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Can hiv flu like symptoms in acute stage be recurrent? or it happens only once and goes away...

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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Recurrent: The virus sticks in your system which is the problem. Recurrent flu like symptoms are a symptom of HIV.

Dr Dosanjh agreed

Answered 12/6/2019

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