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You are still here. Still standing. Still trying. That makes you powerful. No storm lasts forever. The world needs your light.
Symptoms: HIV may have no signs at first. Later: weight loss, night sweats, tiredness, mouth sores, infections. Get tested.
Prevention: Use condoms, get tested often, don’t share needles or blades. Take PrEP if at risk. Stick to one partner.
Treatment: No cure, but ARVs help you live a long life. Take daily. Get treatment free at the clinic. Don’t skip doses.
Symptoms: Cough for 2+ weeks, chest pain, fever, weight loss, night sweats, coughing blood. Go to clinic if symptoms stay.
Prevention: Cover mouth when coughing, open windows, avoid close contact. Finish your TB treatment fully if you start.
Treatment: Free meds at clinic for 6 months. Take every day. Don’t stop even if you feel better — that makes TB stronger.
Symptoms: Always thirsty, pee often, tired, blurry vision, slow-healing cuts, lose weight fast. These may be signs of diabetes.
Prevention: Eat healthy, less sugar, more veggies. Exercise often. Drink water. Test often, especially if family has diabetes.
Treatment: Get pills or insulin at the clinic. Eat well, avoid sugar, move your body, and check blood sugar when you can.
Symptoms: Often silent. May cause dizziness, headaches, blurry vision, chest pain. Check BP often, don’t wait for signs.
Prevention: Eat less salt, no fatty foods, stop smoking, stay active, manage stress. Walk daily and drink water.
Treatment: Take BP pills daily from clinic. Don’t skip doses. Eat healthy, exercise, check BP often. Treatment is lifelong.
1. Anxious: Breathe. You have survived every hard day so far. This moment will pass. You are safe and stronger than you feel.
2. Depressed: Your pain is real but so is hope. Take small steps. You matter more than you know. You are not alone.
3. Angry: Take a deep breath. Use that energy to build, not break. You have control. You are not your anger.
4. Lonely: You are not forgotten. Even if you feel alone, you are loved. This world is better with you in it.
5. Tired: Rest is not weakness. You have been strong for too long. Take time to breathe. You are allowed to pause.
6. Hopeless: Dark nights do end. Do not give up before the breakthrough. Light is coming. Keep breathing. Keep holding on.
7. Confused: It is okay to not have the answers. Clarity comes with time. One small step is still progress.
8. Stressed: You cannot control everything, but you can take one deep breath. Then take another. You are doing your best.
9. Empty: Feeling numb does not mean you are broken. Sometimes healing is just surviving the day. That is enough.
10. Grieving: Your loss matters. So does your healing. Cry if you need to. Love lives on through memory.
1. What is a period? A period is when blood leaves the uterus through the vagina each month. It shows the body is ready to have babies.
2. How long it lasts: A period lasts 3 to 7 days. It comes once a month but can change for each person. It is normal to miss one sometimes.
3. Symptoms: You may feel tired, get cramps, mood swings, sore breasts, or back pain. Some people also get pimples or feel bloated.
4. Pain relief tips: Use a hot water bottle, drink water, rest, or take pain pills from the clinic. Exercise and eating healthy can help too.
5. Can I get pregnant? Yes. You can get pregnant even on your period. Sperm can live inside the body for days. Use protection every time.
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Umthombo wakho wolwazi lwezempilo.
Usaphila. Usamile. Usazama. Lokho kukunika amandla. Asikho isiphepho esihlala phakade. Umhlaba udinga ukukhanya kwakho.
Izimpawu: I-HIV ayinalo uphawu ekuqaleni. Kamuva kuba ukukhathala, ukuncipha umzimba, umkhuhlane wamabele, izilonda. Eya ekliniki.
Ukuvimbela: Sebenzisa ikondomu. Hlola njalo. Ungabelani ngemibese noma izinaliti. Thatha iPrEP uma usesengozini. Beka umlingani oyedwa.
Ukwelashwa: Ayipholiswa kodwa ama-ARV ayasiza ukuphila isikhathi eside. Phuza nsuku zonke. Hamba ekliniki. Ungaphutheli umthamo.
Izimpawu: Ukukhwehlela amasonto angu-2 noma ngaphezulu, ubuhlungu besifuba, umkhuhlane, izinzwa ebusuku, ukwehla kwesisindo. Iya ekliniki.
Ukuvimbela: Vala umlomo uma ukhwihilizela. Vula amafasitela. Gwema ukusondela kwabantu. Qeda umjikelezo wemithi ka-TB ngokuphelele.
