HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is just a clinical diagnosis. If your T-cell count is below 200 or if you get a certain type of infection, that is considered AIDS.
You can still get to be virally suppressed and actually you can get to a point where your T-cell count can be so high that you’re not really considered to have AIDS anymore.
Dr. David Malebranche, MD, MPH, a clinician-researcher specializing in HIV, gives the lowdown on all things HIV care and treatment in the latest installment of the #AskTheHIVDoc video series.
#AskTheHIVDoc is a video series from Greater Than HIV featuring top HIV doctors providing answers to commonly-asked questions about HIV prevention, testing and treatment.
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