- Though the incidence of opportunistic infections can be a determining factor in a person's AIDS status, these infections, which take advantage of a depressed immune system due to HIV infection, can happen regardless of whether a person has progressed into AIDS status.
- Immune deficiency and low T-cell counts are similar in the case of either HIV or AIDS. Having a low T-cell count as a result of advanced HIV infection is one of the factors used to make an AIDS diagnosis.
- It usually takes a long time (nearly a decade or more) for someone to become noticeably ill from HIV. During mid- to late-stage HIV infection, however, sickness can occur in much the same way as it does once AIDS has developed.
- Antiretroviral medications are the same regardless of whether you have AIDS or HIV. There is no significant difference in treatment once HIV infection progresses into AIDS.
- Though there are several similarities between HIV infection and AIDS, symptoms that manifest in both are much more likely to be severe or life-threatening during AIDS.
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