| Alternative Names:
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| AIDS-related complex - ARC; Chronic symptomatic HIV infection |
| Symptoms:
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- mouth disorders
- prolonged diarrhea
- skin disorders
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swollen lymph glands
- sweating, excessive -- night sweats
- bacterial pneumonia
- prolonged fever
- prolonged fatigue
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malaise (vague feeling of discomfort)
- weight loss
- joint pain
- peripheral neuropathy
- pap smear that shows cervical dysplasia
- recurrent herpes zoster -- herpes that occurs over a very discrete patch of skin
- a rare disease called ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) -- where your platelets are destroyed
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| Signs and tests:
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Lab tests that indicate immune system suppression include:
- CD4 lymphocyte count decreased
- CBC, WBC less than 4,000
- platelet count less than 100,000
- skin test anergy -- no response to special skin tests used to test for infection or immune function
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