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Advice on blood counts Aug 14, 2007 Since infection in 12/06, my blood counts are as follows: Feb 07: CD4 = 362 VL = 78 May 07: CD4 = 462 VL = 130 000 Aug 07: CD4 = 398 VL = 25 750 Can this be considered as a "typical" curve ? What is your general comments on the values ? What would you consider as the steps for the next 6 - 12 months ? Regards Andries |
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| Response from Dr. Wohl
 Assuming you are not taking HIV medications, I would say this is not typical. The viral load of 78 in Feb 2007 does not fit with the other results and I suspect is not correct. Likewise, the almost 10 fold drop in your viral load from May to August is unusual without HIV medication. I would be more concerned with a lab problem than an erratic viral load in your blood. The CD4 cell count is not that different and this makes more sense. DW | ||||||||
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