11 Early Symptoms of HIV Every Woman Should Be Aware Of

10. A Meningitis Diagnosis

According to Amesh Adalja, M.D., of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, meningitis, a virus that manifests in the form of fever, lethargy, vomiting, and irritability, could be caused due to the spreading of HIV through your central nervous system.

Cryptococcal meningitis is also commonly associated with HIV, although largely only in patients with AIDS or in the later stages of HIV. Although most people are exposed to the Cryptococcus fungus at some point or the other in their lives, a body weakened through HIV wouldn’t be able to fight it off as well as a healthy immune system.