{"id":218452,"date":"2025-05-23T19:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=218452"},"modified":"2025-05-23T19:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:28:46","slug":"tiredness-night-sweats-swollen-lymph-nodes-and-sudden-weight-loss-may-be-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/23\/tiredness-night-sweats-swollen-lymph-nodes-and-sudden-weight-loss-may-be-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiredness, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes and sudden weight loss may be symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tiredness, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes and sudden weight loss may be symptoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c. AIDS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d. thrombocytopenia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e. hemophilia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is: c. AIDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The symptoms of tiredness, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes, and sudden weight loss<\/strong> are classic signs of a condition affecting the immune system. While these symptoms may be seen in various illnesses, they are particularly characteristic of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)<\/strong>, which is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AIDS is the advanced stage of HIV infection. It occurs when the virus has significantly weakened the immune system by destroying CD4+ T-helper cells<\/strong>, which are vital for immune response. As the immune system deteriorates, the body becomes more susceptible to opportunistic infections<\/strong> and certain types of cancers, leading to the systemic symptoms described.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Tiredness (fatigue)<\/strong> results from the chronic activation of the immune system and the body’s response to ongoing viral replication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Night sweats<\/strong> are common in AIDS and often related to opportunistic infections like tuberculosis or lymphoma that can develop due to immunosuppression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Swollen lymph nodes<\/strong> occur as the immune system responds to the HIV infection and to other pathogens that may exploit the weakened immunity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Sudden weight loss<\/strong>, sometimes referred to as \u201cHIV wasting syndrome,\u201d is a consequence of prolonged illness, malabsorption, and metabolic changes associated with chronic infection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Although some of these symptoms can overlap with other conditions such as Hodgkin\u2019s and Non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma<\/strong>, those are types of cancers of the lymphatic system and typically present with more localized<\/strong> lymph node involvement initially and are less likely to produce the entire constellation of symptoms described without other signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thrombocytopenia<\/strong> (low platelet count) and hemophilia<\/strong> (a genetic bleeding disorder) do not typically present with these systemic symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Therefore, based on the combination of these generalized symptoms, AIDS<\/strong> is the most likely diagnosis among the options given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Tiredness, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes and sudden weight loss may be symptoms a. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma b. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma c. AIDS d. thrombocytopenia e. hemophilia The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is: c. AIDS Explanation: The symptoms of tiredness, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes, and sudden weight loss are classic signs of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}