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HIV positive to AIDS May 11, 1998 Hi, has there been cases in which a person develops full blown AIDS with ARS symptoms right after seroconversion? thanks. |
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 The term "full blown AIDS" or an AIDS diagnosis refers to conditions that can occur when T cells drop belw 200 cells. There have been people who have experienced drops in T cells belwo 200 acutely after being infected and some have developed PCP an AIDS defining diagnosis. The future course of HIV in people who experience these severe drops in T cells early on is not well described. It is hoped that the early use of antiretroviral therapy during acute retroviral syndrome would prevent large drops in T cells. Hope this helps. -JC | ||
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