What Is Considered A High Viral Load Number

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Table of Contents What Is a Viral Load? How Are Viral Load Results Used? Starting Treatment When Should You Be Tested? Women and Viral Load Areas of Future Viral Load Research What Is a Viral Load? HIV attacks immune system cells called CD4 cells. HIV enters these cells and turns them into virusfactories that produce thousands of copies of HIV. As the virus grows, itdamages or kills CD4 cells, weakening your immune system. ...

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what is considered a "high" viral load?

i just read an answer of urs wherein u mention "high" viral load. Ur not the only one that uses that phrase. I always what people consider a high viral load since i've been told that viral loads can go into the millions(or am i...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

The definition would be arbitrary but some studies have shown that levels > 100,000 copies/ml seem to indicate a worse prognosis. KH... Read more »

What would be consider a high viral load?

In June my cousins viral load was 60,000. In July it rose to 84,000. Then in August it reached an altime high of 170,000, after she began taking protease-inhibitors. What will her viral load be at around the time she will die?...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

All of the viral load measurements you mentioned would be considered high. I have discussed the meaning and interpretation of these numbersin the answer to another recent question [Priscilla-- do you know which one I am referring to-- I... Read more »

Viral Load Numbers

What is a high viral load number in Active HCV ? ...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

The average is around 1-5 million. Anything above 10 million would probably be considered on the high side.... Read more »

Viral load numbers

I wanted to know in terms of actual numbers what is considered to be a very low viral load, a low viral load, a medium viral load a high viral load and a very high viral load. Could you please specify?...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

There are no specific threshold that I can give you since symptoms, CD4 counts, rate of change of viral level, and time of HIV infeciton factor into determining the clinical interpretation of a given viral loada. That being said-I will try to... Read more »

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Tcells and Viral Load numbers

Posted by malias90, 1 Reply

My tcells are 617 and my viral load is 198,000. My viral load in May 05 was 60,000. They think I have inflammation in my urine, white cells in it. My nausea besides happening with the HIV meds I am on could be related to my intestinal issues.
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viral load

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

At what number do they consider the viral load being dangerous or harmful? Also I am interested in conecting with other people living with HIV please contact me at csfreebird5834@hotmail.net. Thank you very much

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Viral Load: A Deception

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Viral load testing is a deceptive practice, as the results are skewed in such a way as to reflect a number of viral units that is far greater than the number of CD4 cell units.

For example: let's assume your viral load results are 100,000 and your... Read more »

Viral Load

Posted by dee99gt, 4 Replies

I've been taking Atripula since about august 2010. Before they started me on the pill my viral load was 2698385. One month later its at 24483.. Jan 2011 it was at 4742.. and I just went two days ago and its at 591.. My doctor mentioned it takes... Read more »

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