HIV/AIDS

How do we stop this deadly disease called AIDS?  What do you about HIV/AIDS.

Fellow Nigerians we have mentioned  AIDS/HIV on this forum at one time or the other but we haven't discussed how to stop this deadly disease, the causes, prevention, ways of spreading or contacting this deadly disease.
NACA put the those that are infected in Nigeria alone at 3.2billion people with youths leading the pack.

Can we educate ourselves on this deadly disease on this forum. Some people still believe there is nothing like AIDS/HIV they argued it was a way of discouraging sex.

What do you think? Can you tell us the Origin of this Disease? What do you know about AIDS?
Let's share experinces over this global burning issue. Western world said "No cure for it yet.

Some traditional health providers said they have the cure, Doctor Abalaka once claimed he had a breakthrough for AIDS/HIV. Is there really a cure?

  Sure Buddy is right.I heard it's a cultured virus

I really don't know what you guys mean by "western invention" and if you mean HIV came from the white guys, well,...... think again.

HIV's origin is Africa (the rainforests of Congo to be specific) read "Hot Zone" by Preston (I forgot his first name)

and, there's no cure for it. not even the strongest voodoo guy or priest can take it away from you if you're infected. you're stuck with it for the rest of ya short life man.

the reason it's so common in africa is because of our "backwardness?", we don't have the technology, money  e.t.c
and these african parents won't educate their kids about sex. because it's a "sin". sin my ass. (excuse my french)

ABSTINENCE (don't have sex) is the best prevention against STDs. (sexually transmitted diseases)
if you can't do without it , use your .. ......you know what......  
and.......don't do it with prostitutes. they carry a fair share of the disease. and africa has  lots of them thanks to proverty.

Innocent01,
     Let no one deceive you. there is AIDS/HIV. I have seen a victim before and I have treated an Infected person before at Ondo state General Hospital Akure.
    So AIDS is real. That was my first time of seeing a victim and at the same time treating him. It's terrible my dear.
    When I wanted to up this job I'm doing now, they carried out HIV test though without my consent. When they collected my blood sample I asked if it were to be used for HIV test I wouldn't have accepted who knows I would have lost the job. It was after they sent the results of the test to the office which landed on my hand because I was to file them into the individuals file. So if it's not real why the test?

You are a medical doctor 

AIDS is real o!

and that gist about it originating from congo i can't say if its true, maybe someone else will confirm that.

can anyone confirm if magic Johnson is really cured?

Hey You.

I read your thread about the HIV/AIDS discussion. I can tell you AIDS is real and it is NOT an African problem. It is worldwide and for example Russia is very threatend by this diffusion of the virus. till now there is no cure, not for Africa, not for Europe or the united states. there are means to suppress the symptoms and  if you lead a very healthy life and swallow every day your "cocktail" of a dozen different pills then you can survive a longer time with the virus inside of you. perhaps one day the scientist will find a way to fight the virus directly but the problem is, that it is a mutant. it changes every time find medicine to fight its current attributes...
the belief that aids is a disease as a cold and can be cured is still a dream but this impression raises also in Europe. And this is really dangerous because men don't use condoms anymore and don't realize the danger behind every foreign sexual contact.
There are ways to prevent, if you are carfull and don't have f* with every one. Every sexual contact with persons you can't be sure they are not infected should be prohibited or exercised with a condom!!
more than 5% of the Nigerian population are officially infected and there is a high number of unreported cases but there are countries with more than 30% of their population concerned!
I really hope that media will check that spreading news like wondercure and non-existence of AIDS will lead into a disaster and that if rules and efficient information about this threat are send there would be less ignorance and incertitude about the subject.
So please, don't forget the disease exists and you are the only person who can protect you against it!!! Take care of you and tell doing so also to your friends and family!!!

Magic Johnson can still be alive because there are drugs to contain it but they are very expensive and the average Nigerian cannot afford it.



Antiretroviral drugs are used to stop the multiplication of the virus and for now no drugs has been known to cure HIV/AIDS.Magic Johnson is now freed from it as the virus manifest to Aids in man after 10 years an it's been like 15years the guy got it.So sometimes you find it diffult to believe HIV/AIDS ever exist but for me i still take normal precautions as they say prevention is better than cure.AND GREATPETER,I NEVER KNEW WE HAD A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE

you guys should read Hot-Zone by richard preston. HIV did originate from Congo (the rainforests to be exact. probably from a monkey or some organism i'm not sure  )

a lot of disease (ebola) came from that place too.

that book is scarry.

 Hidden Facts and Dangers of HIV Tests

thanks a lot nferyn 

people lets not buy into this theory bandied around by the western media, everyone always blames Africa when something bad happens, i'm surprised they've not said the bird flu originated from Africa.
If it originated in the congo basin in Africa, how come the first cases were identified in San francisco in the early 80s. HIV/AIDs was first identified within the Gay community in San Francisco.

The jury is still out as to where the virus came from, if it came from the congo then some gay guy from california must have 'shagged' a monkey then 

Anyway on a serious note, who cares where it came from?  this thing is gradually killing the next generation of Africans because of a lack of awareness and education. we all need to be aware of the dangers and be very careful of who we jump into bed with.

Don't be another AIDs statistic, practice safe sex

peace

The study of the DNA of the different HIV strains and that of those monkey originated viruses shows that HIV is a mutation of one of these viruses. Of course this does not blame Africa for anything in the least (what would Africa have to do with a naturally mutating virus anyway). The exact route the virus took from those monkeys to the Gay community in San Fransisco is another matter entirely and we will probably never know (unless of course real evidence pops up that links the experiments the Atlanta Center for Disease Control was conducting in Congo and HIV - but I wouldn't hold my breath, if they had anything to do with it, they've probably erased their tracks)


Maybe the above mentioned experiments were the link, but we will probably never know. Anyway, sex is not the only method of HIV transmission



Fully agree

You should indeed be wary of the portrayal of Africa by western media. The problem is that the further something is away from the the core constituency of the media, the more spectacular or negative the event needs to be to make it into the media at all. That's why most western media give a very distorted portrayal of Africa.

The story about people eating monkey meat could have a grain of truth in it. It is very unlikely that the transfer happened by simply eating monkey meat, but the war in Congo caused a lot of people to rely more and more on bushmeat and they thus ventured deeper and deeper into the forest. By doing so, they came in contact with previously undisturbed populations of monkeys that could be carrying the virus. The people hunting these monkeys could have been scratched by these monkeys, as some monkeys can be quite strong and violent.


And then the UK is probably the most liberal country in Europe  Sad ignorant idiots. Did you go through this or do you know of some people that went through this?

Sure, but the initial transfer was probably through direct blood contact. Another interesting note is that the strain of HIV that is prevalent in Africa is different from the one that is dominant in America and Europe. It is not unlikely that the in ital infection happened independently

The cure for HIV is in the Virus itself. It also lies outside the virus but intensive internal properties are likley to be more effective in dealing with it. So the question now is how do we destroy the living cells in the Virus? That is what the world is currently doing and hopefully cure will emerge. Just like malaria killed millions before its cure was found. So will this be..

nferyn

In africa, many people with malaria get cured with drugs found in a quinine tree in the late 18th century in India. If the cure for malaria is not found by now, a lot of people would have been dead
...As for HIV, I  think you're right about the RNA thing and the weakness of the virus which makes it to multiply in greater number in the cells. It will be very difficult to destroy the virus without having our own body destroyed...I think though that this virus can be elimited from the blood through dyalisis....If these virus can be moved to the blood stream though drug intakes. The dyalisis method will get it out of the body..This willl definitly work..I am preety sure...