Symptoms of HIV infection in pregnant women

Update Date: 2024-07-20 Source: Network

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Some pregnant women unknowingly infected with AIDS, but do not know, and finally in childbirth, the AIDS infection to the newborn. In fact, modern mother to child transmission blocking technology has been very modern, can let AIDS pregnant women born healthy baby. But the premise is that pregnant women know they are suffering from AIDS and inform their doctors. Then I would like to share my views on the symptoms of HIV infection among pregnant women.

Symptoms of HIV infection in pregnant women

1. Acute early symptoms of AIDS in pregnant women infected with AIDS about 4-8 weeks, there may be some acute early symptoms. These symptoms, such as swollen lymph nodes, rash, night sweats, headache, cough, are very similar to common cold. AIDS in the early onset, there will be systemic lymphadenopathy, common distribution in the neck, armpit and groin. A few pregnant women may have mild anemia symptoms, which is similar to iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy. So that pregnant women infected with HIV, is likely not to show too many abnormal symptoms.

2. General symptoms of AIDS patients, there will be persistent fever, weakness, night sweats, systemic symptoms of superficial lymph node enlargement, weight can be reduced by about 10% in three months, there are patients can be reduced by 40%. AIDS patients are particularly thin. However, pregnant women during pregnancy, weight is constantly increasing. After HIV infection, pregnant women do not necessarily attack, so it is difficult to judge.

3. Respiratory symptoms and gastrointestinal symptoms AIDS patients will have long-term cough, chest pain, dyspnea, severe sputum with blood respiratory symptoms and loss of appetite, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, severe bloody stool gastrointestinal symptoms. Pregnant women infected with AIDS, may also have such symptoms.

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However, the latent period of AIDS is very long, many times pregnant women infected with HIV will not have any symptoms. Therefore, if pregnant women have high-risk behaviors or their partners have high-risk behaviors, they should be tested in time. It is necessary to prevent mother to child transmission in case of HIV infection.