HIV patients
Retrovirus-infected people
People living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts discussing treatment, care, and health outcomes: HIV patients now have access to antiretroviral therapies that allow them to live long, healthy lives.
Some prefer "people living with HIV" as less clinical and reductive, though HIV patients remains standard in healthcare settings.
- antiretroviralDrug blocking viral reproduction
- viral loadPathogen count in body
- CD4Immune cell coreceptor
- immune systemBody's pathogen-fighting network
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
test results · medication · treatment · stigma · clinic · counseling · disclosure · adherence · positive · transmission · prevention · safe sex · support group · healthcare · care team · blood test · wellness · advocacy
- populationsinpatients, outpatients, hospitalized, terminally ill, immunocompromised
- patientsinpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
- Vulnerable Groupshomeless youth, orphans, refugees, disabled people, elderly poor
- health servicespediatric care, home care, pediatrics, nursing care, geriatrics
- vaccine recipientsbabies, children, infants, newborns, toddlers
HIV patientshealthcare providers
Medical treatment professionals
medical staff · healthcare workers · clinicians · epidemiologists
patients, patient, patience, impatient, impatience, patiently, impatiently