How To Build Up Your T-cell For Hiv

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Understanding CD4 Cells and CD4 Cell Tests

The Basics CD4 Count and HIV CD4 Count and HIV Treatment CD4 Cell Test The Bottom Line The Basics Your immune system protects your body by fighting germs and infections.White blood cells are an important part of your immune system. HIV infects and destroys a type of white blood cell called aCD4 cell (sometimes called a T-cell). When the immune system loses too many CD4 cells, it becomes weak and isunable to fight off germs. At...

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Building up T-Cell count

Dear Doctor, last December I was in the hopital for PCP. My T-Cells are now 420, and I am undetected. But now I am very weak, my chest and back aches. My doctor gave me Mepron to take. Am I feeling this way because of the PCP and low T-Cells?...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.First off, it sounds like you've had a very nice immune and viral response to your HIV treatments. If you're having new symptoms, 8-9 months after having PCP, I'd doubt if this is recurrent PCP (given your CD4... Read more »

Building up T-Cell count

May 4, 2002Dear Doctor:I converted November 13, 2001, and started treatment right way. Six months later I stopped due to side effects. I started treatment again six months later, and have been on medications (Combavir/Verimune) ever since. My...

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D.

Cornell University, Weill Medical College

Nick, your T cells are currently OK and I would not feel any urgent need to add anything additional. The most important thing is for you to keep your viral load <50 and to maintain your T cells in the current range, which keeps you out of risk of... Read more »

hemaglowbin, white cells, red cells, blood

I have been getting neuponen, and procrit to build blood cells. Blood cells when to 2.8 and climbing, but hemaglowbin remained at 7.8 and has not changed. Was taken off the neuponen and procrit and told to increase intake of feosol.Hemoglobin the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,With a hemoglobin of 7.8, you are certainly anemic. The fact you were also on neupogen would indicate that your white blood cells were also low (neutropenia). The real question here is what's causing your anemia/neutropenia. Once the... Read more »

Worried about retrieving Hiv from door knob at entrance to appartment building

Hello Sir,I am worried that there is a possibility I could have been infected with Hiv. First I would like to say I bite the skin on and around the tips of my fingers and sometimes a small bleeding wound will happen b/c I tore the skin. The other...

Response from Richard Cordova III

Test Positive Aware Network

Hi there:HIV does not live well outside of the body and would not be transmitted this way. In health,Richard... Read more »

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