{"id":21939,"date":"2023-06-10T09:19:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T09:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=21939"},"modified":"2023-06-10T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T09:19:12","slug":"why-has-my-cd4-count-dropped-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/21939","title":{"rendered":"why has my CD4 count dropped so much?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n

It is great to hear how quickly you got an undetectable viral load.<\/p>\n

Your CD4 count has also recovered really well over the year. This is really encouraging for your immune system recovering.<\/p>\n

In the early phase of HIV<\/a>, CD4 count can take a big dip early on and then naturally recover a little bit, even without medication.<\/p>\n

Do you know what your CD4 count was in January 2022?<\/p>\n

As you have recovered your CD4 count to 300 it is likely that your first result was a bit skewed and it would have naturally recovered a bit on its own. Being on treatment has allowed the recovery to be faster.<\/p>\n

Have you been on an antibiotic while you have had a low CD4 count? Some countries suggest using co-trimoxazole when below 350. This is to prevent other infections as your immune system recovers.<\/p>\n

As your CD4 count is recovering so quickly, it is a really good sign that it will fully recover. This along with your undetectable viral load would suggest your current life expectancy is similar to someone HIV negative.<\/p>\n

Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, I had negative test result in January 2022. In the March 2023 I had a positive result and 127 CD4 and a viral load of 280 000. After 62 days of treatment i have CD4 count of 300 and i’m undetectable. I don’t understand how in about one year I got a small range of CD4? Will it influence my life expectancy ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,9,24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adherence","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-life-expectancy","category-newly-diagnosed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21939","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21940,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21939\/revisions\/21940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}