{"id":5296,"date":"2011-12-06T16:17:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T16:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=5296"},"modified":"2011-12-06T16:17:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T16:17:32","slug":"my-new-combination-gave-me-folliculistis-what-can-i-do-to-relieve-the-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/5296","title":{"rendered":"My new combination gave me folliculistis &#8211; what can I do to relieve the symptoms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Folliculitis is the inflammation of hair follicles which is caused by bacteria. \u00a0Etravirine is known to have cause some skin problems. \u00a0Most rash are more likely to be mild and disappear without treatment. They can also be easily treated with antihistamine drugs, but it is important that you check with your doctor or pharmacist first before taking them, as there can be interaction with HIV drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Your drug combination is slightly unusual. \u00a0Can I ask the reasons why you had to change your treatment? \u00a0Can you also tell me what was your previous drugs combination that you took? \u00a0Knowing these can help us to assess your skin rash problems.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on side effects please take a look at this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/skin-rash\">link<\/a> below and also please look at &#8216;Other things that can help&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/side\/skin-rash\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started a new combination a month ago &#8211; Etravirine, Maraviroc, Atazanavir and Ritonovir.  I&#8217;m experiencing folliculitis on my shoulders and the top of my chest and back. The doctor said that it may be due to a sharp rise in CD4 count. I don&#8217;t know my CD4 count results, just my viral load is undetectable. What can I do to alleviate these symptoms?  Its quite itchy too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-changing-treatment","category-side-effects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5296","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}