{"id":818,"date":"2009-05-02T09:56:41","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T08:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i-base.info\/qa\/?p=818"},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:17:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:17:20","slug":"why-has-my-cd4-count-dropped-what-about-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/818","title":{"rendered":"Why has my CD4 count dropped? What about cholesterol?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks for letting us know your recent results.<\/p>\n

It is good that the second test showed that your viral load had become undetectable again without any need to change treatment.<\/p>\n

These low-level blips are very common, and confirming any unexpected results with a second test is always recommended.<\/p>\n

In a similar way, the change in your CD4 count is likely to just be a natural fluctuation. CD4 results can fluctuate quite widely on a daily or weekly basis. It is more important on treatment that your viral load is undetectable.<\/p>\n

Your CD4 is likely to be back to normal after your next test.<\/p>\n

Information about lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) are included at this link<\/a> in the i-Base side effects guide.<\/p>\n

Your HIV meds could easily be having an impact on your cholesterol and HDL:LDL ratio.<\/p>\n

Taking more exercise and looking at diet changes are usually recommended first before considering changing treatment.<\/p>\n

European guidelines (EACS)<\/a> recommend the following summary:<\/p>\n

Diet counselling:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello<\/p>\n

The other day I sent a question. You replied under a heading “My viral load has increased from undetectable to 87”.<\/p>\n

As you suggested, I had a second time test immediately. The test results indicate that my CD4 count has come down from 284 to 195 c\/ml, my CD4 % is 12 and my VL became less than 40 (undetectable) again.<\/p>\n

Though my viral load is now back to undetectable, why has my CD4 count gone down so much in a matter of abount 3 weeks?<\/p>\n

I also had my cholesterol tested and the result s 230. My HDL\/LDL percentage 3.6 (which they say is in the average risk range). Could this cholesterol problem be a due to the the ARV medication (AZT, lamuvidine and efavrenz)?<\/p>\n

Do I have to change treatment?<\/p>\n

My doctor advises me not to take meat, milk and other faty foods, but are not these types of food necessary for recovering my CD4 count?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,30,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-other-tests","category-side-effects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}