Viral load

[doc1960]

I have genotype 1a and my viral load is 5,800,000. Is that real bad or normal in this case.

[Stvski80085]

Viral load changes all the time.  I would say just about everyone is normal range of viral load because they change all the time anyway.  My original VL was 1.7 million.  I have see people with 10 million or more.  I wouldn't worry about it that much unless you are on treatment.  Then you start watching those numbers.

Take care,

Steve

[fishdoc]

Average is 3.2 million I think, but there are those at 20,000,000.  MOst important: viral load and amount of damage are not correlated, as anti-intuitive as that seems...

[Mister beagle bailey]

Welcome to the forum, your viral load is about the same as most here, not to worry your in good hands here on the forum.

Beagle

[amirtracy]

hi. i'm 1b and my pre-treatment viral load was 10 million. are you treating? have you had a biopsy?

[sfbaygirl]

Welcome. My VL was about the same as yours pre-tx. I now have an undedectable viral load after 11 weeks of treatment. I think the literature considers this a high viral load, but not as high as some here. I have heard people with 70 million. Don't worry about that, the Stage and damage of your liver is much more important.

[arpren]

your viral load is low. mine was 18000000 before I started drugs