{"id":11829,"date":"2016-08-16T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=11829"},"modified":"2016-08-16T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T16:50:09","slug":"i-am-positive-and-on-treatment-but-still-losing-weight-what-should-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/11829","title":{"rendered":"I am positive and on treatment but still losing weight. What should I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for posting a question.<\/p>\n<p>Without more information it is difficult to help. For example, how much weight you have lost? and what is your normal weight? It also helps to know your current CD4 count and how long you have been on treatment<\/p>\n<p>Talking to your doctor is important with any\u00a0symptoms \u2013 especially rash and weight. This i-Base services is not run by doctors, so we can\u2019t diagnose symptoms. These symptoms might be related to other infections. Your doctor will also look at your overall health, including diet, exercise and other health issues<\/p>\n<p>Most people put on weight over the first six months of HIV treatment (ART) and this is a healthy thing so it&#8217;s important to speak to your doctor about why you are losing weight.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am positive and on treatment but still losing weight. What should I do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-side-effects","category-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11829","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}