{"id":13938,"date":"2017-11-26T12:46:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T12:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=13938"},"modified":"2017-12-01T11:32:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T11:32:16","slug":"whats-better-a-high-or-low-viral-load","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/13938","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s of these viral load results is better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>The higher number means there was more HIV in 2013 than 2017. The results were was approximately 16,000 vs 6000 copies per\u00a0millilitre (\/mL) of blood.<\/p>\n<p>Both numbers are relatively low if you are not on HIV treatment. But while treatment wasn&#8217;t always recommended in 2013, in 2017 things have changed and your doctor should talk to you about treatment.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you are on treatment (ART), then any number above 200 means that you probably need to change treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Can I ask whether you are on treatment? If yes, which meds do you take and are how long have been taking these?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013 my viral load was 16090. In 2017 its 5899. Which one means more virus in the body.<br \/>\n2013 or 2017? <\/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-13938","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\/13938","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=13938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}