Hello I live in Turkey,36 years old. I have learnt two weeks ago that I am HIV + and today I got my viral load and cd4 test results. During this 2 weeks period i researched the internet to learn as much as I can. My results seem very bad.I was thinking that I am recently infected but I now realize that I am infected at least 2-3 years ago or longer so I feel a little bit panic. Please guide me. Since the hiv expertise in Turkey is still developing.

My results. viral load : 157.000 ML ( test Roche CoBAs taqman) CD3 : 761mm3 CD4: 135 mm3 CD8: 561 mm3 CD3 %79 ( 60-85) CD4 % 14 ( 29-59) CD8 % 61( 19-48) CD4/cD8 :0.23

My blood results: wbc : 3.08 L ( 3.98-10.2) Rbc ; 4.4l ( 4.69- 6.13) Hgb : 13,4 ( 14,1 - 18,1) Hct : 40 L ( 43.5 - 53.7) Neut# 1.75 l ( 1.78-5.38) Lym# 0.98 L ( 1.32- 3.57) Mon# 0.26 L ( 0.3 - 0.82)

CRP ( quant.) 56.44 ( 0- 8.2) Ldh 400 ( 125-243) Also iron (fe) is very low 11 l ( 34-162)

4 weeks ago I went to hospital because of a serious dierahha, high fever and night sweats. Then my doctor told me that my blood results were not so good, there were signs of anemia, my liver might have problems also spleen enlargement - splenomegali. Then hiv test was done.

Now i dont feel any serious problem, ( no diarrhae , no fever .. )But I only feel swolen lymph nodes.

Please guide me, as far as I read if cd4 level is below 200, it is assumed that patient is an aids patient and needs serious medication immediatly.

Thank you for your help. Angel

You are correct about the need for HIV meds. Your CD4 count indicates an AIDS diagnosis (a CD4 count < 200 or < 14%), which puts you at serious risk for several other kinds of infections. HIV treatment is indicated now. The good news is that HIV treatment can correct this situation fairly quickly.