Viral load is the amount of HIV found in the blood.

If you are living with HIV, the HCP can check the amount of HIV in your blood by doing a viral load test. This test will tell you how much HIV is in your blood.

A viral load test will tell you:

How much HIV is in your body. At some point you may also require a CD4 count test.

A CD4 test will tell you:

How strong your immune system is.

If you are taking your ARVs every day, your:

Viral load count should go down
CD4 count should go up