Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt HIV ɛn AIDS. (HIV ɛn AIDS) Nɔ fred, lɛ wi tɔk!

Yu go mɔs dɔn yɛri bɔt HIV ɛn AIDS. Sɔntɛm yu de fred smɔl. Bɔt nɔ wɔri. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no ɔltin bɔt dis. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt am simpul wan, di we we yu go ɔndastand. Na bikɔs fɔ no bɔt dɛn tin ya rili impɔtant to yu ɛn di wan dɛn we yu lɛk.

Wetin na HIV? Wetin na AIDS? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan!

Okay, fɔs lɛ wi luk wetin na HIV. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) na wan vayrɔs we de atak di imyun sistɛm na wi bɔdi. Jɔs lɛk di ami we de protɛkt wi kɔntri, na so wi bɔdi in imyun sistɛm sɛf tan lɛk dat. Dis sistɛm na in de protɛkt wi frɔm sik dɛn. Di HIV vayrɔs de atak dis difɛns sistɛm dairekt wan.

Naw lɛ wi luk wetin na AIDS. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) na di las tɛm we pɔsin kin gɛt HIV. AIDS kin apin we di HIV vayrɔs dɔn pwɛl di imyun sistɛm fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn i kin rili wik.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat naw, no mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ HIV/AIDS. Bɔt wit di tritmɛnt dɛm wae de naw (`mɛrɛsin`), pɔrsin wae gɛt HIV kin liv lɔng ɛn wɛl bɔdi layf. So, fɔ no am kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ trit am fayn fayn wan rili impɔtant.

Wetin kin rili apin we HIV kam insay di bɔdi?

Imajin se wi imyun sistɛm gɛt spɛshal grup fɔ sojaman dɛn. dεn kכl dεm `CD4` sεl dεm . Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl dɛn bak ` T` sɛl . dis `CD4` sεl dεm na dεn de fכt jεm εn infεkshכn dεm we de kam insay wi bכdi, εn dεn de εp bak fכ mek sכm kayn kεnsar dεm nכ de.

Di HIV vayrɔs rili kɔni. i de go stret fכ atak dεn mכst imכtant `CD4` sεl dεm na wi difεns fכs dεm. Di vayrɔs kin go insay dɛn sɛl dɛn ya, tek kɔntrol pan dɛn, ɛn mek bɔku bɔku kɔpi dɛn fɔ insɛf. afta dat i de pwεl da `CD4` sεl de, εn di nyu vayrus dεm we dεn fכm de go bifo fכ atak כda hεlty `CD4` sεl dεm. Na so di HIV vayrɔs de skata na wi bɔdi.

Wetin kin apin we AIDS kin apin?

as tεm de go, di HIV vayrus de pwεl bכku `CD4` sεl dεm sכmtεm. Dɔn wi imyun sistɛm kin rili wik. I tan lɛk kɔntri we nɔ gɛt ami. Dis na di sik we dɛn kɔl AIDS.

We wi rich di stej we wi gɛt AIDS, di bɔdi in ebul fɔ fɛt sik kin ridyus bad bad wan. Dis kin mek ivin smɔl smɔl sik dɛn we nɔmal wan nɔ kin afɛkt wi bɛtɛ kin bi siriɔs. Difrɛn siriɔs infɛkshɔn ɛn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn kin bigin fɔ apin.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se pɔsin gɛt HIV? Yu tink se dɛn na di sem fɔ ɔlman?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ HIV infɛkshɔn nɔr de di sem fɔ ɔlman. Dɛn kin difrɛn bak dipen pan di stej we di sik de.

Fɔs stej: Akyu HIV infɛkshɔn

Dis na di fɔs tɛm we pɔsin gɛt di vayrɔs.

• Di sayn dɛm kin bigin bitwin 2 ɛn 4 wik afta di vayrɔs dɔn go insay di bɔdi.
• Dɛn sayn ya kin te fɔ sɔm dez to sɔm wiks.
• Wetin na dɛn kwaliti dɛn ya?
• Fiva
• Ed de at
• Bɔdi pen ( mɔsul pen ) .
• Gland dεm we swεla (gland dεm we swεla) .
• Rash na di skin
• Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt sayn dɛn we nɔ kin rili at fɔ si , ɔ dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl. So i kin tranga fɔ no se yu gɛt HIV na dis stej.

