AIDS patients
Immunocompromised treatment seekers
People who have been diagnosed with AIDS, the advanced stage of HIV infection characterized by severely compromised immune function.
The term appears in medical, public health, and advocacy contexts: The clinic serves AIDS patients from across the region.
Some prefer "people living with AIDS" to emphasize personhood over medical status.
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- immune systemBody's pathogen-fighting network
- immuneProtected from harm
- treatmentCare for an ailment
AZT · epidemic · diagnosis · T-cells · positive · hospice · activism · ACT UP · stigma · safe sex · cocktail · drug trial · antiretroviral · clinic · support · survival · quilt · Ryan White
- patientsinpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
- aid recipientsfood stamp users, Medicare recipients, social security recipients, scholarship holders, charity cases
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment