
2019-12-02T14:22:16
CD4 CELLS ARE SUBSET OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMMUNITY. HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS HAVE CD4 COUNTS RANGING FROM 700 TO 1300. AS HIV INFECTS CD4 CELLS THERE WILL BE REDUCTION IN IMMUNITY. REDUCED IMMUNITY LEADS TO INCREASED RISK OF MANY OPPERTUNISTIC INFECTIONS CLASSICAL IN HIV/AIDS PATIENTS. SOME OF THE COMMON INFECTIONS SEEN IN HIV ARE TUBERCULOSIS, CANDIDIASIS AND HERPES VIRUS INFECTIONS.