cd4 cells

   cant thay just put new cd4 cells in the body,with the rite blood match,can thay just get blood doners and give the hiv person a pint of there blood every 4 months or something?

[Teak]

No. It doesn't work that way. Wish it did. The closest thing that helps is the Hemopurifier® but it doesn't rid all the virus from your body and still in the study phase.

[tonypham]

i hope if everybody has knowledge about HIV prevetion...one day...about 10-15years later, maybe no more HIV exists in this world :)

[tonypham]

my uncle spends about 800usd per month for meds...his CD4 around 250...

[Teak]

I said the exact same thing twenty years ago.

[ollyc]

   tonypham i hope that 2,but well get rid of it and some1 elce will **** a monkey and well have it again lol

[regularjoey]

You can't put in new CD4 cells from somebody else, the blood match is far more complex than the RBC transfusion.

And even if you could what good would that do?  People make new CD4 cells on their own every day.

[Teak]

You can increase your CD4s by blood transfusions, but due to the virus the CD4 increase only last a very short time. I've had three blood transfusions and six units of platelets which did get my CD4s out of the 50 range, but like I said it doesn't last.  

[ollyc]

it dos wks then if only 4 a shot time,       teak have u asked ab having 6 X blood transfusions?wat i meen buy that is:  u take blood from say both arms,the ur bum both sides and ur  legs,12 needles 6 to take hiv blood out and 6 to put new blood in,  say thay take 2 pints of hiv blood out wile on the other arm put 2 pints in,so u dont just put new and take it strait out again, the 1st time u could just take old blood and put new blood in, it could work keep going back every month or so and make blood giving the law,

[Teak]

It still wouldn't work for a long period of time. Since hiv is not only located in the blood, it will never work for long periods of time. It's not like flushing the germs out of a glass then taking a drink knowing you are okay.