{"id":10171,"date":"2014-09-15T12:55:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=10171"},"modified":"2020-07-25T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:32:58","slug":"how-dangerous-is-it-to-not-be-on-treatment-with-a-cd4-count-of-154","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/10171","title":{"rendered":"How dangerous is it to not be on treatment with a CD4 count of 154?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your question which is important.<\/p>\n<p>I guess from the way you ask the question that you know already that this is dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>This link has information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\/how-does-cd4-count-relate-to-the-risk-of-becoming-ill\">risk of infection and other complications as your CD4 count goes below 350<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you are already below 350, it is just luck that you haven&#8217;t become more sick already. Not being on treatment also makes it steadily more difficult for your CD4 count to get back to normal levels.<\/p>\n<p>If you do become sick before starting treatment, the meds to treat these infections are much more difficult to take than ARVs.<\/p>\n<p>I was wondering why you are waiting so long and why you are putting this off?<\/p>\n<p>Although most people worry about starting treatment, nearly everyone finds it much easier than they expected. Most people then get upset that they waited so long.<\/p>\n<p>This guide could perhaps answer some other questions you may have:<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpa:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\/\">Introductions to Combination Therapy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although many people still put off treatment, this is a very old-fashioned approach to treatment. Because the drugs are no much easier and more effective, for the last few years people have been more concerned about not getting on treatment :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My CD4 count is 154 and i am not taking treatment. How dangerous is it to not be taking treatment yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,29,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-opportunistic-infections","category-side-effects","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}