{"id":13017,"date":"2017-06-22T18:16:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=13017"},"modified":"2022-12-31T19:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T19:20:23","slug":"will-nigella-seeds-help-my-cd4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/13017","title":{"rendered":"Will nigella seeds (black seeds) help my CD4 count?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>The only way to increase your CD4 count is to use HIV treatment (called ART).<\/p>\n<p>Herbs and supplements can not do this. There is no reason to take the nigella seeds &#8211; unless you just like the taste. There is also no such thing as an &#8216;immune booster&#8217;. This is just advertising.<\/p>\n<p>It iss good you are eating well. A balanced nutritious diet will give your body everything it needs.\u00a0See:\u00a0<em>A balanced diet and your health:<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/diet-a-balanced-diet-and-your-health\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/diet-a-balanced-diet-and-your-health<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ART is essential because your CD4 has already dropped to 107. Please talk to your doctor about starting treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Your doctor should also give you a dual antibiotic called co-trixmoazole. Has you doctor also prescribed this? This will protect you against other infections until your CD4 increases with ART.<\/p>\n<p>More info about starting meds is at this link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was tested couple of days ago and my CD4 count is 107. I am now waiting for my viral load test. <\/p>\n<p>I am following proper diet and trying to eat all what helps the immune system. I am even adding nigella seeds in my diet  as it helps the immune system. Hopefully my medication starts asap. <\/p>\n<p>Can I still keep taking nigella seeds in my diet or will it not work with these modern medicines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,28,39,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-newly-diagnosed","category-starting-treatment","category-supplements-and-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13017","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=13017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20868,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13017\/revisions\/20868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}