{"id":9734,"date":"2014-01-16T12:45:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T12:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=9734"},"modified":"2014-01-16T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T12:45:09","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-a-cd4-of-788-and-399","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/9734","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the difference between a CD4 of 788 and 399?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your email. First of all, please be aware that advocates at i-Base are not doctors and we have no formal medical training. Information from i-Base should be used to inform conversations with your doctor or clinic.<\/p>\n<p>It is normal for CD4 counts to decline over time without ARVs. Can you tell me when your first CD4 count and the latest were taken?<\/p>\n<p>Both these CD4 counts are good, but it is a good idea to start getting ready to take ARVs as most countries recommend treatment when your CD4 count falls to 350 or below.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about CD4 counts and treatment recommendations in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\/cd4-count-and-guidelines\">our guide to starting treatment here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first CD4 count was 788 and my latest is 399.<\/p>\n<p>I am not on ARVs.<\/p>\n<p>What is the difference between these two CD4 counts? Please tell me doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9734","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\/9734","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}