CD4 counts

Complementary Therapies

Independent predictors

Have you ever felt really run down and fatigued but when you front up for the results of your three-monthly blood test the doctor says; "Everything’s fine! Your viral load is undetectable and your CD4s are great”?

Backgrounder: HIV basics

Bloodwork

 Having regular blood tests is a fact of life for most people with HIV. That three-monthly or six-monthly bloodletting is the single most important part of monitoring the health of your immune system, but what do all those numbers mean?

What's your problem?

 Positive Living’s resident medical expert, Dr Nick Medland, answers reader’s letters.