{"id":1947,"date":"2010-05-26T17:10:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T17:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:18:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:18:06","slug":"how-long-will-it-take-for-my-cd4-count-to-go-back-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/1947","title":{"rendered":"How long will it take for my CD4 count to go back up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n<p>It is good to hear you are managing to deal with your new diagnosis and that you have a supportive family to help you through this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>The higher the viral load the more likely HIV is transmitted. That is why if your viral load is undetectable the risk of transmission is very low.<\/p>\n<p>If you were having unprotected sex with your partner of 7 years and he is still HIV negative then he has been very lucky.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not on HIV medication yet and your CD4 count is 77 then you should definitely think about starting in the next few weeks. Once you have started HIV treatment your viral load should go down to undetectable levels (less than 50) within 3 months and you should start to see your CD4 count increase. It often takes longer for CD4 counts to increase especially if they are starting off low. But the important thing when on treatment is to suppress the virus to the lowest levels possible.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that your CD4 count will have gone down slightly since your last appointment but CD4 counts can fluctuate slightly. For further information about CD4 fluctuations please follow this link to a <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/1515\">similar question<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your CD4 count is below 200 then you are at risk of getting opportunistic infections.<\/p>\n<p>For information about starting treatment, CD4 counts, viral loads and other important things related to having HIV please follow this link to the i-Base <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/home\/combination-therapy-guide\/\">Introduction to Combination Therapy\u2019 guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently found out I am HIV positive. I am dealing with it OK. It helps that I have such a supportive family. I went to see my HIV Consultant for the first time about 3 weeks ago she gave me my CD4 count and viral load results.<\/p>\n<p>My CD4 is 77 and viral load is 112,450. She has also said I\u2019ve had it 5-10 years which has worried me.  I\u2019ve contacted a few people to tell them to get tested there test have come back clear.<\/p>\n<p>My questions are:<\/p>\n<p>If I have a high viral load isn\u2019t there more chance of me passing it on? (I was the top in all off them)<\/p>\n<p>I was with someone 7 years and their result is negative or so they say!! In all this time is there more chance I would of passed it on to them?<\/p>\n<p>How long will it take for my CD4 count to go back up? I\u2019m not on any drugs at the moment as I\u2019ve been given some tablets to stop me getting infections. (Was given Cotrimoxazole but had to change to Dapsone as I had a reaction)<\/p>\n<p>Is it likely my CD4 would of gone down since the last test? Am I likely to get any OIs (opportunistic infections)?<\/p>\n<p>Sorry for all the questions, but these are what are playing on my mind at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,23,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-hiv-transmission","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24710,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/24710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}