Hi there,<\/p>\n
Most people put on weight over the first six months of HIV treatment (ART) so it\u2019s important to speak to your doctor about why your weight is varying. It’s also useful if you can provide more information such how much your weight varies by and what is your normal weight? It also helps to know your current CD4 count and what HIV treatment you are on. Some older HIV drugs area associated with body changes.\u00a0 As you have been on treatment for over 10 years, there are lots of possible causes.<\/p>\n
Do you have a good diet and exercise regularly?<\/p>\n
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. I’m sorry that your hospital is not offering more general health check ups. Are there any smaller clinics or another doctor you can visit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have had HIV for over 10 years and have been taking treatment however I get so tired lately and my weight gain is up and down. What can I do to maintain my weight and also keep looking healthy? My local hospital no longer does check ups they just provide medication only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,26,38,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-living-with-hiv-long-term","category-side-effects","category-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12160","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=12160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}