{"id":2373,"date":"2010-07-14T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2010-07-14T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T15:20:16","slug":"should-i-be-worried-if-i-get-flu-like-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/2373","title":{"rendered":"Should I be worried if I get flu-like symptoms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone gets colds and throat infections whether HIV positive or not. You should not worry about getting these infections but you should try to contact your doctor whenever they occur to ensure that the infection is treated before it becomes too severe.<\/p>\n<p>The key if you are HIV positive is to try to include time for rest and relaxation on a regular basis to ensure that you don\u2019t get run down.<\/p>\n<p>Taking multivitamins can also help to maintain good health. For more information about which vitamins and minerals to take please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/faq\/vitamins-and-minerals-infonet-factsheet-801\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a CD4 count of 360, you should start thinking about medication and preparing yourself for starting treatment. For some overall information about HIV treatment please see this link to the i-Base \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/home\/combination-therapy-guide\/\">Introduction to Combination Therapy<\/a>\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m male, 30 years old, diagnosed as HIV positive in April of this year. I have a CD4 count of 360 and a viral load of 5000.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to ask what should I do, or how worried should I be if I get cold or flu-like symptoms? Due to the nature of my job, I often get throat infections\/sore throats, but more recently have felt a bit chesty, run-down and headachey. Normally, I wouldn\u2019t worry and would expect to get better after some rest and relaxation but since my diagnosis, I\u2019m wondering what should I do when I feel ill?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-opportunistic-infections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}