{"id":6734,"date":"2012-04-20T10:39:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T10:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2012-09-03T09:02:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T09:02:37","slug":"6734","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/6734","title":{"rendered":"Do I need to avoid someone with chicken pox?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Thank you very much for your question and allowing us to post it online. \u00a0I\u2019m very sorry to hear that your niece has chicken pox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>People who are HIV positive are advised to stay away from people who are have chicken pox, especially\u00a0if you have not been vaccinated or are uncertain about your history<\/p>\n<p>Although this worry is mainly for people who have a low CD4 count (less than 350) this might still be something to ask your doctor first.<\/p>\n<p>I understand that this is a special occasion. Related information about &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hiv\/resources\/brochures\/careathome\/care6.htm\">Guarding against infection<\/a>\u2019 is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do I need to avoid someone with chicken pox?<\/p>\n<p>My niece currently has chicken pox. It&#8217;s her birthday tomorrow and we were planning on going to see her. Is this advisable? <\/p>\n<p>My wife and I both HIV positive and are on medication. My CD4 is 700 with a CD4% of 45%. Hers is lower at around 350 and 15%. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure I had chicken pox as a kid and my wife has had shingles (which as far as I&#8217;m aware indicates previous exposure). Is it advisable to avoid going, or is there little \/ no risk to our health?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6734","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\/6734","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=6734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}