Isizathu Esiyinombolo Esenza Abantu Bagweme Ukuhlolelwa I-HIV

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Uke waphonsa ukuhlolwa kwe-STD noma ukuvakashela i-gyno ngoba ucabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe lokho kuqubuka kuzohamba-futhi, okubaluleke nakakhulu, uyesaba ukuthi imiphumela ingaba yini? (Sicela ungakwenzi lokho-Siphakathi Nobhubhane Lwe-STD.)

Labo jitters abagcini ngokugcina abantu bekwenzela ukubhekana nezinkinga ezincane zezempilo. Eqinisweni, izithiyo ezinkulu ekuhlinzekeni ukwelashwa nge-HIV-nokuvimbela iziguli ukuthi zingaze zihlolelwe kwasekuqaleni-ukwesaba, ukukhathazeka nezinye izithiyo ezingokwengqondo, ngokusho kocwaningo olusha olushicilelwe ku Ingculazi kanye Nokuziphatha.

Ukubamba i-HIV ngokuhlonza kusenesikhathi kubalulekile; kusho ukuncipha kwamathuba okusabalalisa ngokuqhubekayo, impendulo engcono ekwelashweni, nokunciphisa ukufa nokugula, ngokusho kwabaphenyi. Kodwa ngenkathi behlaziya izifundo ezingama-62 ezazishicilelwe phambilini ezibheka ukucwaswa kwengqondo nezenhlalo ezungeze i-HIV, bathola ukuthi iningi labantu abangafuni ukuhlolelwa besaba ukuhlolwa noma besaba ukuthola ukuxilongwa okuhle.

Lokho kuyinkinga enkulu, ngoba cishe amaphesenti ayi-13 wabantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.2 abane-HIV abazi ukuthi banalo ngisho naleli gciwane, ngokusho kombiko ovela e-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lokho abantu abaningi abahambahambayo ngaphandle kolwazi lokuthi babeka abanye engcupheni. (Thola ukuthi Ungakhuluma Kanjani nozakwenu ngesimo sakho se-STI.)

Okutholakele kulolu cwaningo kuphakamisa ukuthi kufanele kugxilwe kakhulu ekubhekaneni nokucwaswa kwe-HIV, ukuze kukhuthazwe abantu ukuthi bazihlole, ngokusho kweNewsweek. Vumela uCharlie Sheen nesimemezelo sakhe esinesibindi sihole phambili.

Ngakho-ke ngokuzayo lapho udokotela wakho wezifo zabesifazane ebuza ngokuhlolelwa i-HIV, vele uthi yebo. Uzobe uthatha isinyathelo esibheke ekuvikeleni impilo yakho, kanye nabo bonke ozakwethu bocansi besikhathi esizayo. (Futhi singaphakamisa ukuthi kuthengwe amasheya kuma-New Killer Condoms Athi "Angathathi hlangothi" i-HIV, i-HPV, ne-Herpes?)

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