Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n
How are you coping with your diagnoses? Are you able to get any support?<\/p>\n
You did the best thing by starting treatment early. This is because you will have reduced the risk of damage to your CD count and other aspects of your immune system. You being on treatment will also reduce the risk of transmission to others. And because you started meds in primary infection, there is a very small chance that in the future you might be able to stop ART.<\/p>\n
Having a high viral load this soon after infection is completely normal. This is because after a few weeks of infection a persons viral load will increase to very high levels. As a persons immune system fights back, it will drop, and this is even without meds. \u00a0Yours however, \u00a0will drop and drop quickly because you’re on meds. Within 3 months it should be undetectable.<\/p>\n
With regards to your CD4 count, it being what you think is, ‘low’ is also normal. This is because during primary infection it will drop. After primary infection it will begin to increase. Within time, if it isn’t treated, it will then begin to drop. Owing to this, I don’t know why your doctors would be so surprised by this.<\/p>\n
In response to your question, yes your CD4 will go up. Though to what level I can’t say. The average is between 400-1600. Anything in this range is good.<\/p>\n
The meds that you’re on are a good combination. They do what they are supposed to do, which is control your HIV.<\/p>\n
Because you’ve just been diagnosed, and because you’ve just started meds, you might find the following helpful:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/section-1\/7-cd4-count-as-a-surrogate-marker\/<\/a><\/p>\n