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Numbers don't mean anything.....
#13961 - 12/17/00 05:05 PM
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HIV/AIDS doesn't have a set pattern. Not ever person infected is going to test positive. 8.5 weeks after infection, or 6 months after infection. Most people who test positive do so after being infected years, and after their health has declined steeply. Determining a reasonable window period based on the fact no one has the same CD4 and CD8 count is impossible. If someone has a high level of cd8&4 before infection, say 1500 or so, once they get past AVS they may still have 1100, which would be considered a good number for a health person. Now take the person that has a cd4 count of 500 before infection. Then their body struggles to keep the virus under control, and they may end up with a baseline cd4 count of 300. CD4 and CD8 counts are a much more inportant player in the underlying help of the infected person's immune system. Anibodies are an important part, but most OI's happen when the CD counts drop. My whole point to this is not to get caught up in the 3 month 6 month debate, I think those numbers are very misleading. Like someone all ready said, The die is cast. HIV doesn't care that you tested negative at 3 months or 6 months. If you have reason to be concern about HIV, odd symptoms, please see a doctor. Rare is a very tuff word to define.
Take care.
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Antibody production, is assumed.....................
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