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Dr. Demetre explains why you can’t tell if you have HIV by the way you feel. #AskTheHIVDoc is a video series from Greater Than HIV where top HIV doctors give frank, no-nonsense responses to commonly asked questions from gay men about a range of sexual health topics, including personal risk, PrEP and other prevention tools, testing, and treatment. For more information, visit: http://greaterthan.org/speakout. These videos are provided for educational purposes and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition. Facebook:   / greaterthanhiv   YouTube:    / @greaterthanhiv   Twitter:   / greaterthanhiv   Instagram:   / greaterthanhiv   TRANSCRIPT: Dr. Demetre: What are the symptoms of HIV? Dr. Demetre: You have some questions? We know HIV. Dr. David: I’m a doctor. I’m trained for this. Dr. Leandro: We’re gonna give you what you need. Dr. Demetre: Most people when they find out they have HIV have no symptoms. You can’t tell if you have it by the way you feel. So, that’s really important to remember. So, getting tested has nothing to do with how you feel, it’s just something that you should do as a matter of routine every few months just to make sure that you stay healthy. Some people do get symptoms of HIV and that’s something that really we should shoot to avoid. If you’re diagnosed with HIV when you’re not having symptoms you prevent getting sick. You never have to feel sick. So, people who do get symptoms can feel weight loss, fatigue, they can have diarrhea, then there’s all sorts of infections and other conditions that go along with HIV, there’s rashes that people can get, skin cancers, it’s really complex, but the bottom line is almost everybody has no symptoms until they get too deep into their infection. So, their goal is really never to have that happen so get an HIV test, it’s a matter of routine, don’t wait to feel sick, that doesn’t really mean very much.