{"id":921,"date":"2009-10-01T12:55:56","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T12:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i-base.info\/qa\/?p=921"},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:17:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:17:14","slug":"is-athletes-foot-related-to-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/921","title":{"rendered":"Is athlete&#039;s foot related to HIV?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>If you are not on HIV treatment, as your CD4 declines, skin problems (sometimes related to fungal infections like athlete&#8217;s foot) can be some of the first HIV-related symptoms. These can occur when your CD4 count is still relatively strong, at a CD4 count of 300 or higher. When on treatment, as your CD4 count rises above 300-400 then they should become less common.<\/p>\n<p>However, athlete&#8217;s foot is very common in the general population, so it may also be unrelated to your HIV status.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment should be the same as for an HIV-negative person. In this case you could try the long-lasting lamosil where one application provides protection for a month, rather than the once-daily cream. If the problem continues, ask for a referral to a specialist in case another infection is responsible.<\/p>\n<p>There are no interactions between these creams and your HIV medications.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/athletes_foot\/article.htm\">article on this medical site<\/a> is a good general overview.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>I have recurring Althletes foot, could this be down to my HIV+ status?<\/p>\n<p>Also my pharmacist has prescribed more lamisil cream to treat it. Once a day. Does this have any interactions with my medication? &#8211; i am currently taking Sustiva and Kivexa.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently undetectable but cant see to shift this fungal infection and would be grateful for any advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13,16,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-complications-and-coinfections","category-drug-interactions","category-opportunistic-infections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","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=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}