- Fatigue
- Malaise
- Weight loss
- Fever
- Shortness of breath
- Chronic diarrhea White patches on the tongue (hairy leukoplakia, oral candidiasis)
- Lymphadenopathy
- Disease symptoms in the gastrointestinal tract from the esophagus to the colon are common
- The period between primary infection with HIV and the first appearance of clinical disease is usually long in adults, averaging about 10 years.
Death occurs about 2 years later after clinical appearance of disease.