No Initial Symptoms

• HIV produces no symptoms for up to four weeks after infection has occurred, making it easy to spread unknowingly.
  
  

Fever and Sore Throat

• After two to four weeks, one of the primary HIV infection symptoms is fever accompanied by a sore throat.
  
  

Swollen Glands

• Swollen lymph nodes, particularly under the arms and around the neck, are another primary symptom of HIV infection.
  
  

Fatigue

• Unnatural fatigue accompanies these other symptoms, and can mislead individuals into thinking their symptoms are the result of a rhinovirus infection.
  
  

Rash

• The characteristic and defining primary symptom of HIV infection is a rash that is focused around the torso, genitals and arms.