kingthreat:
My friend wanted a househelp. The agency gave him 3 names. As a sharp guy, he took them all for tests. 2 were hiv positive. The negative one was picked. The helps were all from Benue

yabas:
THIS EVENT HAPPENED A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS AGO (Oct/Nov 2015).

I decided to share a personal experience from late 2015 in a Nigerian hospital. I was unwell as a result of an incident. I went to one hospital that was recommended by a friend, after seeing the doctor on duty, he got out a paper and wrote down a number of tests to be carried out. He gave me the paper and said, go to room XYZ and give this paper to the lab scientists, he will take blood samples and perform those tests. I knocked on the door and waited until a male voice from behind the door instructed me to come in.

I sat down with the man and while we were conversing and waiting for him to take blood samples, I noticed a big hard cover note (those long hard cover notes) not too far from where I was sitting, the note was open with a pen as if someone was writing just a few minutes before I got in, I was shocked and suddenly stoped talking when I noticed what was written boldly on the note "HIV REGISTER". I couldn't believe it because the note was large and had already gone past the middle with people's names and dates written on it. Apparently, they always write down names and date of test on the book (a register of positive people from their blood test). They were even careless with the register because at some point, he briefly left to an inner room. I was frequenting the hospital for about 4 days and became friendly with one of the nurses, when my results finally came, I had something less serious, then I used the opportunity to ask my nurse friend about their HIV REGISTER, she said, her exact words "hmmm my dear, you will be surprise at the level of positive results coming out everyday, we just have to be careful". - something along that line, not the exact words.

Though I sometimes talk dirty and I meet female friends every now and then but I can count how many times, I have had sex since then & UNPROTECTED SEX IS A COMPLETELY NO, NO FOR ME, NO MATTER HOW I FEEL ABOUT HER. I keep telling my friends that in my next serious relationship, we shall go for tests before sex.

Please guys, I am not making up stories & the hospital is still in existence. The point I am trying to make here is: PLEASE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, LET US BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT OUR SEXUAL HEALTH, PLEASE I BEG YOU in the name of God. Say NO to quick sex, dickk/virgina sucking or deep kisses. If you must have SEX, use GOOD condoms, under no circumstance should you have unprotected sex, don't do deep kisses and licking of vigina and sucking peni.s, please don't. Fore play should be limited to running your hands all over, playing with nipples, clitories etc but don't EXCHANGE BODILY FLUID until you know each other's status. Dating is very good, I also date but we must be careful, use your head, simple. At the end of the day, abstinence/great restrain/being careful & using your head are the best strategies for protection.

parcino:
So i went for the hiv test last 2weeks when i met the doctor he ask so what's the problem i said i came for hiv test
Doctor: alright, are you sexually active?
Me: not really
Doctor : ok. So do you feel sick, any pains, any cough
Me: no


After some other few questions. The doctor wrote out some test for me.
I have added some other test for you the doctor told me

Went straight to lab and blood sample taken.

Me: when will the results be ready.
Lab attendant : tomorrow.


I collected lab attendant phone number and left
.
that tomorrow was like 1 year i swear. I slept wake, slept wake up.
Finally i was set to go see doctor the following day
But b4 then i called lab attendant.

Me: hello......... Is my results ready?
Lab attendant:yes
Me: how is it?
Lab attendant: pls come and see the doctor


I started sweating in morning. What kind of response is come and see the doctor?

I lock up i refuse to go in that early morning as the lab attendant response kept resonating in my head.
Everything was upside down for me i swear. Food was tasteless, no interest to do anything at all

So i decided i not to go that day till the following day.

So it was morning the next day. I went to the hospital........
Was now awaiting my turn
Doctor: from inside office calls: next... Calls my name
Me: oboy God help, help me abeg
Me: good morning doctor
Doctor : sit down. What the problem?
Me: i did some test day b4 yesterday so i came for result
Doctor : going through result and looking at me
Me: me God pls help, plsss
Doctor : all the results are ok.
Me: what about the hiv test?
Doctor : oh well its negative


Though im not sexually promiscuous i have since decided no pussay till i marry, not even with condom!! . That torment was to much i swear.