Neks stej: Krכnik HIV infεkshכn

Na dis tɛm, pɔrsin kin nɔr gɛt ɛni sayn at ɔl, ɔr kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik wae nɔr kin pasmak .

• Pɔsin kin nɔ gɛt ɛni sik fɔ 5 ɔ 10 ia , bɔt di vayrɔs kin kɔntinyu fɔ aktiv wan fɔ pwɛl di CD4 sɛl dɛn we de insay di bɔdi.
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin go bifo kwik kwik wan frɔm dis stej to di nɛks stej we rili bad, we na AIDS .

Di tin we bad pas ɔl: AIDS

Dis na di stej wae de pasmak ɛn las stej wae pɔrsin gɛt HIV. Bay dis tɛm, di imyun sistɛm dɔn rili wik.

• Fɔ bi rili tin (we yu de lɔs yu wet kwik kwik wan - ` we yu de lɔs yu wet kwik kwik wan` ).
• Fiva we kin kam ɔltɛm.
• Fɔ fil se yu taya pasmak .
• di limf no dεm de kכntinyu fכ swel.
• wan siriכs lכng infεkshכn kin kam, we dεn kכl `Pneumocystis pneumonia` .
• Di stɔl dɛn we de kɔntinyu fɔ lɔs (dayarɛa).
• Sɔl dɛn kin kam na di mɔt, di an, ɛn rawnd di say dɛn we pɔsin kin bɔn.
• Sɔm kayn kansa kin kam.
• difrεn prכblεm dεm na di skin (e.g. εkzema, rash) kin apin.

Aw HIV kin pas frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin? Lɛ wi fɛn ɔl dis!

HIV kin pas tru wata we de kɔmɔt na pɔsin we gɛt di sik we de kam insay pɔsin we gɛt wɛlbɔdi in bɔdi. Dɛn wata ya na di men tin dɛn:

• Blɔd
• Semen na di bɔdi
• Fluid dɛn we de na di vagina
• Milk fɔ mama in mama

Na di we dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ pas HIV:

• Frɔm mami ɛn dadi biznɛs we nɔ gɛt protɛkshɔn: Ɛspɛshali if dɛn nɔ yuz kɔndɔm we yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs wit yu an ɛn we yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs wit yu vagina.
• Na bay we dɛn de sheb nidul dɛn:We sɔm pipul dɛn kin yuz di sem nidul we dɛn de injekt drɔgs ɔ we dɛn de gɛt tatu.
• Pipul dɛn lɛk wɛlbɔdi wokman dɛn kin de pan denja fɔ mek dɛn chuk dɛn wit nidul we gɛt blɔd we gɛt di sik .
• Mama to pikin: HIV kin kɔmɔt frɔm mama we gɛt HIV to in pikin we i gɛt bɛlɛ, we i de bɔn pikin, ɔ we i de gi in bɛlɛ. Bɔt naw, fayn tritmɛnt dɛn de fɔ mek dis nɔ apin.

Wetin na di we dɛn fɔ avɔyd fɔ gɛt HIV? Lan bɔt dis klia wan!

Bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink di rɔŋ we bɔt aw HIV kin pas. Dis kin mek pipul dɛn fred we nɔ nid fɔ bi. HIV nɔ go ebul fɔ pas tru dɛn tin ya:

• Yurin (`pee`), poop (`poop`), spit (`spit`), vomit (`throw-up`), swet (unless i miks wit blɔd).
• Frɔm we yu de kɔf ɛn sniz.
• Na bay we dɛn ol dɛn an, bay we dɛn ɔg dɛn.
• Na bay we yu it frɔm di sem plet, bay we yu yuz di sem wata glas.
• Frɔm animal dɛn lɛk mɔskito.

Impɔtant: Dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ gɛt HIV bay we yu de liv wit, wok wit, ɔ intarakt wit pɔsin we gɛt HIV. So, no rizin nɔ de fɔ diskriminayt ɔ diskriminayt pipul dɛn we gɛt HIV.

Aw yu go no fɔ tru if yu gɛt HIV?

Di wangren we fɔ no if yu gɛt HIV na fɔ du blɔd tɛst. Yu kin gɛt dis tɛst frɔm dɔktɔ.

