{"id":2395,"date":"2025-01-01T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moomango.co.uk\/guides\/?page_id=2395"},"modified":"2025-01-15T12:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:28:38","slug":"cd4-and-viral-load-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/changing\/cd4-and-viral-load-results","title":{"rendered":"CD4 and viral load results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15453\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ChangingJan2025COVER.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"201\" \/>These blood tests monitor your health and your response to treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CD4 count<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; This test checks your immune system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CD4%<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; This is similar to the CD4 count but is often more stable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Viral load<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; This test measures the amount of HIV in a sample of blood. It is used to decide when you need to start treatment, and whether the treatment is working effectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even rough figures are useful from your previous history and your doctor can provide you with these.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest CD4 count and highest viral load results when you were first diagnosed and before you started treatment are the most important.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, routine monitoring might only involve a viral load test every six months and a CD4 count once every 1-2 years. This is only if your viral load is undetectable and if your CD4 count is above 500 cells\/mL. Otherwise, more frequent testing will be important.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/files\/2011\/02\/CD4-and-viral-load-results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download CD4 and viral load results PDF<\/a>\u00a0(29Kb)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CD4 and viral load results\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/files\/2011\/02\/cd4-and-viral-load-results.png\" alt=\"Record sheet to record date, CD4, CD4% and viral load\" width=\"585\" height=\"546\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These blood tests monitor your health and your response to treatment. CD4 count\u00a0&#8211; This test checks your immune system. CD4%\u00a0&#8211; This is similar to the CD4 count but is often more stable. Viral load\u00a0&#8211; This test measures the amount of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":41,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2395","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18406,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395\/revisions\/18406"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}