The symptoms of dangerously low sodium (below 135 mmol/L on your blood work) are: fatigue, apathy, light-headedness, weakness, cramping, nausea, bloating or swelling, dizziness, headache, confusion, agitation or delirium, fainting and disorientation. In severe cases, seizures and coma may result.
HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including anal and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. Some bodily fluids, such as saliva and tears, do not transmit HIV.
HIV symptoms. Within a month or two of HIV entering the body, 40% to 90% of people experience flulike symptoms known as acute retroviral syndrome (ARS). But sometimes HIV symptoms don't appear for yearsâsometimes even a decadeâafter infection. In the early stages of HIV infection, the most common symptoms are none, says Michael Horberg, MD, director of HIV/AIDS for Kaiser Permanente, in Oakland, Calif.