{"id":13888,"date":"2017-11-07T18:49:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=13888"},"modified":"2017-11-10T10:43:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T10:43:35","slug":"my-cd4-has-dropped-but-my-viral-load-is-undetectable-is-this-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/13888","title":{"rendered":"My CD4 has dropped, but my viral load is undetectable, is this OK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>CD4&#8217;s can and do fluctuate, as the following link discusses:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/424\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/424<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your viral load was detectable then this may be something to worry about. However, as its undetectable it means that the meds are working, and working well.<\/p>\n<p>Because you&#8217;re in the UK you could ask to have your CD4 count retested.<\/p>\n<p>Also, your doctor will still need to prescribe antibiotics called cotrimoxazole until your CD4 count is stable at a higher level. This is for the PCP and other infections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HI I was recently diagnosed HIV positive and discovered PCP lung infections as well. I started HIV medication immediately. <\/p>\n<p>I made good progress and within six weeks VL came down to 160 &#8211; originally was detected around 3900. My CD4 improved from 96 to 206. My PCPalso got much better my cough gone. My concern is now after two month checks my VL is 23 BUT my CD4 count dropped to 115 from progressing piont. <\/p>\n<p>I am contining with medication very carefully. Please guide me about the CD4 fall as I expected with low viral load to 23 that my CD4 level should rise more. My understanding is that the CD level actually help to make immune system stronger. Or its not any issues as long as my viral load goes to undetectable level. <\/p>\n<p>Many thanks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}