However, the patterns of how people get sick are quite variable.
People can indeed show signs of infection before that and often do.
The signs include medical problems such as oral or vaginal thrush, shingles, bacterial pneumonia, and unexplained fever and weight loss. Some people, however, drift below 200 CD4 cells without any associated illnesses. Experts appearing on this page are independent and are solely responsible for editing and fact-checking their material. Neither The Body nor any sponsor is the publisher or speaker of posted visitors' questions or the experts' material. Questions and messages posted to this forum are not statements of advice,opinion, or information of The Body, Body Health Resources Corporation or any sponsor of this forum.