If You Test HIV Positive

Well I will just run crazy and start laughing if I discover such a thing.  I mean, I'm not sexually active and I don't live with anyone who is known to HIV, so the question I will ask is, "why me?"

AIDS is in very low occurance here (chances of things like skin cancer is much higher) but it is just plain irrisponsible not telling anyone about it, think about what could happen. You could infect another person with it as well!!!

Agbedo Olorun maje [God forbid bad thing] it is simply impossikant abeg don't joke with bad thing jare

Let people know?  You must be joking!  I wouldn't dare; I would rather just continue doing the things I'm doing in peace while I'm still alive.

Yes, but I'll do it as long as I can.

@ka not a fake story i read  it from the forwarded email messages like 2-3 years ago. if i had it i would have posted it. i do not make up stories (not credible)

I am shocked by what Seun and dablessed have to say about this topic.  Seun, you may really not be sexually active and still get HIV.  It is not only through sex that HIV is transmitted.  To dableseed and ilks there is a big difference between HIV & AIDS.

If I had HIV I will tell all my friends & family about it & also try to educate them about the virus (I did an Hepatits B & HIV test last month & and the results were both negative, my friend's wife needed blood at Ayinke house the maternity of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital).  For your infromation, HIV just goes to expose the weakness of the way modern science is loopsided towards money.  They ignore viruses while they are going to see if they can conquer space, whereas they have not conquered the pressing needs of humanity.

To come nearer home every human being has at least one kind of virus in his body.  We all caught the cold virus on the day we were born.  How we cope with the cold virus depends on how we expose our self to environment that will trigger off the cold virus.

Magic johnson has been living well with the HIV virus for more than 10 years now and it has not developed AIDS yet.  HIV fights the immune system of the body.when to immune system is really down & oppotunistic diseases attack the body that cannot fight back that is when the personis now said to have AIDS.

There are a lot of NGOs that give out free information on HIV AIDS.  I recommend Community Life Project Isolo  #9 Ilori Street off Ire- Akari  Estate Road Isolo Lagos.

Slowpoison, I am aware that HIV can be spread through blood transfusion, sores in the mouth if there's an exchange of saliva, piercing of the skin by unsterilized sharp objects like a blade or a needle that has been used by an HIV positive person, et cetera.  In general, "exchange of body fluids".

The reason I will not tell anyone if I am HIV positive is because of the discrimination that HIV positive people face in this country.  In fact, I've not taken the test yet because when I take it I want it to be in a private setting between me and the doctor alone.  I won't even want my family members to know when I take the test, until I've confirmed that it's negative.

I do not know how expensive the anti-retroviral drugs for managing HIV infection are in Nigeria, but I am aware that the amount of tablets you have to swallow in a day is something else!  So let's all be careful.

Sometimes we find it difficult to accept the truth,what would you do if you found out that you are HIV positive,not that am praying for it to happen to anyone but we just have to think along this line.Please folks let me hear from you all.

See Also If You Find Out That Your Lover is HIV Positive.

By the way: thre are other ways to get HIV such as blood transfusions, shared use of needles and blades, the use of an infected clipper to cut your hair.

If i test HIV+, I will not tell anyone momentarly...I will seek cure from allegly named herbalist anywhere they can be found on the face of the earth. If they cure me, great, if not then i will just tell my family..(I know my mom will faint) i will maybe tell my brothers 
but not my parents..they will die if they hear this and they are old and wary and hoping on me

. AIDS IS REAL !!!!!!     good point

I AGREE....

However, If you have to have sex. USE A CONDOM.

IF you want to marry.. GET AN AIDS TEST FIRST. 



