Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!news From: jayt@drbear.COM (Jay Tyson) Newsgroups: sci.med.aids Subject: Re: T4 counts and trials Message-ID: <1991Feb13.114541.18020@cs.ucla.edu> Date: 13 Feb 91 07:15:29 GMT References: <1991Feb12.164134.3900@cs.ucla.edu> Sender: news@cs.ucla.edu (Shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU News Account) Organization: Drummer Bear Systems Lines: 33 Approved: phil@wubios.wustl.edu Note: non-commercial reproduction. Nntp-Posting-Host: squid.cs.ucla.edu Archive-Number: 3013 The.Bird@f38.n135.z1.fidonet.org (The "Bird") writes: > I have been wanting to ask this question for many months. Many studies requir > t4 counts above 400 or a similar number. My blood reports from National Healt > Labs indicates a NORMAL t4 count range to be 400-1500. > > Since I got AIDS (PCP) my t4 count has never been higher than 97 and is > probably non-existant by now. Can someone please explain to me what the hell > good are trials for people who DO NOT HAVE AIDS since their t4 counts preclud > that diagnosis? Have we who are t4 celless just been written off? > > "Bird" I have also been maening to ask the same question. Is there anything that will raise T4 counts. Mine is currently 10. It has been as low as 4 and once "two few to count" (however my Dr. feels the lab may have been in error in that isolated draw) I understand that interluken 2 (please forgive if it is not spelled properly) will raise t4 counts only for a short period of time then the drug become non-effective and the counts drop again. Also, am I barking up the wrong tree. The more the t cells the better chance of fighting off infection. Right? If we find something to raise the t4 cell count that should increase the chances for longer term servival? -- John "Jay" Tyson \ Drummer Bear Systems \ jayt@drbear.COM 1259 El Camino Real, #214 /\ ...!{decwrl|saxony}!drbear!jayt Menlo Park, CA 94025 / \ / \ I want to die... living!