Are people living with hiv (with undetectable viral load) eligible for prp hair treatment?

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No, because being undetectable doesn?t mean that your viral load (number of virus copies in the blood) is zero, just that it is so low that it cannot be measured with most tests. The reason why even the modern and very effective antiretroviral drugs cannot cure hiv infection is that there are still copies of the virus hiding in certain cells that even a combination of medications cannot eradicate. If a patient stops taking arvs his or her viral load will soon begin to rise again.* regardless of a person's viral load, an hiv positive person will always have antibodies present in their blood. Antibodies are produced by the body in response to an infection, and it is the presence of these that are (typically) used to test for hiv.

S.K. Tandon · Accepted Answer

No, because being undetectable doesn?t mean that your viral load (number of virus copies in the blood) is zero, just that it is so low that it cannot be measured with most tests. The reason why even the modern and very effective antiretroviral drugs cannot cure hiv infection is that there are still copies of the virus hiding in certain cells that even a combination of medications cannot eradicate. If a patient stops taking arvs his or her viral load will soon begin to rise again.* regardless of a person's viral load, an hiv positive person will always have antibodies present in their blood. Antibodies are produced by the body in response to an infection, and it is the presence of these that are (typically) used to test for hiv.