Pls, hiv is real. The best is to wait till marriage oo!
Even condom is not safe. Pls wait for marriage!


Thanks for heeding to this advice and thanks for reading!

Originalsly:


Wow!....and we be wondering why the rate of infection and death remain high.

You can take the horse to the water...but you can't make him drink it.

Chi59:

Yet someone cured of sickle cell through BMT can't marry someone who's SS or AS

EsotericMonk:

Men generally have a slightly less frequency of being infected in a one-off unprotected sex with an infected partner. It can also be that way if the partner has a very low amount of the virus in his/her blood.
It also happens in a rare genetic variety of the HIV (virus), something like 1 in 10-100k or more.
You may want to try if you fall in that bracket.

smart6:


Most Men do skin to skin without contracting the virus because they are circumcised. The same outcome cannot be said for the uncircumcised.
Another reason is most married men in such relationships where wife is positive, have unprotected sex only when they want a baby, with doctor's guidance, other times with CD. Followed by regular checks by man. Most babies are also born negative if care is taken.

delerx:
O boy. Soon u will forget abt this experience when u enter into the world back and start seeing sexy things on the street. Mind you I am a pharmacist, I have friends who are doctors and digging raw. A friend working with institute of human virilogy in the north still collecting bj and fucking hausa punas.this sex of a thing people no dey hear word.I have a lot of patients who are positive and stl fucking raw.

EgunMogaji:
I find the OPs approach typical of Nigerians, unnecessarily alarmist. The only thing missing is a churchy sermon.

HIV is just as easily managed as is high blood pressure, mental health, diabetes, etc

HIV can be managed to an undetectable level and partners can use prep medicine.

Stop stigmatizing people.

dingbang:
you tell a Nigerian girl let's go for test before having sex and she finds it offensive. Yeah I have met girls like that.

Ivorianaija:

There is no cure for AIDS yet and people will have to live with these symptoms for the rest of their lives:
Fever
Headache
Muscle aches and joint pain
Rash
Sore throat
Swollen lymph glands, mainly on the neck
Soaking night sweats
Recurring fever
Chronic diarrhea
White spots or unusual lesions on tongue or in mouth
Fatigue
Unexplained weight loss
Skin rashes and bumps

yabas:


How can sexual awareness campaign be equated to "stigmatizing people".

MarieSucre:

Some guys will not even like to use condom. They'll vex and get offended that you're accusing them of cheating.

delerx:
O boy. Soon u will forget abt this experience when u enter into the world back and start seeing sexy things on the street. Mind you I am a pharmacist, I have friends who are doctors and digging raw. A friend working with institute of human virilogy in the north still collecting bj and fucking hausa punas.this sex of a thing people no dey hear word.I have a lot of patients who are positive and stl fucking raw.

MarieSucre:

Some guys will not even like to use condom. They'll vex and get offended that you're accusing them of cheating.

Espada10:
It always baffles me when you use and insist on condom during sex but still engage in dick and pussy sucking and even kissing.


so what is the point of condom?

dingbang:
funny enough I don't even like condom hence my reason for abstinence.. I tried sex with condom and I just didn't feel anything

Sunnynaz:
Eyaa
Two Men Seen Fighting Inside The Rain Because Of A Lady. (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcCRYwEuedo

Oseniade:
I am a Laboratory Scientist by training. Hepatitis B is even more widespread than HIV and fortunately it has vaccine. Peradventure you got infected with Hepatitis B, you will spend more than #500000 to get a cure. That is the bitter truth. Vaccine that cost less than #5000. GET tested today and save yourself a myriads of problems in the future.

harveyspec:


when you have kids, you would want to know the status of ur maids

EgunMogaji:


When it's laced with stigmatic, alleged, personal opinion.

The only thing of value is that hospitals in Nigeria, at least the quack one that you went to, doesn't adhere to HIPPA.

HIV is not a death sentence disease that it once was. There's no need to make fellow citizens run underground.

Your gnarled onto sexual activity as if that's the only method of catching the disease.

MarieSucre:


No offence but you and your friends are behaving recklessly. That's is an incredible stupid thing to type and even more stupid to do. And you're supposedly people's future father's and husbands smh.