{"id":5811,"date":"2012-02-01T12:58:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T12:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=5811"},"modified":"2012-11-01T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T14:19:48","slug":"does-treatment-cause-dhiarrhoea-and-joint-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/5811","title":{"rendered":"What is causing me diarrhoea and joint pain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations on giving birth to an HIV negative baby. I am sorry to hear you were diagnosed at what must have been a difficult time. I hope you are enjoying bringing up your baby. Are you in touch with any other mothers living with HIV? Many mothers in you situation find it helpful to share their experiences of living with HIV, as well as how they cope best.<\/p>\n<p>The symptoms you describe could be a side effect of the medication you are taking. However, \u00a0the best way to confirm whether this is so or whether the symptoms are due to other factors, is to speak to your doctor. He\/she will be able to diagnose you correctly and offer the most suitable solution. Depending on how severe your symptoms are, he may be able to switch your medication. If this option is not available, he should give you something to manage the diarrhoea and joint pains. Please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/diarrhoea\">link<\/a> to our guide on HIV and your quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not in touch with other positive mothers and feel that you would find this useful, please contact the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tac.org.za\/community\/contact.\">Treatment Action Campaign<\/a> [TAC].\u00a0 TAC are based in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>I was diagnosed with HIV in June 2011 while pregnant and I gave birth to an HIV negative baby in Nov. I am taking Alluvia and Lamzid. I only experienced runny tummy during the first 2 weeks of taking the medication.<\/p>\n<p>Of late, I&#8217;ve been experiencing a runny tummy, muscle and joint aches as well as weight loss. I need to know what could be the cause of these health concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Thank You<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-side-effects","category-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5811","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}