{"id":3084,"date":"2010-09-30T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T12:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:16:33","slug":"a-low-lymphocyte-count-is-associated-with-hiv-is-there-a-cause-for-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/3084","title":{"rendered":"If I have a low lymphocyte count do I have HIV?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n<p>The lymphocyte count overall does not indicate HIV. A CD4 T lymphocyte count is the test done when people have HIV to monitor their progression. CD4 T cells are also an indicator of when treatment should be started.<\/p>\n<p>If you have tested negative for HIV twice then you do not have HIV. You have nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about HIV tests please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/257\">link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Ms Walker,<\/p>\n<p>Apologies for persevering on this matter.  I had a virus this September 2010 and was asked to do a CBC test.  I also had 2 HIV ELFA tests &#8211; one in Feb 2009 (96 days after exposure, the exposure in Nov 2009) and one more test in Feb 2010. Both came back non-reactive. I have had no other exposures or risks after Nov 2009.<\/p>\n<p>My CBC reports absolute WBC at 7400 and my lymphocyte count was at 19% (Normal range was 20%-44%). A low lymphocyte count is associated with HIV.  Is there a cause for concern in my case?  Are my tests conclusive and my status HIV negative?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","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=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24410,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/24410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}