Hiv Detection In Cbc

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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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CBC Test

Will a CBC Test detect an HIV infection, 12 weeks after infection....

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

NO. A CBC only measures the number of white blood cells. It does not detect HIV infection.MH... Read more »

BLOOD WORK/CBC

Dr. Bob,Can you please clear up some questions about a CBC for me? I know that a CBC will not specifically detect the HIV virus. But if someone were showing signs of seroconversion, isn't it logical to think that a CBC would show some kind of...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Dan,Another QTND (Question That Never Dies) and ATNC (Answer That Never Changes). CBCs cannot be used to rule in, rule out or even suggest HIV. Getting three CBCs and two HIV tests within six weeks of potential exposure is a total waste of time,... Read more »

CBC and tests for aids

I would like to know if a complete blood count (CBC) can or cannot indicate aHIV+ or - result?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

The only tests that can be used to determine if a person has HIV or not, aretests specifically designed to detect HIV infection. Other tests like CBC's(Complete Blood Counts), Blood Chemistry Tests, etc. cannot be used todetermine if a person... Read more »

seroconversion and cbc

i might have been exposed to hiv during hetero contact I am a female and the condom broke i have always had normal labs but 10 days after possible exposure i had a cbc with wbc of 10.9(slightly high) and lymph of 16.4(I understand is low)mono @ 0.6...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

If you are concerned about acute infection, you should talk with your doctor about your risk and determine with her whether or not early detection is necessary. CBC is not an appropriate method for early detection.RMK... Read more »

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ARS/HIV and CBC - ?????

Posted by Anonymous

I know that HIV test is needed to tell whether someone is really infected. However, my question is this. If somebody has what he thinks are symptoms of HIV due to a 2.5 month old exposure, would this have any bearing on his CBC (complete blood... Read more »

HIV and CBC - to Jackie_Blue

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Dear all, especially Jackie_Blue since you are so helpful and knowing.

If somebody who thinks he's still having ARS for nearly 2 months now (started 6 weeks after the exposure), or probably symptoms of HIV/neurological complications (I have like a... Read more »

CBC

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

If someone was expierencing what they thought to be early symptoms of HIV, would a CBC show anything abnormal? And even after ARS say within the first year without meds, would a CBC show anything abnormal? Thanks.

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CBC indications?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I know that you cannot confirm or rule out HIV infection by a CBC alone. But would something on a CBC during seroconversion give you a hint of possible seroconversion? If so, what would that indicator be? Thanks for your help.

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