{"id":16687,"date":"2023-03-01T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/?page_id=16687"},"modified":"2023-04-17T10:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T10:20:22","slug":"glossary-side-effects-and-qol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/glossary-side-effects-and-qol","title":{"rendered":"Glossary: side effects and QoL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/category\/glossary\/\">Full glossary<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>anaemia<\/h2>\n<p>A shortage of oxygen-carrying red blood cells.<\/p>\n<h2>antiretroviral (ARV)<\/h2>\n<p>An HIV drug (because HIV is a retrovirus).<\/p>\n<h2>ART (or cART, or HAART, now rarely used)<\/h2>\n<p>Antiretroviral treatment or combination therapy.<\/p>\n<h2>bilirubin<\/h2>\n<p>A liver enzyme. Increased levels of bilirubin lead to a yellowing of the skin or eyes.<\/p>\n<h2>blood sugar<\/h2>\n<p>Glucose in the blood. When carbohydrates are digested they produce glucose, which circulates in the blood and is used by the body as fuel.<\/p>\n<h2>cancer<\/h2>\n<p>An illness caused by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.<\/p>\n<h2>candida<\/h2>\n<p>A fungal (yeast) infection that affects the mouth and throat, gullet, sinuses, genital organs and \u2013 rarely \u2013 the brain. Also called \\thrush&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h2>side effect<\/h2>\n<p>A secondary effect of a drug other than the reason it is prescribed.<\/p>\n<h2>toxicity<\/h2>\n<p>The term for the degree to which a drug can cause side effects.<\/p>\n<h2>triglyceride<\/h2>\n<p>A type of body fat related to cholesterol.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15878\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tabs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tabs.png 514w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tabs-300x80.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full glossary anaemia A shortage of oxygen-carrying red blood cells. antiretroviral (ARV) An HIV drug (because HIV is a retrovirus). ART (or cART, or HAART, now rarely used) Antiretroviral treatment or combination therapy. bilirubin A liver enzyme. Increased levels of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":291,"menu_order":51,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16687","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16687"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16716,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16687\/revisions\/16716"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}