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Unexplained severe weight loss & wasting |
Loss of more than 5% of body weight and muscle wasting. |
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Chronic herpes infection |
Mostly transmitted through oral to oral contact associated with fever, also called as cold sores. |
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Candidiasis (wind pipe, lungs) |
At this stage, candidiasis causes infection of lungs associated with chills and fever, may lead to septic shock. |
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Tuberculosis |
Contagious bacterial infection usually affects lungs and can also spread to other parts of body like brain and spine. |
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Recurrent Severe Bacterial Infections |
Infections like TB, Pneumonia, Salmonella typhi, occurring more frequently in HIV cases due to weak/ damaged immune system. Nowadays such conditions are less commonly seen because of the effectiveness of HIV treatment. |
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Pneumonia |
Infection of the lungs caused by virus, fungus, bacteria resulting in pus or fluid filled sacs instead of air. |
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Viral infections |
Presence of virus in the body having symptoms like fever, cough, cold, sore throat, body rashes, resulting in the weakening of immune system, thus hijacking the complete hold of body’s immunity, making it more vulnerable to other infections. |
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Encephalopathy |
Damage to brain leading to altered mental state with the presentation of being in state of confusion. |
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Kaposi Sarcoma |
Painless purplish spot found genital areas, mouth and lymph nodes. |
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CNS toxoplasmosis |
It is a life threatening disease with a high prevalence of cerebral abscess in immunocompromised cases like in HIV. It can develop when absolute CD4 count is less than 100 u/L. |
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Mycosis |
A fungal infection that is initially confined to skin, resulting in skin rashes and abnormal vaginal discharge, then invades bones, organs and ultimately affects the whole body. |
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Lymphoma |
Cancer of lymphatic system that is a part of body’s defense mechanism, associated with weight loss and enlargement of lymph nodes. |
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Cardiomyopathy |
Heart muscle dysfunction leading to heart failure. |
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Nephropathy |
Damaged blood vessels of kidney leading to Collapse of normal kidney function and ultimately to kidney failure. |
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Septicemia |
Bacterial entry into the blood leading to blood poisoning, resulting in organ failure and death. |
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Carcinomas |
Cancer of tissues and lining of internal organs. |
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Cryptosporidiosis |
Parasitic infection caused by cryptosporidium. This parasite when enter the human body succeeds in making niche in the intestine walls thus resulting in continuous vomiting, diarrhea, fever, cramps and sudden weight loss. |
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