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Can someone live with HIV for 2 years without knowing?
Some people have HIV for years before they know they have it. According to HIV.gov, symptoms of HIV may not appear for a decade or longer. This doesn’t mean that cases of HIV without symptoms are less serious. Also, a person who doesn’t experience symptoms could still transmit HIV to others.
Can a child get HIV from breastfeeding?
HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system and is spread through certain body fluids, including breast milk. Mother-to-child transmission can occur during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding.
How long does it take to show symptoms of HIV in child?
Persistent or severe symptoms may not surface for 10 years or more after HIV first enters the body in adults, or within 2 years in children born with an HIV infection. This “asymptomatic” period of the infection is highly variable from person to person.
How long can HIV survive in breastmilk?
Taking antiretroviral treatment substantially lowers the risk of passing on HIV through breast milk. Some estimates put the risk of transmission after birth at 1\% if a woman breastfeeds for six months, and at almost 3\% if she breastfeeds for one year.
Can undetectable mother breastfeed?
While the risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding is extremely low when the mother’s viral load is undetectable, studies have not shown the level of risk to be zero as is the case with sexual transmission of HIV.
How do you know if your breast milk is infected?
Symptoms
- Breast tenderness or warmth to the touch.
- Breast swelling.
- Thickening of breast tissue, or a breast lump.
- Pain or a burning sensation continuously or while breast-feeding.
- Skin redness, often in a wedge-shaped pattern.
- Generally feeling ill.
- Fever of 101 F (38.3 C) or greater.
Can an infection be passed through breast milk?
In most maternal viral infections, breast milk is not an important mode of transmission, and continuation of breastfeeding is in the best interest of the infant and mother (see Tables 2 and 3). Maternal bacterial infections rarely are complicated by transmission of infection to their infants through breast milk.
What does mastitis look like in humans?
With mastitis, the infected milk duct causes the breast to swell. Your breast may look red and feel tender or warm. Many women with mastitis feel like they have the flu, including achiness, chills, and a fever of 101 F or higher. You may also have discharge from your nipple or feel a hard lump in your breast.
What does an infected breast look like?
Nipple discharge (may contain pus) Swelling, tenderness, and warmth in breast tissue. Skin redness, most often in wedge shape. Tender or enlarged lymph nodes in armpit on the same side.