The Impact of HIV on Health: Symptoms and Diagnosis

Counseling is a process in which a person learns about the real situation. You learn how to solve your upcoming life situations. HIV counseling can reduce stress from daily life. It helps you understand how to diagnose an HIV test, learn about the procedure of medicines, and gain community knowledge. A person can also learn to deal with stressful situations during long life periods.

How effect of the HIV of Human person :-

First, when the HIV virus enters the body, it infects the person’s cells. It targets CD4 T cells and macrophages and starts replicating. HIV induces the body’s immune system to produce antibodies specific to HIV.

As explained above, the period between acquiring the infection and producing detectable HIV antibodies is called the window period. This period can last anywhere from two to 12 weeks. During this period, an individual can have an acute HIV infection (AHI). This is also sometimes referred to as a primary HIV infection (PHI).

Here an infected person can be highly infectious despite having a negative HIV test result. At the time of infection, 30%-50% of people develop a recognizable acute illness. This illness is characterized by fever, (enlarged lymph nodes), night sweats, skin rash, headache, and cough.

HIV-positive individuals may stay without symptoms (asymptomatic) for up to 10 or more years. In this phase, they are potentially a critical factor for the transmission of HIV. They are infectious but can be identified only through blood screening for HIV antibodies.

After a period that varies from person to person, viral replication resumes. This leads to the destruction of CD 4 lymphocytes and other immune cells. As a result, a progressive immune deficiency syndrome develops. Progression depends on several factors. These include the type of HIV infection, the person’s age, and other infections. Genetic (hereditary) factors may also play a role. Infections, diseases, and malignancies occur among HIV-infected individuals and are related to the degree of immune suppression. ( Source – WHO ).

How to diagnosed HIV test

HIV is a virus it can be found in the body in various area after detected positive. A person can choose PCR test, rapid test & elisa test as per convince.