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Whats the cause low cd8 counts in a hiv negative person?

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Dr. John Leander Po answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Need more info....: Your question is too vague - remember, as doctors we do not just treat a number - we need clinical correlation. What symptoms were you having at the time.? What is the total WBC count? Lymphocyte count? Why were you tested in the first place? "low" is a percentage? Absolute number? A ratio to cd4? The additional info will get you a better answer...

Dr Davantzis agreed

Answered 12/14/2014

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0.6 cd4/cd8 ratio, 40% of T-cells are cd4, HIV/HTLV negative, no reason found. Is this idiopathic cd4 lymphocytopenia? Even if cd4 are 40% no lower?

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Hiv RNA qualitative test negative; but absolute CD4 helper-879;% CD4 pos. Lymph-31.4;abs.Cd8 suppressor-1204;% cd8 pos lymph-43.0;cd4:cd8 ratio-0.73?

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I've had many HIV tests over the past few months(unprotected vaginal sex with confirmed HIV sexworker). All have been negative. Just had cd4 test and count was 612 and cd8 was 645. Isn't it bad when you have a ratio of below 1??? I'm freaking out!!!?

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Neg 4 hiv 1 yr after exposure but my wbc keep going down my wbc is now 6.1 from 7.2 range 3.5- 10.0 my cd4/cd8 ratio 1.85 range 0.9-3.72 have symptoms number of neg hiv test over 1 yr exposure. Can hiv take longer than 1 yr to be detected. More test?

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CD4/CD8 ratio's 0.6 due to low (but within lab range) CD4. Same result twice, 4 months appart. No recent infection/HIV/HTLV. Now WBC above range. Why?

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