Question
Has another viral load reading as high as this been seen?
8 June 2009. Related: All topics, CD4 and viral load.
I was diagnosed 2 years ago, and had an extremely high viral load of 7.4 million copies. My viral load is now undetectable, and I am fit and healthy. I was wondering if another VL as high as this had been seen at all?
Answer
A very high viral load (VL) shortly after the infection is something quite normal. The VL dynamics is very well explained here.
This is not something to worry about, because your virus at the moment is well surpressed.
There is a French study that looked into the VL in early infection and that says that VL>5 million is fairly common. It is published here.
Hi Liz,
I’m sorry to hear about your menstruation. Unfortunately we are not doctors at i-Base. But it’s important you see the doctor if you have severe bleeding.
Please tell the doctor what HIV meds you are taking too.
I was jst diagnosed for hiv 2weeks back and I have already taking treatment but the only thing that I’m worried about is my menstruation,it can’t stop