ScottTriGuy
Stop the harm. Start the research and treatment.
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@ScottTriGuy
CD4 of 900 is very good, better than my 674. When you started ARV's in 2002 what was your level of CD4?
I read about people having CFS with CD4 <350.
My problems started in 2010 and since 2012 I am feeling extreme fatigue, dizziness, abdominal left pain, neurological problems (muscle weakness on arms and foot), problems to focus and work, allergies, infections, soft and painful lymph nodes.
In 2010 my health problems started, first with rash on scalp, then painful lymph nodes and dry cough. In 2012 it became more serious - muscle weakness appeared, chest pain and extreme fatigue which I still suffer today an which disables me from work. Actually this is the point when I did intense Gym activity and swimming and after that could not even walk 300 meters on the street.
In January 2014 appeared abdominal pain on left side and a few months after that neurological problems, dizziness, extreme fatigue. Since 1 year ago I started to observe some kind of soft type of candida on tongue.
@sorin In 2002, the threshold for starting ARVs was 200, so when mine dipped under that, I started on the cocktail including the nasty AZT, ergo the nausea. I know many people who had single digit CD4s when starting meds and are alive to tell about it - the Lazarus effect.
My sister's friend was recently diagnosed with ataxia, some of your neurological stuff is similar:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataxia
@alex3619 I would not be surprised if HIV was implicated as one of the factors in the complexity.