Hiv Rapid Weight Loss Symptoms
Review of weight loss and wasting in the era of highly active aniretroviral therapy from the nutrition for healthy living cohort.
Hiv rapid weight loss symptoms. Nutrition and hiv infection. Among other complaints a symptom of stage 2 that immediately follows the acute hiv stage is unexplained weight loss that totals less than 10 percent of your presumed weight. Increasing risk of 5 or greater unintentional weight loss in a cohort of hiv infected patients.
During stages 3 and 4 unexplained weight loss of greater than 10 percent of presumed weight is likely along with chronic diarrhea and a host of other ailments. Tang am jacobson dl spiegelman d knox ta wanke c. Profound weight loss commonly occurs late in the course of hiv disease and is associated with a poor prognosis more rapid disease progression significant disability and increased mortality.