Rank Country HIV/AIDS - deaths  Date of Information

 
1 South Africa  370,000  2003 est. 
2 India  310,000  2001 est. 
3 Nigeria  310,000  2003 est. 
4 Zimbabwe  170,000  2003 est. 
5 Tanzania  160,000  2003 est. 
6 Kenya  150,000  2003 est. 
7 Ethiopia  120,000  2003 est. 
8 Mozambique  110,000  2003 est. 
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the  100,000  2003 est. 
10 Zambia  89,000  2003 est. 
11 Malawi  84,000  2003 est. 
12 Uganda  78,000  2003 est. 
13 Thailand  58,000  2003 est. 
14 Cameroon  49,000  2003 est. 
15 Cote d'Ivoire  47,000  2003 est. 
16 China  44,000  2003 est. 
17 Botswana  33,000  2003 est. 
18 Ghana  30,000  2003 est. 
19 Lesotho  29,000  2003 est. 
20 Burkina Faso  29,000  2003 est. 
21 Burundi  25,000  2003 est. 
22 Haiti  24,000  2003 est. 
23 Central African Republic  23,000  2003 est. 
24 Sudan  23,000  2003 est. 
25 Rwanda  22,000  2003 est. 
26 Angola  21,000  2003 est. 
27 Burma  20,000  2003 est. 
28 Ukraine  20,000  2003 est. 
29 Chad  18,000  2003 est. 
30 Swaziland  17,000  2003 est. 
31 Namibia  16,000  2003 est. 
32 Brazil  15,000  2003 est. 
33 Cambodia  15,000  2003 est. 
34 United States  14,000  2003 est. 
35 Mali  12,000  2003 est. 
36 Sierra Leone  11,000  2001 est. 
37 Togo  10,000  2003 est. 
38 Congo, Republic of the  9,700  2003 est. 
39 Guinea  9,000  2003 est. 
40 Russia  9,000  2001 est. 
41 Vietnam  9,000  2003 est. 
42 Dominican Republic  7,900  2003 est. 
43 Madagascar  7,500  2003 est. 
44 Liberia  7,200  2003 est. 
45 Eritrea  6,300  2003 est. 
46 Benin  5,800  2003 est. 
47 Guatemala  5,800  2003 est. 
48 Mexico  5,000  2003 est. 
49 Pakistan  4,900  2003 est. 
50 Niger  4,800  2003 est. 
51 Peru  4,200  2003 est. 
52 Honduras  4,100  2003 est. 
53 Venezuela  4,100  2003 est. 
54 Colombia  3,600  2003 est. 
55 Senegal  3,500  2003 est. 
56 Nepal  3,100  2003 est. 
57 Gabon  3,000  2003 est. 
58 Indonesia  2,400  2003 est. 
59 El Salvador  2,200  2003 est. 
60 Malaysia  2,000  2003 est. 
61 Trinidad and Tobago  1,900  2003 est. 
62 Ecuador  1,700  2003 est. 
63 Argentina  1,500  2003 est. 
64 Canada  1,500  2003 est. 
65 Chile  1,400  2003 est. 
66 Guinea-Bissau  1,200  2001 est. 
67 Guyana  1,100  2003 est. 
68 Belarus  1,000  2001 est. 
69 France  1,000  2003 est. 
70 Italy  1,000  2003 est. 
71 Spain  1,000  2003 est. 
72 Portugal  1,000  2003 est. 
73 Germany  1,000  2003 est. 
74 Costa Rica  900  2003 est. 
75 Jamaica  900  2003 est. 
76 Iran  800  2003 est. 
77 Egypt  700  2003 est. 
78 Djibouti  690  2003 est. 
79 Bangladesh  650  2001 est. 
80 Gambia, The  600  2003 est. 
81 Papua New Guinea  600  2003 est. 
82 Paraguay  600  2003 est. 
83 Algeria  500  2003 est. 
84 Latvia  500  2003 est. 
85 Philippines  500  2003 est. 
86 Uzbekistan  500  2003 est. 
87 Uruguay  500  2003 est. 
88 United Kingdom  500  2003 est. 
89 Suriname  500  2003 est. 
90 Jordan  500  2003 est. 
91 Japan  500  2003 est. 
92 Equatorial Guinea  370  2001 est. 
93 Romania  350  2001 est. 
94 Moldova  300  2001 est. 
95 Cape Verde  225  NA 
96 Armenia  200  2003 est. 
97 Lithuania  200  2003 est. 
98 Lebanon  200  2003 est. 
99 Laos  200  2003 est. 
100 Kazakhstan  200  2003 est. 
101 Korea, South  200  2003 est. 
102 Kyrgyzstan  200  2003 est. 
103 Hong Kong  200  2003 est. 
104 Georgia  200  2003 est. 
105 Fiji  200  2003 est. 
106 Tunisia  200  2003 est. 
107 Syria  200  2003 est. 
108 Singapore  200  2003 est. 
109 New Zealand  200  2003 est. 
110 Oman  200  2003 est. 
111 Mongolia  200  2003 est. 
112 Estonia  200  2003 est. 
113 Cuba  200  2003 est. 
114 Sri Lanka  200  2003 est. 
115 Brunei  200  2003 est. 
116 Barbados  200  2003 est. 
117 Bahamas, The  200  2003 est. 
118 Bahrain  200  2003 est. 
119 Azerbaijan  100  2001 est. 
120 Serbia and Montenegro  100  2003 est. 
121 Turkmenistan  100  2004 est. 
122 Switzerland  100  2003 est. 
123 Sweden  100  2003 est. 
124 Slovenia  100  2003 est. 
125 Poland  100  2001 est. 
126 Norway  100  2003 est. 
127 Netherlands  100  2003 est. 
128 Malta  100  2003 est. 
129 Mauritius  100  2001 est. 
130 Macedonia  100  2003 est. 
131 Tajikistan  100  2001 est. 
132 Luxembourg  100  2003 est. 
133 Slovakia  100  2001 est. 
134 Israel  100  2001 est. 
135 Iceland  100  2003 est. 
136 Hungary  100  2001 est. 
137 Greece  100  2003 est. 
138 Finland  100  2003 est. 
139 Bulgaria  100  2001 est. 
140 Bosnia and Herzegovina  100  2001 est. 
141 Denmark  100  2003 est. 
142 Ireland  100  2003 est. 
143 Belgium  100  2003 est. 
144 Austria  100  2003 est. 
145 Czech Republic  10  2001 est. 
146 Croatia  10  2001 est. 
147 Samoa  3  NA 
148 Svalbard  0  2001 

