No that does not mean you are negative. VL tests are not used to diagnose HIV, they are used to monitor patients that are HIV positive.
Hello! Everybody, Could someone possibly help me figure out something? I got a confusion about HIV antibody test. Nowadays, there are 2 types of HIV tests called Rapid Oral HIV Test & HIV Blood Test. If the Viral Load in my Blood is less than 30copies, does this mean negative result in the tests? Or can it be detected even 1 cell contains in blood? I appreciate everyone's answers. Thank you...
From what i read one blood cell has an impact on other blood cells. High neutrophylls usually cause lymphocytes to go down. Other factors such as stress also have a big impact on lymphocytes that's why you can't look at these results.
Crix. This is unreal. I was searching for information on lymphocytes and saw your post. I am now 23 days past my suspect day (brushed with needle), and have the same lymphocytes results as you. 24%! What is your monocytes count....mine is 10%, which is high. I'm not sure if this means anything.....let me know, tom in sc
I agree, the negative HIV test is encouraging. I received an answer from a Med School grad on another post that says my lymphocyte levels are fine, and that there is no "falling" of lymphocytes. He also states that they change day to day for various reasons. I'm still trying to find out whether lymphocytes decrease gradually or drastically with the presence of HIV in its early stages.
Part of me regrets looking at that portion of the blood test beacause I should be happy with the negative at 24 days. I just want to understand if the low lymphocytes can be a precursor of things to come.
What do you mean by that? I think it is a legit question to ask if lymphocyte counts can go down with HIV in its undetectable stage.