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Sudden Fat In Stomach And Under The Chin While Losing From Limbs & Face & With History Of Unexpected Sexual Experience.Is It HIV?

I suddenly got a lot of fat grown in my stomach and underneath my chin while losing size in my arms and legs (especially my calves). I've also experienced loss of fat on my face on my cheeks and underneath my eyes. It's like suddenly all these changes have occurred to my body. I do eat a lot of calories and am also a bodybuilder. But most of the weight I seem to gain in fat occurs in my stomach. I also have chronic face pain around my sinuses and trouble concentrating in school. I also get tired a lot. I'm only 31 years old, and back a couple years ago I had a few sexual experiences that were unexpected. Is it possible that these symptoms are pointing toward me having hiv. This past year I just don't feel like I used to. Is it possible I have hiv and my symptoms are starting to show?
Fri, 7 Mar 2014
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Hello dear,

First of all, HIV is not diagnosed only on the basis of symptoms.
The abnormal distribution of fat as mentioned in your post can be either due to any Hormonal/ Metabolic disturbance or intake of steroid containing health supplements during your course of body building.
Investigations like complete blood count, blood pressure & blood sugar estimation, Thyroid profile, Lipid profile & estimation of serum Cortisol & ACTH levels will be helpful in clinching the diagnosis.

Regarding your concern about HIV infection, you can undergo certain tests like p24 assay or PCR for HIV, which becomes positive within a week and are almost 100 % sensitive.
Even the presence of a single virus in the body can be detected by PCR.
So, if this test comes negative, you can be sure that you are safe.

Wishing you a good health.
Take care.
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Sudden Fat In Stomach And Under The Chin While Losing From Limbs & Face & With History Of Unexpected Sexual Experience.Is It HIV?

Hello dear, First of all, HIV is not diagnosed only on the basis of symptoms. The abnormal distribution of fat as mentioned in your post can be either due to any Hormonal/ Metabolic disturbance or intake of steroid containing health supplements during your course of body building. Investigations like complete blood count, blood pressure & blood sugar estimation, Thyroid profile, Lipid profile & estimation of serum Cortisol & ACTH levels will be helpful in clinching the diagnosis. Regarding your concern about HIV infection, you can undergo certain tests like p24 assay or PCR for HIV, which becomes positive within a week and are almost 100 % sensitive. Even the presence of a single virus in the body can be detected by PCR. So, if this test comes negative, you can be sure that you are safe. Wishing you a good health. Take care.