Signs You Need The Help Of HIV Support Group NYC

By Linda Wright


It is everyone's desire to live a long life on earth. Some wish to live up to one hundred years but this expectation can be cut short if they have a disease. This is why it doesn't sound fair when someone hears of a friend's diagnosis with a disease like HIV. However, the HIV support group NYC has come to help people with AIDS to live as long as possible, as if they hadn't any sickness. Their work is easier when individuals know their status or look out for some of the early signs.

Fever is one of the early signs to look out for. It is usually a response made by the body when the virus starts attacking body cells. The virus in the bloodstream causes some inflammatory responses which can lead to a sore throat and the swelling of lymph nodes. In most cases, the person also complains of general weakness.

Extreme fatigue develops in the later stage of the attack. The person infected easily feels like giving up when doing some strenuous exercise. This happens because the immune system is being depressed. In fact, it is even possible for the sufferer to gasp for breath.

When you see a person's neck, armpit or groin swollen, it is right to suspect that the person is sick. However, the extent of the swelling varies with the kind of sickness and can be so much when HIV is responsible since the body has to recruit several white blood cells in an attempt to fight the virus. Without drugs, this may prove abortive so HIV support groups try to provide these drugs free of charge to those who know their status.

Not all kinds of rashes are as a result of prickly heat. Some of them determine other things especially when their color is not normal. Pink-colored rashes that look like boils can be an early sign for HIV. Anyone that notices this must avail himself or herself for a test so that urgent intervention can start if the person has AIDS.

Because of the presence of HIV, the immune level is depressed and this can cause other infections to arise. For example, pneumonia and tuberculosis can occur while in women, oral vagina candidiasis can occur. If the infections seem harder to treat than usual, then a test on HIV must be taken to know the next step to take. Most of these infections occur on the skin, eye, kidneys and digestive tract.

Menstruation is also going to be affected a great deal when HIV attacks. The pain that comes before the flow can be more severe. Sometimes, there will be no flow at all and at other times, the female may experience heavy or light periods.

Even the later stage symptoms can develop into more grievous ones if they are not treated on time. Issues such as diarrhea, short-term memory, mental confusion, as well as coma are among the things no HIV carrier would like to experience. It is therefore important to act early and meet those support groups that are willing to help people living with HIV and AIDS.




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