Early symptomatic HIV infection

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Primary HIV infection

Oral thrush

Canker sore (aphthous ulcer)

Mycobacterium marinum infection on the hand

Dermatitis, seborrheic - close-up

Dermatitis, seborrheic on the face

Molluscum on the chest

Molluscum contagiosum on the face

Herpes zoster (shingles), disseminated

Immune system structures

Overview

Symptoms

Treatment

Prevention

Early symptomatic HIV infection

Alternative Names:

AIDS-related complex - ARC; Chronic symptomatic HIV infection

Symptoms:

mouth disorders
- oral hairy leukoplakia of tongue, caused by a viral infection
- oral thrush (a yeast infection of the mouth)
- gingivitis
prolonged diarrhea
skin disorders
- seborrheic dermatitis
- molluscum contagiosum
- chronic dermatophyte infection (fungal infection of the skin or nails)
swollen lymph glands
sweating, excessive -- night sweats
bacterial pneumonia
prolonged fever
prolonged fatigue
malaise (vague feeling of discomfort)
weight loss
joint pain
peripheral neuropathy
pap smear that shows cervical dysplasia
recurrent herpes zoster -- herpes infection that occurs over a very small patch of skin
a rare disease called ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) -- where the number of platelets in the bloodstream is very low

Signs and tests:

HIV ELISA/Western blot positive for HIV antibodies

Lab tests that indicate immune system suppression include:

CD4 lymphocyte count decreased
CBC, WBC less than 4,000
platelet count less than 100,000
skin test anergy -- no response to special skin tests used to test for infection or immune function

Review Date: 2/13/2006
Reviewed By: Monica Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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