are blood cells smaller if you have hiv?

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are my red blood cells smaller than normal if i have hiv?

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the cd-4 cells is what is infected there could be 1,000 or more HIV virus in 1 cd-4 cell.
1) HIV enters a cd-4 cell
2) HIV is a retrovirus, meaning that its genetic information is stored on a single stranded RNA instead of the double stranded DNA found in most organisms, tp replicate the HIV uses an enzyme known as reverse transcriptase to convert its RNA into DNA.
3) HIV DNA enters the nucleus of the t-4 cell and inserts itself into the cell's DNA HIV DNA then instructs the cell to make lots more copy's of the original virus.
4) New virus particles are assembled and leave the cell ready to infect ther other cd-4 cells.The size of the cell doesn't change with HIV. Some of them could atrophy because of damage but not really smaller.
I grew up in the 80s
No, no such change visible in a blood smear or analyzer.
Sometimes you can see the white cells react (bigger) to a viral infection. But that can be any virus.
Medical Technologist
not at all. HIV reduces the white blood cells that fight viruses. easy pionts