Can HIV infection have cough symptoms?

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Recently, I have been coughing, and my throat is very itchy. The more I cough, the worse I cough. At the beginning, I had a cold, but later I got better after treatment for a period of time. However, my cough has been bad and lasted for a very long time. I think it's definitely not a cold. The more I think about it, the more I fear it will be other serious diseases, Especially think of AIDS is also a cold cough symptoms, so most afraid that they will get this disease, HIV infection will have cough symptoms? Let's talk about it

Can HIV infection have cough symptoms?

First of all, the initial symptoms of AIDS usually appear in about 2 weeks of infection, the symptoms can not represent anything, the probability of infection is not big. In the early stage of infection, fever, dizziness, weakness, sore throat and other similar "cold" symptoms can appear. The symptoms usually last for 1-2 weeks and then disappear. After that, the patient goes into an asymptomatic incubation period.

Secondly, the window period of AIDS is usually 2-6 weeks, which may be as long as 3 months. If you can test it in 6 weeks, the negative will be basically ruled out. If you test again in 3 months, the negative will be completely ruled out.

Finally, the average incubation period of AIDS is 9 years, as short as a few months, as long as 15 years. The acute phase is usually 2-4 weeks after initial HIV infection. Fever is common and the whole body is uncomfortable. There may be HIV RNA and p24 antigen in this phase of blood examination.

matters needing attention

At ordinary times, we should do a good job in relevant prevention to avoid HIV infection, such as not having dirty sex, preferably not having extramarital sex or premarital sex, and not taking drugs, especially taking drugs with needles, which is very easy to get HIV infection.