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- HIV-associated disease presents a wide range of symptoms, often due to opportunistic infections (OIs) rather than the virus itself.
- Acute HIV infection commonly includes symptoms like fever, swollen lymph nodes, rash, and mouth sores, while chronic infection can lead to skin issues, joint pain, and neurological problems.
- Clinicians can typically diagnose HIV by recognizing the patterns of these various symptoms in a patient.
Article Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated disease is known for its protean manifestations. However, many of the characteristic findings on physical examination are not associated with HIV infection per se but the numerous opportunistic infections (OIs) that are common in patients with advanced HIV disease. Common findings of acute HIV infection include fever, adenopathy, rash, and oral ulcers. Chronic HIV infection is associated with skin, rheumatologic, and neurologic manifestations. OIs also cause skin, oropharyngeal, ocular, and neurologic manifestations. A skilled clinician can often recognize HIV disease based on the combination of these findings.
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