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There are several stages when you start to become infected with HIV virus until symptoms of AIDS:

1. Stage 1: Period window
- HIV enters the body, until the formation of antibodies to HIV in the blood
- No special tanda2, people with HIV look healthy and feel healthy
- HIV test can not detect the presence of this virus
- This stage is called the window period, generally ranging from 2 weeks - 6 months

2. Stage 2: HIV-Positive (without symptoms) on average for 5-10 years:
- HIV in the body breed
- No special signs, people with HIV look healthy and feel healthy
- HIV Test is able to detect HIV status of a person, having been formed antibodies against HIV
-Generally stay looking good for 5-10 years, depending on body endurance (average 8 years (in developing countries is shorter)

3. Stage 3: HIV-Positive (symptoms)
- Getting the immune system down
- Start up of symptoms of opportunistic infections, such as: swollen lymph glands throughout the body, constant diarrhea, flu, etc.
- Generally lasts for more than 1 month, depending on her endurance

4. Stage 4: AIDS
- Condition of the body's immune system is very weak
- Various other diseases (opportunistic infections) getting worse


What are the symptoms of people infected with HIV become AIDS?

2 can be seen from the symptoms of Major symptoms (more common) and Minor symptoms (not common):

Major Symptoms:
- Weight loss of more than 10% within 1 month
- Chronic diarrhea lasting more than 1 month
- Prolonged fever for more than 1 month
- The decline of consciousness and neurological disorders
- Dementia / HIV encephalopathy

Minor Symptoms:
- A cough settled more than 1 month
- Dermatitis generalized
- The zostermultisegmental herpes zoster and recurrent herpes
- Kandidias orofaringeal
- Herpes simplex chronic progressive
- Generalized lymphadenopathy
- Recurrent fungal infection in female genitals
- Cytomegalovirus retinitis