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Lon


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Thank you.



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Hi Lon,

From the link you sent earlier: "Viral load varies between infected individuals but is not a useful prognostic indicator nor does it measure the severity of virus-induced liver disease."

My assumption:  The smaller viral load you have the better but it's no prediction as to how it will affect you so you can't compare yourself to other peoples' viral load measurement.  One person could have a "low" viral load but the virus is reaking havoc on their liver.  Someone else could have a higher load but their body tolerates our "guest" better.



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I would assume so, the more viral particles there are the more damage it does but 2 or 4 million isn't a big difference.

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Hello,

Does a viral load of 4 million, cause twice as much liver damage as a viral load of 2 million, or doesn't it work that way?

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Lon



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