Question
What is the normal range for CD4 count?
23 January 2012. Related: All topics, CD4 and viral load.
What is the normal range for CD4 count?
Answer
The normal CD4 range for HIV negative people is between 400 – 1600 cells/mm3
For more information on CD4 count please take a look at this link:
https://i-base.info/ttfa/section-1/7-cd4-count-as-a-surrogate-marker/
And this one soon interpreting results:
https://i-base.info/ttfa/section-1/9-interpreting-cd4-results-cd4-count-and-cd4-percentage/
magnificent points altogether, you just won a new reader.
What could you suggest about your submit that you simply made a few
days ago? Any sure?
Hi Kumwenda,
The only way your CD4 count will be able to rise is if you’re on ARVs. If you’re already on ARVs then you’re doing the right thing already. If you aren’t then you should think about starting them.
How can a I make my CD4 for count go higher?
Hi Veronica,
Did you have a viral load test done?
I tested three negatives then the fourth time they said I was positive my cd4 count came back as 416 I am confused so nw I am on treatment for almost a year
Hi Mkateko,
How are you coping with your diagnosis? Are you able to get any support?
Yes you can start treatment.This is in fact what is recommended. And is seen as being the best thing for people who are positive. For more info about starting meds, please see here:
http://i-base.info/guides/starting
I just find out I’m hiv positive and my viral load is 13600 and my cd4 count is 630 can I start with the treatment
Hi, It’s good that your doctor has changed your meds. But switching to new ARVs can help reduce your viral load quickly and give your CD4 count chance to recover. You can talk to the doctor and ask to be monitored for your new meds. I hope you get better soon.
Mine dropped to 49. I have taken ARV daily but my doctor said that my meds is not suitable to me, he said my body is now resistant to my ARV. I have diarrhoea and my potassium level drop below normal. Today my doctor changed my ARV and I hope I would get better.
Hi Sunday,
When thinking about transmission what’s important is a persons viral load, not the CD4 count. DO you know what yours is? Given that your CD4 count has increased and because you’ve been on meds for more than 3 months its likely to be undetectable. You will however need this confirming. If it is undetectable you won’t be able to transmit HIV. For more info, please see here:
http://i-base.info/htb/32308