HIV Wasting Syndrome (Slim’s Disease)

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This is the commonest clinical presentation of AIDS. It refers to unexplained weight loss of more than 10 percent of a person's body weight, with either diarrhoea or weakness and fever that have lasted at least 30 days.

Signs and symptoms

  • Progressive weight loss leading to severe emaciation
  • Recurrent episodes of diarrhoea
  • Fever (may be intermittent or persistent)