Sir you I asked one question regarding allergies and about hiv. You asked me to do ige test and revert back. I did and my results are 29.6 k/ul. Where as interpretation <150 kul. Is it normal. It is very low will it means I am having hiv infection? I had negative tests after 3,6 and 1 and half year my incident. I read somewhere that low level of ige means weakened immune system or hiv.

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It's normal. It suggest normal. No worries for hiv.
Ige is increased in allergic conditions, your value is less than normal so we have to do complete evalation along with fews more blood tests. We don't diagnose hiv by ige.
Ige deficiency is difficult to define because normal ige concentrations are so low. Immunoglobulin deficiency can be defined as ige levels less than 2 u/ml in children and less than 4 u/ml in adults. Current guidelines state that the goal of haart is to suppress and maintain vl below detectable levels (<50 copies/ml). Despite being on a potent antiretroviral (arv) regimen, some patients experience persistent detectable viremia above the limit of detection of the assay, which may be considered an indicator of virologic failure.
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