HIV/AIDS Status: Three Reasons To Get Tested
Getting tested may not be the popular thing to do for many people but its necessary. Alarming numbers are on the rise of HIV positive individuals of all races. African-Americans are being hit with an escalating number of deaths for men, women and children each year. There are an abundance of clinics, hospitals and other testing centers throughout the country now available for free to low fee HIV testing. There is no excuse to not know your status. Being in the know shows you are responsible and value your life. Testing is easy, painless and helps with reducing the spread of the HIV virus.
Here are three reasons to get tested:
1) Early prevention makes a difference- The sooner you know the better. You can live with HIV and have a healthy life with early medical treatment and maintain a healthy lifestyle to stay well. If you are diagnosed HIV positive it is not the end of the world.
2) Knowing your Status makes you Responsible- Knowing your status protects you and your partner. It supports the mutual respect for you and your partner’s intimate life and relationship.
3) Be proactive and in charge of your health- Knowing the ins and outs of your body is essential to living a long healthy life. The more you know, the more you are able to express to your health care physician and loved ones and eliminate unnecessary stress.
Remember, abstinence is the most effective way not to transmit the virus. Protect you and your partner from HIV/AIDS and other STD’s by knowing your status.
Lastly, the best way to protect yourself and your partner is to remember these ABC’s
A- Abstinence
B- Be Faithful
C- Condoms
Life-Giving Habits Worth Developing In 2010
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well what’s to really chime in on here? clearly men are the carriers. cdc said black women but look at how many of them go to the doc as opposed to the number of men that go. since the prisoners have begun getting tested, the number for men has spiked
and no. no one is really concerned about this non-glamorous side of sex. who wants to think about doctors and clinics or babies and bills when they think about sex? they turn their backs in hope that it would all disappear b/c they’d rather live in a fantasy land of having free non-inhibited sex w/ every pick from the club or on the street corner every guy or girl they call a boyfriend or girlfriend for a couple of months. nothing new and there will be no change
@Terrie24
Let this be an example of black people admitting to not being tested and simply not be educated sexually.
Everyone sees the headline of the article on BP, but instead they would rather chime in on how someone saw a rapper at an airport or who slept with a million women.
Two days and only you and I made educated decisions as to the importance of this article
Now, take and divide the number of our comments which is 2, divide 42 million by it. That would be a close example of the percentage of black peoples concern with HIV.
@ Knott_Amused, there is nothing wrong with carrying your results with you. It is so scary out here that you have to do that.
Yes testing is important. I get tested twice a year. Once during my annual and once for the test itself. Always nerve wracking considering I have had unprotected intimacy in my lifetime, but still am so grateful I am going 10 years of faithful testing. I remember one guy try to play me because the issue of testing came up and he was like “I get tested, Im clean” so I was like BAM here is my test, read what it says. And then he try and play it off and admitted he doesnt test, he was lying to see quote “Just what kind of woman I was”…should I be carrying my results around in my purse like that???lol