Can you believe that a year has passed since this site was launched!
A very special thank you to Charlotte Kemp and Shawn Fouche for sponsoring AID My Journey- Support’s website.
The site has had fantastic feedback and I look forward to the year ahead.
To all the people that landed or purposely came to the site, thank you for your support.
Today, the 20th January 2012 there has been a total of 4719 hits – impressive for this topic.
We should have a lot more hits due to the still sad lack of knowledge out there.
It would be to everyone’s benefit if you shared this website so please feel free to do so.
My thanks again to all!
Regards
Cindy
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ANNOUNCEMENT: NPO No. 093-243 Allocated as of 14th September 2011
ANNOUNCEMENT: NPO No. 093-243 Allocated as of 14th September 2011
Search Facebook ‘HIV South Africa-Durban-Cape Town-Johannesburg’ for this group. This is a ‘secret’ group for the sole purpose of getting and sharing information for South African individuals living with the virus and having a forum to confidently communicate. Hopefully, should you require information, referrals or references this medium wil be of assistance.
I have started this, as a number of people have contacted me recently as they have no one that they wish to share their… status with and therefore are lacking general information required to manage their lives.
It will be by invite or referrals only and is not able to be viewed by the public. Those of you that are on my private Facebook Page may like to remove yourself as your comments will be visible on my page.
I think as people are finding me on my website and trying to ‘friend’ me on Facebook; this has become a necessary change in our association for those of you who would like to remain anonymous.
I cannot believe the moron had the audacity to phone me for advice on the state of his health when he knows I know that he has infected other women since knowing his HIV status!
It would seem there are people out there that are either in denial or feel they need to pass HIV on to all and sundry. What I would like to know is do these people have the guts to deal with the consequences of their actions. I will be getting legal advice on this matter and beware if you have been irresponsible!
CD4 cells are a type of lymphocyte (white blood cell). They are an important part of the immune system. CD4 cells are sometimes called T-cells.
There are two main types of T-cells. T4 cells, also called CD4+, are “helper” cells. They lead the attack against infections. T8 cells, (CD8+), are “suppressor” cells that end the immune response. CD8+ cells can also be “killer” cells that kill cancer cells and cells infected with a virus.
The ratio of CD4 cells to CD8 cells is often reported. This is calculated by dividing the CD4 value by the CD8 value. In healthy people, this ratio is between 0.9 and 1.9, meaning that there are about 1-2 CD4 cells for every CD8 cell.
In people with HIV infection, this ratio drops dramatically, meaning that there are many times more CD8 cells than CD4 cells.
Because the CD4 counts are so variable, some health care providers prefer to look at the CD4 percentages. These percentages refer to total lymphocytes.
If your test reports CD4% = 34%, that means that 34% of your lymphocytes were CD4 cells.
This percentage is more stable than the number of CD4 cells. The normal range for adults is between 20% and 40%.
A CD4 percentage below 14% indicates serious immune damage and is similar to a CD4 count of 200 cells/mm3, and is an indication that it is time to start treatment.
Answered by: Svilen Konov
