Takeaways. An HIV rash can show up as itchy, red bumps on your chest, back, face, or legs. The rash can be one of the first symptoms when you’re infected with HIV.

HIV causes changes to the immune system, which may result in skin irritation. An HIV rash that's itchy, reddish or dark purplish, and painful may develop.

Features of acute HIV infection occur 2–4 weeks after exposure; seroconversion usually occurs 3–8 weeks after initial infection. Common presentation includes fever, arthralgia and lymphadenopathy, ...

The patient had been well until 5 days prior to admission when a pruritic rash began on her face, neck, and upper chest, ... The charges for an HIV spot test and a chest x-ray are 2.65 and 8.65 ...

For Chris*, a 25-year-old university student in Manila, it began with an unusual rash on his chest. “At first I thought it was just a rash from a soap my mum bought me,” he told This Week in Asia.