Ukwelashwa: Uthola imithi mahhala ekliniki izinyanga eziyisi-6. Phuza nsuku zonke. Ungayeki noma uzizwa ungcono, i-TB ingabuya iqine.
Izimpawu: Uhlale womile, uya endlini njalo, ukukhathala, ukubona kabi, amanxeba angelapheki, ukwehla kwesisindo. Ukuya ekliniki.
Ukuvimbela: Yidla kahle. Nciphisa ushukela. Yenza ezemidlalo. Phuza amanzi. Hlola igazi uma umndeni unalesi sifo.
Ukwelashwa: Uthola amaphilisi noma i-insulin ekliniki. Yidla kahle, gwema ushukela, qeqesha umzimba, hlola ushukela njalo.
Izimpawu: Ayinazo izimpawu eziningi. Kungaba yikhanda, ukubona kabi, ukuphelelwa amandla. Hlola i-BP njalo, ungasilindi isibonakaliso.
Ukuvimbela: Gwema usawoti, ukudla okunamafutha. Tshiya ugwayi. Zilolonge. Nciphisa ukucindezeleka. Phuza amanzi.
Ukwelashwa: Phuza amaphilisi we-BP nsuku zonke ekliniki. Ungaphutheli. Yidla kahle, zilolonge, hlola i-BP njalo. Ukwelashwa kuphila isikhathi sonke.
1. Ukukhathazeka: Phefumula. Usinde kuzo zonke izinsuku ezinzima. Lena izodlula. Uphila. Uphakamile kunalokho ozwa ngakho.
2. Ukudangala: Ubuhlungu bakho buyiqiniso, ithemba likhona. Thatha izinyathelo ezincane. Awuwedwa. Ubalulekile kakhulu.
3. Ukuthukuthela: Phefumula. Usebenzise amandla akho ukwakha hhayi ukubhidliza. Ulawula wena. Awuyona intukuthelo yakho.
4. Ukweswela abangane: Awukho wedwa. Ngisho noma uzizwa kanjalo, unothando. Umhlaba uhlakaniphile ngokuba nawe kuwo.
5. Ukukhathala: Ukuphumula akusona ubuthakathaka. Ubelokhu uqine isikhathi eside. Phefumula. Ukuphumula kuyavunyelwa.
6. Ukuphelelwa ithemba: Ubumnyama buyadlula. Ungayeki ngaphambi kokuphumelela. Ukukhanya kuyaqhamuka. Qhubeka uphefumula.
7. Ukudideka: Kulungile ukungabi nezimpendulo. Ukucaca kuza nesikhathi. Inyathelo elincane nalo libalulekile.
8. Ukucindezeleka: Awukwazi ukulawula konke. Kodwa ungaphefumula kanye bese futhi. Wenza konke okusemandleni akho.
9. Ukungazizwa: Ukungazizwa akusho ukuthi uphukile. Ukuphila kosuku olulodwa nakho kuyindlela yokululama.
10. Ukulila: Ilahleko yakho ibalulekile. Kanye nokululama kwakho. Khala uma kudingeka. Uthando luhlala ngezikumbuzo.
1. Kuyini ukuya enyangeni? Ukuya enyangeni kwenzeka nxa igazi liphuma esibelethweni njalo ngenyanga. Kusho ukuthi umzimba usukulungele ukuthwala ingane.
2. Kuhlala isikhathi esingakanani? Ihlala izinsuku ezi-3 kuya kweziyi-7. Iza njalo ngenyanga kodwa ingashintsha kwabanye. Kulungile ukuyiphuthelwa kwesinye isikhathi.
3. Izimpawu: Ungakhathala, uzwe izinhlungu emhlane noma esiswini, ube nezinhlungu ezibuhlungu noma uzizwe ugcwele noma uphuphume izinduna.
4. Izindlela zokuthoba izinhlungu: Sebenzisa ibhodlela elishisayo, phuza amanzi, phumula, thatha amaphilisi ekliniki. Ukuzivocavoca nokudla kahle kuyasiza.
5. Ingabe ngingakhulelwa? Yebo. Ungakhulelwa nasenkathini yakho. Isidoda sihlala emzimbeni izinsuku. Sebenzisa ivikelo njalo.
Khetha izimpawu zakho ukuze ubone izifo ezingase zihambisane nazo.