{"id":6819,"date":"2012-05-08T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=6819"},"modified":"2012-07-23T15:22:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T15:22:20","slug":"does-a-viral-load-of-23000-and-cd4-17-mean-my-son-is-getting-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/6819","title":{"rendered":"Does a viral load of 23,000 and CD4 17% mean my son is getting sick?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CD4 counts are used to measure how HIV is affecting the immune system. A \u2018normal\u2019 CD4 count for somebody without HIV is around 500. CD4 counts are one of the tools used to help decide when to start treatment. But because CD4 counts fluctuate widely another measure \u2013 the CD4 percentage- is used as a more stable measure of changes in the immune system. Please follow this link for more information about <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/section-1\/19-interpreting-cd4-results-cd4-count-and-cd4-percentage\">CD4 counts and CD4 percentage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can I ask if your son is currently on treatment? A CD4% of 17% suggests that his CD4 count is around 250. In the USA treatment is recommended for anybody with a CD4 under 500. What advice has your doctor given?<\/p>\n<p>A CD4 count of less than 350 means that you are more at risk of developing opportunistic infections. This doesn\u2019t mean that your son will definitely get sick, just that it is more likely. Please follow this link for more information about <a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/starting\/cd4-count-and-risk-of-illness\">CD4 counts and the risk of becoming ill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son was born with HIV. He is 25 years old. His last viral load was 23,000 and CD4 was 17% does this mean he is getting sick?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6819","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\/6819","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}