{"id":6278,"date":"2016-01-07T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=6278"},"modified":"2016-01-08T01:12:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T01:12:19","slug":"how-do-i-improve-and-maintain-my-cd4-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/6278","title":{"rendered":"How do I improve and maintain my CD4 count?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In general, the only way to increase your CD4 count is to use\u00a0HIV treatment (ART).<\/p>\n<p>No other products can\u00a0increase your CD4 count \u2013 not\u00a0vitamins, supplements or herbal remedies.<\/p>\n<p>ART\u00a0works by stopping the virus from replicating. \u00a0As your viral load is reduced your CD4 count will start to rise again.<\/p>\n<p>Lifestyle changes can still be very important for your general health. Eating a nutritious balanced diet, exercising regularly, reducing stress, sleeping well and stopping smoking\u00a0can help to maintain a healthy immune system. These things are good for your health but just don&#8217;t have a direct impact on your CD4 count.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u00a0use ART, the information\u00a0at this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\">link on starting treatment<\/a>\u00a0will help.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing about and understanding ART will help you feel in control over your treatment.<\/p>\n<p><em>This answer was updated in January 2016 from a question first posted on 8 March 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am HIV positive and my CD4 count is 696.  How can I improve it or maintain it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6278","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\/6278","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=6278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}