If a patient was HIV-1 infected and in the early years of the asymptomatic phase, would...

If a patient was HIV-1 infected and in the early years of the asymptomatic phase, would the viral load in the blood vary significantly? What about CD4+ T cell counts, etc?

This would be assuming no drug treatment.

Expert Solution

The viral load is defined as the amount of virus present in the fluid of the infected host. the viral load may vary from time to time. the person who gets infection recently, have a very high viral load in the intial days and it may vary lately with medication. the very low viral load is not detectable but that doesnt mean the patient is not infected with HIV.

BUT , when we talk about the viral load in the aymptomatic phase, the viral load remains stable mostly and does not vary much. and it increases considerably on the onset of AIDS, and it is durinng this phase only when the CD4+T starts declining in the human body considerably, resulting into weaking of immunity.

the above conclusions are without drug treatment. if a person is given drugs as treatment for the hiv, the viral load may vary and may reduce up more, and once the medication is stopped, the viral load will increase again significantly.

gladiator answered 2 years ago

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