIn this case, diseases that take advantage of the body’s weakened immune system are used to define the onset of AIDS. In Australia, HIV is most commonly spread by sexual intercourse without a condom and through sharing needles, syringes and other injecting equipment.\n\nSymptoms\nSymptoms of HIV are common to a number of other illnesses. If you think you have been put at risk of getting HIV, or if you have any of the signs below (or a combination of them) for a month or longer, you should consult your doctor. Symptoms can include: \n\nFlu-like symptoms \nExtreme and constant tiredness \nFevers, chills and night sweats \nRapid weight loss for no known reason \nSwollen lymph glands in the neck, underarm or groin area \nWhite spots or unusual marks in the mouth \nSkin marks or bumps, either raised or flat, usually painless and purplish \nContinuous coughing or a dry cough \nDiarrhoea \nDecreased appetite.\nHow it is spread \nSomeone who has HIV may not have any symptoms, but they carry the virus and could pass it on through blood or body fluids. HIV can be spread in a number of ways, including: \nUnprotected vaginal or anal sex with someone who has HIV \nSharing injecting equipment and needles with someone who has HIV \nFrom a mother who has HIV to a child during pregnancy, birth or via breastfeeding \nUnprotected oral sex with someone who has HIV (this is less common).\nHIV can’t be spread by social contact\nThere is no evidence to suggest that HIV is spread by ordinary social or family contact such as hugging, shaking hands, sharing household items or through toilets seats, swimming pools or pets. HIV doesn’t live long outside of the body. It can be killed by ordinary household bleach, or soap and warm water.\n\nSafe sex explained\nSafe sex means sex where semen, vaginal secretions or blood are not exchanged between sexual partners. Some safe sexual activities include: \nMutual masturbation \nTouching \nCuddling \nBody-to-body rubbing \nErotic massage. \nCondoms \nUsing condoms properly during intercourse (anal and vaginal) will greatly reduce the risk of spreading HIV. Condoms must be used correctly and with plenty of lubricant. Water-based lubricant should be used, as other types of lubricants will cause condoms to break. Female condoms are also available and should also be used with lubricants. \n\nSafe sex can prevent infection\nHIV can be spread by unprotected anal or vaginal sex with someone who has HIV. Safe sex is recommended if either partner has HIV or if either partner is unsure of whether they have HIV. Other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) such as herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhoea can also be spread by unprotected sex. If either partner has an STI, or if either partner is unsure of whether they have an STI, safe sex is also recommended. HIV infection is more readily acquired or transmitted if either partner is infected with another STI.\n\nHIV and oral sex\nUnprotected oral sex is low risk for spreading HIV but using a condom or avoiding ejaculation into the mouth is recommended when either partner has ulcers or bleeding gums, or has recently brushed or flossed their teeth. Condom use may also prevent the spread of other STIs such as herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhoea. These STIs may be spread more easily by unprotected oral sex.\n\nHIV and deep kissing\nOnly very small amounts of HIV are found in the saliva of people who have HIV. For you to get HIV, a lot of saliva would need to get into your blood via ulcers or bleeding gums. Deep kissing is a low risk behaviour for spreading HIV.\n\nHIV and blood products\nSince May 1985, all blood donations in Australia have been tested for HIV. This means that blood transfusion
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AIDS spreads through multiple sexual contacts or by using common syringes or razor blades etc best thing to confirm abt hiv is 2 get tested for hiv not only ELISA -ve tells tht u r hiv -ve there r many other tests u shd undergo ELISA is just 2 detect 4 or 5 strains there r 18 - 22 strains of hiv virus against whom u must b negative only thn u r considered -ve 2 AIDS u know AIDS is a last stage of hiv infection
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Though it's not been scientifcally reseached enough, a person exposed to HIV will usually develop a 2-3 day "conversion flu", symptoms seem similar to nausea, food poisoning or fever.  It's when the viral load can achieve its highest hold in the body before the immune system has a chance to kick in,
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Symptoms of a disease appear after the incubation period and antibodies appear in the blood much later. You have to conduct the test periodically if the test is found to be negative.\nHIV/AIDS-Incubation Period: Some people develop symptoms shortly after being infected, but for many it takes more than ten years for symptoms to appear. \nNegative tests do not necessarily rule out HIV infection, because there is an interval (called the "window period") between HIV infection and the appearance of measurable anti-HIV antibodies. If a person is suspected of having acute or primary HIV infection, and of being in the "window period," a negative HIV ELISA and Western Blot will not rule out HIV infection. Additional testing for HIV viral load will need to be performed.\nThe hepatitis C virus is usually detectable in the blood within one to three weeks after infection, and antibodies to the virus are generally detectable within 3 to 12 weeks. Approximately 20-30% of persons infected with HCV clear the virus from their bodies during the acute phase as shown by normalization in liver function tests (LFTs) such as alanine transaminase (ALT) & aspartate transaminase (AST) normalization, as well as plasma HCV-RNA clearance (this is known as spontaneous viral clearance).\nPlease see the webpages for more details on HIV/AIDs and Hepatitis C.
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It can take from 7 days to two weeks. Very few times, it can take longer. Go and check with your doctor if u have some kind of outbreak
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I'll assume that you didn't wear protection, so you are at risk for contracting the virus.\n\nThe standard test for HIV is the HIV Elisa test.  The average time it takes to develope antibodies to the HIV virus is 25 days.  94% of people will test positive after 56 days of infection and 97% after 90 days.  The remaining 3% will take up to six months.  This is due to an abnormal immune system and is considered very rare.\n\nIf you have a healthy immune system I would get tested after 25 days and then again at 90 days.  You can consider the 90 day test conclusive.
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It depends on the disease. Some will show symptoms in a few days. Others it may take up to a month. In the case of HIV, it may take years to develop symptoms. The question I would need answered is how do you know they had an STD? Their STD or their symptoms will allow you to get a more specific answer to your question.
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An HIV patient has the virus, but doesn't have the symptoms of AIDS yet, while in an AIDS patient the disease is already noticeable.
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that is EXACTLY how you get AIDS.  If you got AIDS you will have the virus in your blood and be able to infect others immediately, but you will not TEST positive for AIDS for 3 months or more, sometimes up to a year.  So if you just did something foolish, please don't spread it around!  get celibate and get tested in a few months.