Ukuthatha imithi ye-antiretroviral nxa ule-HIV kwehlisa inani le-HIV emzimbeni wakho. Nxa ulalo igcikwane elincane emzimbeni wakho, liyaba lincane kakhulu ebudodeni bakho, oketshezini lwesitho  sowesifazane noma kumafinyila eAnus. Lokhu kutsho ukuthi mancane amathuba okuthi udlulisele i-HIV ngesikhathi socansi. Nxa unamathela ekwelatshweni kwakho futhi kusebenza kahle, kungase kufike isikhathi lapho inani legcikwane emzimbeni wakho libe ncane kangangokuthi ukuhlolwa okuvamile ngeke kukwanise ukulithola. Yilokhu okubizwa ngokuthi ‘inani legcikwane egazini elingabonakali’. Ivamise ukuhlukaniswa ngokuthi nxa inani le-HIV egazini lakho lingaphansi kwamakhophi angu-50/ml - ngokokuhlolwa komthamo wegciwane egazini. Nxa ulenani legciwane egazini elingabonakali, usuyiqedile i-HIV kangangokuthi ngeke usakwazi ukuyidlulisela ngocansi.

Lokhu kwafakazelwa ngo-2016, ocwaningweni olwaluhlanganisa abantu bobulili obuhlukile abathandanayo abangu-548. Kubo bonke abathandanayo uphathina oyedwa wayelegcikwane elingabonakali. Akukho ukudluliswa kwe-HIV okwenzekile kunoma yiwuphi walabo  lakuba kube lezinkulungwane zocansi olungavikelekile. Ukuze wazi ukuthi igcikwane alibonakali  yini kufanele uhlolwe inani  legcikwane egazini. Nxa ubambelela kahle ekwelatshweni kwakho futhi ungelazo izinkinga kulesizatho esihle sokucabanga ukuthi inani legcikwane egazini lizaba phansi. Kodwa awukwazi ukuqiniseka ukuthi ayibonakali ngaphandle nxa ulinganisa inani legcikwane egazini. Kungasenani, lokhu kutsho ukuthi abantu abangenakho ukufinyelela ekuqaphelweni kwenani legcikwane egazini ngeke babe kwazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi igcikwane kalibonakali

Ukuze uthole i-HIV uketshezi locansi oluphuma kumuntu oyedwa kufanele lungene komunye. Lokhu akwenzeki ngomsebenzi wezandla. Uma wabelana ngethoyizi locansi elifakwayo, ingozi incane, kodwa kuqakathekileyo ukuthi ugezise ithoyizi phakathi kokuyisebenzisa futhi usebenzise ikhondomu entsha kumuntu ngamuntu.  Mancane amathuba okuthi uthole i-HIV ngokuhlanganyela amathoyizi ocansi, kulula ukudlulisela ezinye izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi (STIs) njenge-chlamydia kanye ne-gonorrhea ngale ndlela. Ukulandela lesi seluleko kuyakuvikela kulokhu.

Yebo, igazi lokuya esikhathini lolunye uketshezi locansi kungaba le-HIV. Nxa ule-HIV, inani legcikwane egazini lakho lingaba phezulu ngesikhathi usesikhathini sakho. Lokhu kutsho ukuthi manengi amathuba okuthi udlulisele i-HIV ngalesi sikhathi. Nxa ungelayo i-HIV, usungakwazi ukuthola i-HIV nxa uya emacansini ngesikhathi sakho. Ngesikhathi usesikhathini, iziguquko esithweni sowesifazana zenza kube lula ukuthi i-HIV ingene emzimbeni wakho.

Ukusebenzisa amakhondomu, ukuba sekwelatshweni okusebenzayo kanye lokuthatha i-PrEP konke kunciphisa lezi zingozi.