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What causes a low CD 4 count?
Your CD4 count is a marker of the strength of your immune system. Many immune related diseases can cause your CD4 count to drop, as can medications that are designed to suppress your immune system. With HIV, the CD4 count falls because it is unable to keep up with the pressure from the virus replicating.
What causes low CD4 counts?
Your CD4 count is a marker of the strength of your immune system. Many immune related diseases can cause your CD4 count to drop, as can medications that are designed to suppress your immune system. With HIV, the CD4 count falls because it is unable to keep up with the pressure from the virus replicating.
Low t-cell count but not hiv?
There are many autoimmune diseases that can cause a low t-cell count. Anything that attacks the immune system can cause problems. Look up Hodgkin s disease.
Why CD 4 count is low in AIDS?
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.) HIV attacks cells (cd4 included) in the body that fight disease. HIV+ patients are given an AIDS diagnosis when they have reached a low level of these cells as a result of their HIV infection.
Who can have low CD4?
CD4 cells are an important part of your immune system. Many immune-related disorders, including HIV, can cause a low CD4 count. Another example would be someone who has to take immune-suppressive treatment in order to have an organ transplant.
What besides HIV or AIDS can cause a low lymphocyte count?
In general, chronic stress is known to lower the function of the immune system, and that would include reducing the lymphocyte count.
What are you more susceptible to during AIDS and why?
because HIV (the cause of AIDS) destroys your t cells (a very important part of your immune system) by entering them and duplicating itself inside the t cells. the more t cells destroyed the more susceptible you are to catching diseases. AIDS is caused when your t cell count lowers to a certain number. without t cells your immune system is highly weakened so diseases like the common cold last much longer than usual and the risk of catching fatal diseases is risen and your ability to fight them is lowered.
What two ways can bacteria cause diseases?
There are actually three ways that bacteria can cause disease, although the first two are the most commonly cited. 1. Bacteria can cause disease directly by actually attacking and digesting human cells and tissues. 2. Bacteria can cause disease indirectly by producing harmful by-products that harm surrounding tissues. 3. Bacteria can cause disease indirectly by provoking an immune response. In order for this one to count, the immune response must result in the body's immune system destroying or damaging cells and tissue in its attempt to destroy the bacteria. Some bacteria are capable of damaging the body using all three of these mechanisms.
What is the significance of a low platelet count?
A low platelet count generally puts an individual at high risk of bleeding, or hemorrhage. The underlying cause of a low platelet count could be several diseases ranging from a something benign to HIV or leukemia.
What is the imporatance of CD count?
The CD4 count is an indication of how healthy the immune system is. The lower your CD4 count, the less cells there are available to fight infection. This would indicate that the person's immune system is not functioning optimally.
What happens if you have high wight blood cell count?
The usual cause of elevated white cell count (leukocytosis) is a bacterial infection. Once the infection is treated the count automatically comes down. Less common causes are autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and leukemia. The outcome depends on the underlying cause.
Could valley fever cause high lymphocytes and low neutrophils?
A low neutrophil count along with a high lymphocyte count can be an indication of viral infections, autoimmune diseases and leukemias. That might rule out valley fever.
