Comments on: CD4 Count Dropping, Viral Load Stable in HIV Infection (Graph) https://healthhype.com/cd4-count-dropping-viral-load-stable-in-hiv-infection-graph.html Current Health Articles on Symptoms, Diseases and Treatment Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dr. Chris https://healthhype.com/cd4-count-dropping-viral-load-stable-in-hiv-infection-graph.html#comment-54062 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:55:59 +0000 http://www.healthhype.com/?p=9527#comment-54062 In reply to William Kaunda.

Hi William

The priority at the moment is to have the test immediately. Your doctor will then advise you further (post test counsellng) on measures you should take. Unprotected sex is usually not advisable even if both partners are positive to prevent re-infection with different strains. There is no way of assessing the time of infection based on the CD4 count or any other measure. If both you and your wife were negative previously (confirmed by a test), it is important to recall what incidents after that time could have resulted in the infection – unprotected sex, blood transfusion, IV drug use. Discuss this with your doctor.

]]> By: William Kaunda https://healthhype.com/cd4-count-dropping-viral-load-stable-in-hiv-infection-graph.html#comment-54026 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:01:42 +0000 http://www.healthhype.com/?p=9527#comment-54026 My wife has been diagonised HIV positive. This was after the doctor was suspicious of a high ESR reading (115). Her CD4 count was 800.

Obviously I have to be tested. If I test positive should we continue having unprotected sex and when roughly was the infection?

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