If you are infected with the HIV virus, how long would it take to develop symptoms?

According to the Mayo Clinic, a leading medical authority in medical research who is known for its clinic's thoroughness and proper methods of obtaining accurate data, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), does not always affect and effect each HIV infected person the same. The amount of time it takes to display symptoms varies from person to person. The Mayo Clinic warns in their research that during the "Early Infection" stage, a person may feel completely healthy, carrying around the HIV in their blood without even knowing; possibly unwittingly spreading it.It is, however, common to mistake having HIV for the flu; the symptoms are similar.

Some may even come down with "a fever, headache, sore throat, swollen lymph glands, or a rash". These symptoms may appear all at once together or individually. Whether one infected with HIV has symptoms or not, the virus does immediately attack one's lymph nodes and negatively attacks the immune system.

This lack of symptoms phase, where an infected person feels healthy and maintains being in the "Early Infection" stage (according to the Mayo Clinic's HIV research) can last "eight, nine, or more years". One of the first warning signs (most common) in the next phase, referred by the Mayo Clinic as the "Later Infection" stage, is the swelling of the lymph nodes which causes the lymph glands to visibly look swollen. Other symptoms in this "Later Infection" stage are "diarrhea, noticeable weight-loss, fever, cough, and shortness of breath.

" As with the "Early Infection" stage these can be experienced all together or individually. "The Last Phase of Infection" which occurs about "ten years or more" after the day one became infected with HIV, more serious symptoms are known to occur. This final stage can change the diagnosis from HIV to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) depending upon the nature of the symptoms and if it is determined has progressed to the definition for AIDS.

By the time an infected person reaches the AIDS phase, the immune system is "severely damaged". If you think you might be infected with HIV immediate schedule an appointment with a qualified physician (your regular doctor can refer you to a specialist if required for the testing). Taking the HIV test can better assist the physician with his or her diagnosis.

The HIV test is regarded safe and doctors are familiar with it; use it regularly as a patient requires the test. This test has been used since the late twentieth century so fairly accurate today.As with any medical test, there is a margin for error. The Mayo Clinic recommends: "If you engage in a high-risk behavior such as unprotected sex or sharing needles during intravenous drug use, get tested for HIV at least annually.

" It is better knowing and doing something to prevent spreading HIV, than to be ignorant, have it, and later down the road pay the consequences for infecting others.Do not be embarrassed to take the HIV test. This is a preventative measure. Many who have unfaithful spouses or significant others have taken the HIV test.

They were glad they did, helped give them a peace of mind.

You can not find the clinical symptoms until the virus manifests to the third stage. It stays in window period and then begins with asymptomatic stage. Only after this stage the symptoms put up.

And it varies from person to person based on his resistance to the virus.

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