The symptoms of people who are HIV infected vary. Some examples:
Flu like symptoms that last for days at a time.
Extreme tiredness and weakness for a longer period which cannot be explained.
High fevers, lasting more than three days and night sweats.
Frequent diarrhoea with no apparent cause.
Rapid weight loss without dieting.
Purple spots on the skin.
Coughing fluid from the longs for more than several weeks.
Swollen lymph nodes.
Thrush: thick white coating in the mouth, vagina or rectum.
Women often get an increased number of yeast infections and PID.