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Originally posted by ItBurnsWhenIpee
Got a paranoid friend who thinks he has an HIV symptom (a skin condition called mulluscum in his pube-lower abdomen area below the belt). But he hasn't had sex or anything in a year.
I told him he would be sick by now if he's had HIV for the last year. Is that right?
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Once you get infected. About 50 to 75% of people get flu like symptoms 2 weeks to a month after infection. More like mononucleosis (enlarged lymphnodes, strep throat..)
You can then be symptom-free for even 10 years or so, before you develop complications of a weakened immune system. These symptoms are more varied and include serious infections. People may develop weight loss, fevers, tiredness, and a host of other infections.