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3. Severe Headaches

Headaches are a common complaint of people with HIV. One study looked at 200 HIV/AIDS patients, 49 percent of which were women, to measure headache disability and identify the features of their headaches.

Of the 200 patients, more than half had headache symptoms. Of those, about 85 percent met the criteria for migraine, and the severity of the infection was strongly associated with the frequency, severity, and disability of the headache.

woman with headache while sitting alone in the kitchen at home. Kannika Paison/ Getty Images

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