Is HIV infection different in women and men?
The difference between men and women is that HIV-infected women often have additional problems such as repeated vaginal yeast infections, especially as the immune system becomes weaker. More serious infections, such as PID (pelvic inflammatory disease-an infection of a woman’s internal reproductive organs), can be harder to treat because the body can’t help in fighting off infections as well. Diseases of the cervix, such as pre-cancer (dysplasia) and cancer, progress faster. They can be harder to treat if a woman has HIV.
