Having High T-cell Count When Hiv Postive

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Blood Work: A Complete Guide for Monitoring HIV

Introduction Lab tests, or blood work, can give important clues about your overall health and HIV disease. Many of these tests should be done shortly after learning that you're HIV-positive. This will establish a "baseline" measure of your immune health and show how active HIV is. Knowing this information will help you watch for changes in your health over time as well as check the impact of any treatments that you take. Factors such as age,...

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high white blood cell count, no HIV?

i recently went to the ER with lower back pains and abdominal pains and my period was 2 1/2 months late. they did a urine test and blood test and i was not pregnant, but found thru blood tests and urine tests that i had UTI, kidney infection, and...

Response from Sharon Lee, M.D.

University of Kansas Medical Center

Well now, you say you have a question, but really you have several questions.Are these HIV symptoms? I assume you mean are the low back and abdominal pains with a late period symptoms of HIV. No. These are more likely symptoms of a genital urinary... Read more »

Confused & desperate over a high white cell count

I was exposed to possible HIV infection six months ago and two months after my exposure I broke out in a rash that was diagnosed as tinea versicolor and I also had fatigue, pharyngitis, sore throat, sinusitis, lightheadedness, shortnesss of breath,...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

There are two separate issues you raise--The more straightforward one is about HIV. I am happy to hear that you were HIV tested since this is the only way to know if you have HIV. Knowledge is power.The other question is about your high white... Read more »

Shingles and high CD4-cell count

When you say shingles can happen early what time frame do you mean by early and how can HIV cause shingles when the T-Cells would still be high ...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Shingles can happen despite a high CD4 cell count. CD4 tests are just one way to measure the immune system. It does not test the entire immune system! So an HIV'er with a high CD4 cell count can still have defects in his/her immune system. This... Read more »

high viral load normal t cell count

Hi,I just found out that I am hiv+ back in April, 2006. I had my first set of lab results to come in. I believe that I have been infected a little over a year. My viral count was 243,000. My t cell count was 678. I am not sure about these...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You are correct. The viral load is quite high and your CD4 count is in the normal range. There is no urgency to consider treatment yet. I would recommend getting another couple of points on the line to see where your numbers are going. In most... Read more »

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HIV postive/cd4 count normal/ vl 37thousand

Posted by jniteowl69, 4 Replies

Iwas just recently tested pos. I have been getting flu like sympthons alot and I have lost over 100 lbs,my lmp.nodes are swallon and I get tired really easy my cd4 is 999 and my vl is in 37 thousand ,is this normal to be getting these sympthons? I Read more »

Does HIV postive really mean anything?

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HI forgive me i say soemthing that may sound stupid. I have read alot abt HIV AND AIDS, BUT recently reading Christine Maggiore i am wondering is she might be right. She challenges almost every known fact on HIV/aids 'That many experts now contend... Read more »

Tested Postive 9/4 - scared and confused

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I found this website today, and although it has kept me reading for most of the day and given me some enlightenment from the comments you all have made I cannot stop feeling these incredible emotions. I know it is normal to feel overwhelmed when you... Read more »

Ex boyfriend HIV postive

Posted by honeybee55_1952, 4 Replies

I am not sure what I should do...I but for the grace of God didnt get HIV from my exboyfriend he didnt tell me until after we had been together quiet awhile and then I forced the issue because of the pills I saw him taking...I found out he has had... Read more »

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