• If di tɛst kɔnfyus se di HIV vayrɔs de na di bɔdi, dɛn kin se da pɔsin de "HIV pɔsitiv" .
• Naw, dɛn gɛt tɛst dɛn we dɛn kin du na os frɔm famasi dɛn we dɛn nɔ gɛt prɛskrishɔn. Bɔt if di tɛst we dɛn du na os kam bak se yu gɛt di sik, yu fɔ rili go na ɔspitul fɔ mek dɛn du mɔ tɛst yu ɛn fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Aw yu kin trit pɔsin we gɛt HIV? Nɔ wɔri, gud tritmɛnt de naw!

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt HIV kin liv nɔrmal, wɛl bɔdi layf naw wae dɛn de yuz mɛrɛsin wae dɛn kɔl `Antiretrovirals` . Dɛn kin kɔl dɛn mɛrɛsin ya bak `ART` (Antiretroviral Therapy).

• Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya de wok bay we dɛn de ridyus di HIV vayrɔs na di bɔdi (dɛn kɔl dis `vayral lod` ). we di amoun fכ di vayrus dכn dכn, di `CD4` sεl dεm we dεn dכn dכn de stat fכ gro bak, we min se di nכmba fכ di `CD4` sεl dεm de inkrεs.
• Di men gol fɔ tritmɛnt na fɔ ridyus di vayrɔs na di bɔdi te dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ no am we dɛn de du blɔd tɛst. dis dεn kכl dis "undetectable" lεvεl fכ di vayrus. Fɔ rich dis lɛvɛl , yu nid fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin ɛvride fɔ at le 3 to 6 mɔnt.
• If yu kɔntinyu fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin jɔs lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu, yu kin kip di vayral lod na dis `undetectable` lɛvɛl. Bɔt if yu stɔp fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin, di vayral lod go bɔku kwik kwik wan bak.So, i nɔ fayn fɔ lɛ yu stɔp fɔ tek mɛrɛsin te yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ lɛf fɔ tek am.

Mɛmba se, mɛrɛsin de fɔ HIV! So if yu no am kwik ɛn trit yu kwik, dat de gi yu bɛtɛ chans fɔ liv wɛlbɔdi, lɔng layf.

Wetin wi fɔ du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm HIV?

Fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm HIV, wi ɔl nid fɔ no bɔt dɛn tin ya. I impɔtant mɔ fɔ tich wi pikin dɛn ɛn yɔŋ pipul dɛn bɔt dis.

• Nɔ ɛva yuz nidul dɛn we ɔda pipul dɛn dɔn yuz fɔ ɛni rizin. Yuz nyu tin dɛn nɔmɔ we dɛn dɔn sterilayz we yu de injekt drɔgs, we yu de mek tatu, ɔ we yu de chuk yu yes.
• Nɔ sheb yu yon tin dɛn we kin kam wit blɔd, lɛk reza ɛn tut brɔsh, wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Nɔ tɔch ɔda pɔsin in blɔd (e.g., blɔd we kɔmɔt na wund). If yu fɔ du dat, wɛr glɔv.
• If yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs, mek shɔ se yu yuz lɛtɛks kɔndɔm kɔrɛkt wan we yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs (vagina, ɔral, ɔ anal). Dis na di bɛst we fɔ mek HIV nɔ skata pan mami ɛn dadi biznɛs.

Wetin pɔsin we gɛt HIV fɔ du fɔ mek i nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛn?

I rili impɔtant fɔ mek pɔsin we gɛt HIV fɔ du tin di rayt we. Na sɔm tin dɛn we dɛn kin du:

• Tek di `Antiretrovirals` mɛrɛsin we di mɛdikal tim dɔn gi yu ɛksaktɔli, di rayt tɛm, ɛn di doz we dɛn gi yu. Dis nɔ go jɔs mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi, bɔt i go ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt ɔda pipul dɛn bad bad wan.
• Nɔ sheb yu nidul dɛn we yu dɔn yuz wit ɔda pipul dɛn fɔ ɛni rizin.
• Nɔ sheb yu yon tin dɛn we go gɛt blɔd, lɛk reza ɛn tut brɔsh, wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• If yu gɛt wund ɔ kɔt na yu bɔdi, kɔba am fayn wit bandej.
• If yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs:
• Tɔk ɔnɛs wit yu patna dɛn we yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs wit yu bɔt yu HIV stetɔs. Ɛnkɔrej dɛn fɔ du tɛst fɔ HIV bak.
• Wan spɛshal mɛrɛsin de we yu kin tek ɛvride fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ mek yu patna gɛt HIV. Dɛn kɔl am `PrEP` (Pri-Ɛksplɔshɔn Prɔfylaksis) . Yu kin no mɔ bɔt dis bay we yu tɔk to dɔktɔ.

