It is important to start antiretroviral (ARVs) early because Starting antiretroviral(ARVS) therapy early in HIV-infected people prevents AIDS-related and non-AIDS-related diseases.
Example of HIV related diseases according HIV stages
Stage 1
persistent generalized lymphadenopathy
Stage 2
Unexplained weight loss of less than 10 percent of total body weight
Recurrent respiratory infections (such as sinusitis, bronchitis, otitis media, and pharyngitis.
Dermatological conditions including herpes zoster flares, angular cheilitis, recurrent oral ulcerations, papular pruritic eruptions, seborrhoeic dermatitis, and fungal nail infections
Stage 3
Weight loss of greater than 10 percent of total body weight.
Prolonged (more than 1 month) unexplained diarrhea.
Pulmonary tuberculosis, and severe systemic bacterial infections including pneumonia, pyelonephritis, empyema, pyomyositis, meningitis, bone and joint infections, and bacteremia.
Mucocutaneous conditions, including recurrent oral candidiasis, oral hairy leukoplakia, and acute necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis, gingivitis, or periodontitis.
Stage 4
HIV wasting syndrome.
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP).
Recurrent severe or radiological bacterial pneumonia
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
HIV encephalopathy
CNS toxoplasmosis
chronic (more than 1 month) or orolabial herpes simplex infection, esophageal candidiasis
Kaposi’s sarcoma
Cytomegaloviral (CMV) infections (CMV retinitis or infection of organs other than the liver, spleen or lymph nodes)
Extrapulmonary cryptococcosis
Disseminated endemic mycoses (e.g., coccidiomycosis, penicilliosis, histoplasmosis)
Cryptosporidiosis
Isosporiasis
Disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection,
Tracheal, bronchial or pulmonary candida infection,
Visceral herpes simplex infection
Acquired HIV-associated rectal fistula
Cerebral or B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
HIV-associated cardiomyopathy or nephropathy
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