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What does stage 2 and a viral load of 900,000 mean? How severe is this?
Stage 0 is no damage, 1 is some, 2 is more, 3 is serious damage and 4 is cirrhosis and heading for liver failure. Stage 2 indicates that, yes, you need to consider doing something serious before damage progresses further. VL of 900,000 is not low but on the low side. Most have VL's in the millions, some in multi-millions. VL does not indicate how sick you are, but it can indicate how responsive you may be to TX if it is low. I also recommend the Janis site, as it has info pulled from many sources, all reliable and science-based. It has charts on ranking VL and links to other good science.
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