T-Cell, Helper T-Cells and Supr. T-Cells

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I have a question and it may be a stupid question but it has never really come

up for me and was just wondering.

I have been positive since 1987 and did not have to start on meds till 1996 and

have been doing good ever since

On July8th of this year I had my blood work done and since I was not able to go

into my Doctor's office for the result when he had his appointments, I went in

and got a copy of the results.

Now mind you I have always gotten the results verbally by my Doctor as far as my

T-Cell numbers are concerned and they have gone from a big total of 1 back in

1997 to a total of 487 (received verbally by my Doctor) taken on April 6th of

this year.

The last copy of my results showed me values for several T-Cell types which I am

not familiar with

They are as follows with the values behind them. Could someone please explain

which number I really should be looking at.

Total T-Cel/ul 1420

Helper T-cel/ul 547

Suppr. T-cel/ul 837

H/S Ratio 0.7

Any explanation is welcomed