The virus is slow acting. It affects every part the body the skin, the heart, the brain, the eyes, the gut, the muscles. HIV in the advanced stage is called Auto-Immune Deficiency Virus. This means that there is data to show that the body is self-destructing. Without these patrolling cells, invasions of the body by bacteria and other viruses are way too easy.
Cancers form and grow readily.
The body is mostly left without a police department, fire department, or other protective forces. The anarchy is extremely destructive. Thirty percent of those infected are women. HIV has become the number 1 killer of black and Hispanic women under the age of 30, and the number 4 killer of white women. There is hope.