{"id":17610,"date":"2021-09-05T08:31:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T08:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=17610"},"modified":"2021-09-05T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:09:28","slug":"my-cd4-is-low-how-can-i-increase-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/17610","title":{"rendered":"My CD4 is low, how can I increase it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Though your CD4 count is very low, you&#8217;re already doing everything right. The best thing that you can do is to be taking HIV treatment (ART).<\/p>\n<p>ART will help your body to recover. Over time, as long as you take your meds, your CD4 will steadily become higher. For now, think about it rising to 50, then 100 etc.<\/p>\n<p>This might take a little time &#8211; maybe t year to get to 50, or 100, this is all still good. Every day your immune system will steadily be getting stronger.<\/p>\n<p>But because your CD4 count is low, your body also needs some extra help.<\/p>\n<p>You should be taking a course of antibiotics as well as TB meds if you live in a TB prone area. Please ask for your eyes to be checked by a doctor for CMV. Also to have regular check ups with your doctor. Please see here: <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/4643\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/4643<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Atroiza and Odimune are different makes of the same medicine. They are both generic versions of an ARV called <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/1561\"><strong>Atripla<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This means is that they contain the same drugs. It&#8217;s common to switch between the various brands. This is safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m HIV positive. I kept it a secret from 2016 till I started losing weight and my mom was worried. <\/p>\n<p>I  have started with treatment but my CD4 count is only 16. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m  always sick and I feel very weak. Sometimes feel like I will never reach 200 nor get my life back to normal. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m lucky because my family are supportive. <\/p>\n<p>What can I do to improve my CD4 count? And why am I changed from Atroiza to Odimune medication?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access-to-treatment","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17610","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}