Mɛmba dis: If yu de tek antiretroviral kɔrɛkt wan ɛn yu gɛt vayral lod we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ no, i nɔ go izi fɔ mek yu pas HIV to ɔda pɔsin tru mami ɛn dadi biznɛs. Dis na mɛsej we rili impɔtant. Bɔt, i kin rili smɔl fɔ mek i pas tru ɔda we, lɛk fɔ gi pikin in bɛlɛ ɔ fɔ sheb nidul.

Wetin bak wi nid fɔ no bɔt dis?

HIV nɔto sɔntin we pɔsin fɔ fred, bɔt na sik we dɛn nid fɔ manej fayn fayn wan.

• If yu tek yu mɛrɛsin kɔrɛkt wan ɛn fala di mɛrɛsin we yu de gi yu ɔltɛm, .Pipul dɛn we gɛt HIV kin liv lɔng, wɛl bɔdi, ɛn gladi layf jɔs lɛk ɛni ɔda pɔsin.
• We yu no se yu pikin gɛt HIV ɔ AIDS, dat kin mek yu sɔprayz. Bɔt bɔku tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ ɛp yu pikin:
• Mek shɔ se yu kɛr yu pikin go na dɔktɔ di de dɛn we yu dɔn plan fɔ go.
• Gi ɔl di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn tɛl yu fɔ gi yu pikin di rayt we, di rayt tɛm, ɛn lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu fɔ gi am.
• Mek shɔ se yu du ɔl di fɔlɔp blɔd tɛst dɛn we dɛn nid fɔ du di rayt tɛm.
• Ɛksplen to yu pikin di we we i go ɔndastand wetin na HIV/AIDS, aw i kin pas, ɛn aw i nɔ kin pas. Ansa ɛni kwɛstyɔn we i gɛt.
• Ɛp yu pikin fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk, fɔ slip fayn, ɛn it tin dɛn we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it .
• Mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de. Yu pikin in mɛdikal tim de fɔ ɛp yu ɛn yu pikin. Dɛn go ɛp yu fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin di bɛst we, ɛn dɛn go ɛp yu ɛn di ɔda pipul dɛn na yu famili pan aw i de fil.

## Mek wi rikol di tins we wi tok abaut fo wan breath (Take-Home Message)

Okay, wi tok plenti abaut HIV and AIDS tide, no bi so? Fɔ tɔk smɔl:

• HIV na vayrɔs we de atak di imyun sistɛm. AIDS na di kayn we we i kin rili bad.
• HIV kin pas mɔ tru mami ɛn dadi biznɛs we dɛn nɔ protɛkt, we dɛn sheb di nidul dɛn we gɛt di sik, ɛn we dɛn kin pas frɔm mama to pikin .
• HIV nɔ kin pas tru pɔsin we dɛn kin tɔk to dɛnsɛf, we dɛn de sheb it ɛn drink, ɔ we dɛn kin gɛt mɔskito.
• Yu nid fɔ tek blɔd tɛst fɔ no HIV.
• Wit di antiretroviral tritmɛnt dɛm wae de naw, pipul dɛm wae gɛt HIV kin liv wɛl, lɔng layf. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin kɔrɛkt wan ɛn ɔltɛm.
• we di vayral lod dכn dכn to wan ``undetectable'' lεvεl, di risk fכ sεkswal transmit HIV de kכlכsכl nכ de.
• Fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm HIV, tin dɛn lɛk fɔ yuz kɔndɔm ɛn nɔ fɔ sheb nidul rili impɔtant.
• Gi wi lɔv, gudnɛs, ɛn sɔpɔt to di wan dɛn we gɛt HIV. Nɔ marginalize dɛn.

If yu want fɔ no mɔ bɔt dis, yu kin go na wɛbsayt dɛn lɛk HIVinfo.NIH.gov ɛn CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) . Dɔn bak, yu kin gɛt di rayt advays ɛn savis pan dis frɔm di klinik dɛn we gɛt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs (`STD klinik`) na gɔvmɛnt ɔspitul dɛn na Sri Lanka.

Nɔ fred, if yu gɛt dawt, du tɛst. Mek dɛn no bɔt yu. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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