What are the main symptoms of HIV?

Condition analysis:
 There are many different symptoms that can indicate HIV infection. However, many of these symptoms are similar to other common illnesses. The most common symptoms are very similar to the early stages of flu or a cold but without the runny nose.

They include:-
- Fatigue (feeling tired)
- Slight fever that lasts for a few weeks
- Headaches
- Muscular pain
- Not wanting to eat normally
- Feeling sick or nauseous
- Swollen glands in the groin or under your arms or at the back of your neck
- Sometimes a rash that will not go away
- Sometimes a dry cough that is unrelated to smoking
- Woman also tend to have a persistent vaginal thrush that doesn't heal rapidly

Instructions:
How to prevent HIV: If an individual has not been exposed to HIV, the best way to avoid contracting HIV is to ensure barrier-methods of contraception are used during all sexual encounters. If an individual has been exposed to the virus, and is undergoing ART, the same advice applies; it is also helpful to have open conversations about HIV status, where to get tested, and to support those who are undergoing ART.