People often ignore the important of HIV home tests. There is a common misconception among people that HIV Aids only attack specific patients and show specific symptoms of HIV. The HIV statistics reveal that people of any age, race, sexual preference, background or lifestyle can affected this disease while some people still believe that the disease only attack people in prostitutes, homosexuals, and drug users.

Many people have misunderstanding of this disease that the symptoms only appear when someone gets infected. That is why most people HIV testing if the symptoms begin to show. Being sick continuously is do not means that someone get infected to this disease. It is important to know that many people do not show the symptoms at all for months or even years. Symptoms of HIV do have numerous kinds which seem different each other. While diseases such as herpes and gonorrhea have specific symptoms, HIV is an immune deficiency which has no specific symptoms.

HIV Aids is very dangerous illness because any contact with the blood or fluids of an infected person can result in transmitting symptoms of HIV. It often develops within a few days after infection but it may occur several weeks after the person is infected. General symptoms of HIV may include abdominal cramps, nausea, or vomiting, diarrhea, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck and armpits, fever, headache, muscle pain, skin rash, sore throat, weight loss. These first symptoms can range from mild to severe and usually disappear on their own after 2 to 3 weeks.