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differentia blood test and donor blood

During primary hiv,does a cbc with differential shows abnormalities? I know that this kind off test dos not detect hiv infection, but as well as I know during primary hiv t cells of the lymphocytes decrease from 1200 cells/mm3 to 500 mm/3 and never increase to baseline as before. I had a cbc with differential , it was a manual count, and i took this results:

8800 wbc
32% are lymphocytes that means 2816 of wbc are lymphocytes.this mean that half of 2816 are T cells

so if primary hiv decrease T cells that are components of lymphocytes, should lymphocytes be decreased too?

1-Based in these facts can I peace up my mind?
2-if I want to donor blood, will this blood be safe to other people?

thank you very much
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Because this discussion is not related to prevention of HIV it is now closed.


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I told you that it has nothing to do with HIV and the only way to know about HIV is to have an HIV test. You fail to understand that.
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ONLY A HIV TEST WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIV.
Now enough.
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I know and doctor did not told to me to permorm other blood tests,
I did this blood work to know if my wbc and lymphocytes are low like an indicator of infection.
Why a differential blood has nothing to do with HIV?
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Talk with a Dr about your blood work, it has nothing to do with HIV or HIV test. We do not talk about blood work here.
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Dear vance2335 I am so sorry to bother you and all the members of this forum in such an idiot way, but this happen becouse I am worried. I totally know that a differential blood does not detect HIV, but a manual differenctial blood test must show adnormalities becouse if a person is infected CD4 cells does never goes in baseline.
my manual differential blood count showed this count
wbc 8800, lymphocyte 32% that means 2816 of 8800 of wbc, from these about half of 2816 are T-cells or CD4,
if a person is infected differential blood can not show absolutely normal counts if lymphocytes, becouse if CD4 drops ,Lymphocytes drops too
This was all the history that I posted before and Teak told that " You do not have HIV concern"
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If you have been told that you don't have an HIV concern then you don't have a concern. I just told you that a test at 3 months is conclusive.

Time to move on, nothing you posted has anything to do with HIV.
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but why Teak, another member of the forum told to me that I do not have HIV concern,
if so why differential blood is permormed to monitor HIV? becouse T-cells  does not never goes to the baseline, based in my differential blood test my leucocytes where 2816 , this mean that about half are T-cells, I did this test about 3 weeks post expoasure ,
During this period(3 weeks post expoasrure risk) and if a person is infected T-cells are very low 500 cells/mm3
if T-cells are low as 500 cells/mm3 how is possbible to have a very normal count of lymphocytes, becouse as well as we know T-cells are subgroups of lymphocytes?
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Only an HIV test will tell you if you have HIV.
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please help, it will be very helpful to me
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