I will cry for a day. Then I will start looking for girls who will go with me. Shikena!

hunter.  here is the full list  link  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2157.html

80% of HIV infections in Nigeria are transmitted by heterosexual sex. Factors contributing to this include a lack of information about sexual health and HIV, low levels of condom use and high levels of STIs such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea, which make it easier for the virus to be transmitted. Blood transfusions are responsible for 10% of all HIV infections. There is a high demand for blood because of road traffic accidents, blood loss from surgery and childbirth, and anaemia from malaria. As there is no coordinated national blood supply system, blood isn't routinely tested for HIV, and a study last year found that 4% of blood donors in Lagos were HIV positive. The remaining 10% of HIV infections are acquired through other routes such as mother-to-child transmission, homosexual sex and intjecting drug use. The rate of mother to child transmission in Nigeria has gone up in recent years as the number of HIV positive women has increased.
Although prostitution is illegal in Nigeria there are more than 1 million female sex workers. HIV infection rates among sex workers have been estimated to be as high as 30% in some areas. There are low levels of condom use among sex workers because of a lack of knowledge about HIV transmission and poor acceptance by male clients. \
Prevention
Education
Nigeria's STD/HIV control estimates that 60% of all new HIV infection occurs in young people between the ages of 15 and 25. Recently a new curriculum was introduced for comprehensive sex education for 10 - 18 year olds. It focuses on improving young people's knowledge and attitudes to sexual health and reducing sexual risk taking behaviours. In the past attempts at providing sex education for young people were hampered by religious and cultural objections. The new curriculum was developed with consultation from religious and community leaders and hopefully will remain in place in the future.

Good article, but you left me wondering the original source of this information.  Can you provide us with references to the statements highlighted above in red... please?