Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n
Are you taking treatment for what else you have mentioned e.g., the oral thrush and UTI?<\/p>\n
Have you been on any treatment specifically for SLE? A common problem with SLE is low white blood cells, most commonly affecting CD4 cells.<\/p>\n
This can mean that HIV is not the reason for your low CD4 count. This would be suggested because you have remained on your treatment and your viral load is undetectable.<\/p>\n
Now that you have found your CD4 count is low, have you been started on an antibiotic called co-trimoxazle? This is used to prevent further infections as your immune system is currently weaker than normal.<\/p>\n
Being HIV positive and having SLE at the same time is a rare combination. Are you under any specialists? You would need a rheumatologist and an HIV doctor to make a management plan to make sure your HIV treatment is balanced with any immunosuppressants you may require for treating SLE.<\/p>\n
Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi, I have been taking my medication since I was a child till date. I’m 24 growing and my CD4 was high but for the past ten years I haven’t tested to check it….three years ago found out I have systemic lupus erythematosus. My viral load is undetectable but when I checked my CD4 last month it was very low 135, what could be the cause? I take my medication everyday now mum thinks am not taking my medication. I have some oral thrush that doesn’t go away and consistent fungal\/UTI plus my skin itches a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22471","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\/22471","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22479,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22471\/revisions\/22479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}