I-PrEP: iyini, yenzelwa ini futhi ikhonjiswa nini

-Delile

• Yini eyenzelwe nokuthi isebenza kanjani
• Uma kukhonjisiwe
• Uyini umehluko phakathi kwe-PrEP ne-PEP?

I-PrEP HIV, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, iyindlela yokuvimbela ukutheleleka ngegciwane lesandulela ngculaza futhi ihambelana nokuhlanganiswa kwemithi emibili yezidambisigciwane evimbela ukuthi igciwane lingazaliseli emzimbeni, livimbele umuntu ukuthi angatheleleki.

I-PrEP kufanele isetshenziswe nsuku zonke ukuze iphumelele ekuvikeleni ukutheleleka ngegciwane. Le mithi itholakale mahhala yi-SUS kusukela ngo-2017, futhi kubalulekile ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwayo kuboniswe futhi kuqondiswe ngudokotela ojwayelekile noma isifo esithathelwanayo.

Yini eyenzelwe nokuthi isebenza kanjani

I-PrEP isetshenziselwa ukuvikela ukutheleleka ngegciwane lesandulela ngculaza, futhi kunconywa ukuthi usebenzise umuthi nsuku zonke ngokuyalelwa ngudokotela. I-PrEP ihambelana nokuhlanganiswa kwemishanguzo emibili yezidambisigciwane, i-Tenofovir ne-Entricitabine, esebenza ngqo kuleligciwane, evimbela ukungena kumaseli nokuphindaphindeka okulandelayo, okusebenzayo ekuvikeleni ukutheleleka nge-HIV nokuthuthukisa lesi sifo.

Lo muthi unomphumela kuphela uma uphuzwa nsuku zonke ukuze kube nokuhlushwa okwanele komuthi egazini futhi, ngaleyo ndlela, uyasebenza. Leli khambi livame ukuqala ukusebenza ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingaba ngu-7, ukuya ocansini endunu, nangemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-20 zokuya ocansini.

Kubalulekile ukuthi noma une-PrEP, amakhondomu asetshenziswa kwezocansi, njengoba lo muthi ungavimbeli ukukhulelwa noma ukudluliswa kwezinye izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi, njenge-chlamydia, i-gonorrhea ne-syphilis, ngokwesibonelo, okuba nomthelela kuphela egciwaneni le-HIV . Funda konke ngama-STD.

Uma kukhonjisiwe

Yize itholakala ngokukhululeka ngoHlelo Lwezempilo Oluhlangene, ngokusho koMnyango Wezempilo, i-PrEP ayifanele wonke umuntu, kodwa kubantu abayingxenye yamaqembu athile abantu, njengalawa:

• Trans abantu;
• Abasebenza ngocansi;
• Abantu abalala namanye amadoda;
• Abantu abavame ukuya ocansini, endunu noma esithweni sangasese, ngaphandle kwekhondomu;
• Abantu abaya ocansini kaningi ngaphandle kwekhondomu nomuntu onegciwane lesandulela ngculaza futhi ongatholi ukwelashwa noma ukwelashwa akwenziwa ngendlela efanele;
• Abantu abanezifo zocansi.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, abantu abake basebenzisa i-PEP, okuyiPost-Exposure Prophylaxis ekhonjiswe ngemuva kokuziphatha okuyingozi, bangaba ngabaqokelwe ukusebenzisa i-PrEP, kubalulekile ukuthi ngemuva kokusebenzisa i-PEP umuntu ahlolwe ngudokotela futhi ahlolwe ne-HIV ukuze ahlole ukuthi akukho ukutheleleka nokuthi isidingo sokuqala i-PrEP singahlolwa.

Ngakho-ke, endabeni yabantu abalingana nale phrofayili esungulwe nguMnyango Wezempilo, kunconywa ukuthi bafune izeluleko zezokwelapha nge-PrEP futhi basebenzise umuthi njengokuyalelwa. Udokotela uvame ukucela ezinye izivivinyo ukubheka ukuthi ngabe umuntu usevele unesifo yini, ngakho-ke, angakhombisa ukuthi kufanele kusetshenziswe kanjani umuthi olwa negciwane lesandulela ngculazi. Bona ukuthi uyihlolela kanjani i-HIV.

Uyini umehluko phakathi kwe-PrEP ne-PEP?

Kokubili i-PrEP ne-PEP kuhambelana neqoqo lemishanguzo esebenza ngokuvimbela ukungena kwegciwane lesandulela ngculaza kumaseli nokuphindaphindeka kwalo, ukuvimbela ukukhula kwesifo.

Kodwa-ke, i-PrEP ikhonjiswa ngaphambi kokuziphatha okuyingozi, ikhonjiswa kuphela iqembu elithile labantu, kuyilapho i-PEP inconywa ngemuva kokuziphatha okuyingozi, okungukuthi, ngemuva kocansi olungavikelekile noma ukwabelana ngezinaliti noma imijovo, isibonelo, ngenhloso yokuvikela intuthuko yalesi sifo. Thola ukuthi wenzeni uma usola i-HIV nokuthi uyisebenzisa kanjani i-PEP.