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Zuwa ga Abokaina a cikin Lungiyar LGBT:

Kai, wace irin tafiya ce mai ban mamaki na kasance cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata. Na koyi abubuwa da yawa game da kaina, HIV, da kuma ƙyama.

Hakan ya fara ne lokacin da na kamu da cutar kanjamau a lokacin bazara na shekara ta 2014, wanda hakan ya sa na zama ɗayan firstan tsirarun mutane a British Columbia da za su fara aikin riga-kafi (PrEP). Ya kasance abin ban sha'awa da farin ciki. British Columbia tana da dogon tarihi na zama jagora a duniya game da binciken kanjamau da kanjamau, kuma ban taɓa tsammanin zan zama majagaba ba!

Idan kun damu game da lafiyar jima'i kuma kuna so ku kula da jikin ku, PrEP tana da muhimmiyar rawa a matsayin ɓangare na kayan aikin lafiyar jima'i gabaɗaya wanda ya kamata ku sani.

Na koyi game da PrEP bayan gano cewa wani wanda na yi jima'i ba tare da kariya ba yana rayuwa tare da HIV. Saboda lamuran, ban sami damar shan maganin kariya ba (PEP). Na yi magana da wani abokina da ke dauke da cutar kanjamau, kuma ya bayyana min abin da ake kira PrEP kuma zai zama da ma'ana in duba shi.

Bayan na yi wasu bincike a karan kaina, sai na tafi wurin likita na tambaya game da shi. A lokacin, ba a san PrEP sosai a Kanada ba. Amma likitana ya yarda ya taimaka min wajen neman likita wanda ya kware a kan cutar kanjamau da kuma AID wanda zai iya taimaka min a kan tafiyata ta shiga PrEP.

Doguwar hanya ce mai wuyar gaske, amma ya cancanci ƙarshe. Ina buƙatar saduwa da likitoci kuma in zagaya da yawa na HIV da gwajin STI, tare da aiwatar da mahimman takardu don samun inshorar inshorar in biya shi. Na ƙudura kuma na ƙi daina. Na kasance a kan manufa don hawa kan PrEP, komai yawan aikin da zai yi.Na san shine madaidaicin mafita a wurina don hana cutar HIV, kuma wani muhimmin kayan aiki da nake so in ƙara a cikin kayan aikina na aminci da jima'i.

Na fara shan PrEP ne a watan Agusta 2014, shekara daya da rabi kafin amincewar PrEP ta Health Canada.

Tunda na fara shan PrEP, ban daina fuskantar damuwa da damuwar yiwuwar kamuwa da kwayar cutar HIV da AIDs ba. Bai canza halin jima'i ba kwata-kwata. Maimakon haka, ya kawar da damuwata game da kamuwa da kwayar cutar HIV saboda na san cewa a koyaushe ina samun kariya muddin na sha kwaya daya a rana.

Kasancewa cikin idanun jama'a kuma na bayyana cewa ina kan PrEP, na fuskanci rashin mutunci na dogon lokaci. Ni sananne ne sosai a tsakanin al'ummomin LGBT, shahararren mai tasiri a zamantakewar al'umma, kuma na sami babbar lambar yabo ta Mista Gay Canada's Choice a 2012. Ni ne kuma mai gida da kuma babban edita na TheHomoCulture.com, ɗayan manyan shafuka kan al'adun gay a Arewacin Amurka. Yana da mahimmanci a gare ni in ilimantar da wasu. Na yi amfani da tsarin tallata kaina kuma na yi amfani da muryata wajen sanar da wasu a cikin alumma game da fa'idar PrEP.

A farko, na samu suka da yawa daga mutanen da ba su da kwayar cutar HIV suna cewa halayena suna ƙaruwa da kamuwa da kwayar cutar HIV kuma ina rashin kula. Na kuma sami suka daga mutanen da ke dauke da kwayar cutar ta HIV saboda suna jin haushin cewa zan iya zama a kan wani kwaya da zai iya hana ni daukar cutar ta HIV, kuma ba su da irin wannan damar kafin su canza sheka.

Mutane ba su fahimci abin da ake nufi da zama akan PrEP ba. Ya ba ni ƙarin dalili don ilimantar da kuma sanar da 'yan luwadi. Idan kuna sha'awar fa'idodin PrEP, zan ƙarfafa ku kuyi magana da likitanku game da shi.

Samun kwarin gwiwa kan iya rage barazanar cutar kanjamau da kuma sanin hanyoyin rigakafin yanzu yana da mahimmanci. Hadari na faruwa, kwaroron roba ya karye, ko kuma ba'a amfani dasu. Me zai hana ku sha kwaya daya a kowace rana don rage kasadar ku har zuwa kashi 99 ko fiye?

Idan ya shafi lafiyar jima'i, zai fi kyau ka zama mai himma maimakon mai da martani. Kula da jikinka, kuma shi zai kula da kai. Yi la'akari da ɗaukar PrEP, ba kawai a gare ku ba, har ma ga abokin tarayya (s).

Soyayya,

Brian

Bayanin Edita: A watan Yunin shekarar 2019, theungiyar Forceungiyar Ayyuka ta Rigakafin Amurka ta fitar da sanarwa da ke ba da shawarar PrEP ga duk mutanen da ke cikin haɗarin cutar HIV.

Brian Webb shine wanda ya kirkiro TheHomoCulture.com, mai ba da lambar yabo ta LGBT mai ba da lambar yabo, sanannen mai tasirin tasirin zamantakewar al'umma a cikin al'ummomin LGBT, kuma wanda ya lashe babbar lambar yabo ta Gay Canada People Choice.