What symptom does AIDS child have?

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AIDS itself is not a disease, but a state or comprehensive symptom that cannot resist other diseases. People will not die of AIDS, but will die of AIDS related diseases. The clinical manifestations of AIDS in children were similar to those in adults except that there were no lymph node lesions, Kaposi's sarcoma and opportunistic infection. Almost all AIDS children have hepatosplenomegaly, interstitial pneumonia and poor development. What symptom does AIDS child have? Let's talk about it.

What symptom does AIDS child have?

1. 50% of the children survived for 12 months after diagnosis. The one-year survival rate of children with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia less than 12 months old was only 30%; 48% of the elderly children with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; 72% of older children with other diseases.

2. These findings are consistent in nature with the findings of different clinical centers. The characteristics of clinical manifestations appear in the early stage of children, usually in 4-8 months old children, including Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, wasting syndrome and encephalopathy.

3. In children with early and late manifestations, the symptoms range from persistent otitis media to severe bacterial meningitis or pneumonia. In opportunistic infection, the difference between children with AIDS and adults is that bacterial infection is very common in children with AIDS, while Kaposi's sarcoma is rare in adults.

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People will not die of AIDS, but will die of AIDS related diseases. High incidence of AIDS: homosexuals like anal sex, drug addicts, hemophilia patients, blood transfusion or blood products, and people who have sex with high-risk groups.