{"id":165,"date":"2007-08-14T07:30:35","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T06:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i-base.info\/qa\/?p=165"},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:18:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:18:44","slug":"stress-and-cd4-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/165","title":{"rendered":"Stress and CD4 count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks<\/p>\n<p>More information about recognising and reducing stress are included on the UK Hepatitis C Trust website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hepcuk.info\/data\/usercontentroot\/home\/living%20with%20hep%20c\/caring%20for%20yourself\/stress\/default.asp\">What is stress?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hepcuk.info\/data\/usercontentroot\/home\/living%20with%20hep%20c\/caring%20for%20yourself\/stress\/Symptoms%20of%20stress.asp\">Symptoms of stress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hepcuk.info\/data\/usercontentroot\/home\/living%20with%20hep%20c\/caring%20for%20yourself\/stress\/Managing%20stress.asp\">Managing stress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like to echo your entry that stress can play an important role in CD4 counts rising and falling.  I switched to a position here in the US 18 months ago that placed unusually high demands on me.  I accomplished a lot but was under considerable stress. I ate well and complied with my medical regimen as usual.<\/p>\n<p>My CD4, however, dropped from 580 to 380 over the course of eight months although my VL remained non-detectable throughout.  There were no other defining events that I could point to as the cause other than the job. I&#8217;m no longer with that employer and my CD4 went up to 560 within three months and has remained in that upper range ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I am currently freelancing (with insurance) I feel much better mentally and physically.  My labs also reflect this with better readings.<\/p>\n<p>So, one must not overlook the importance of controlling stress as mush as possible in addition to taking your medications as part of a comprehensive approach to looking after your health.<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","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=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}