HIV cases soar among Filipino yuppies, call center workers

**praetor91313** · March 3rd, 2010 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by mark_t

Actually the rise in detection of HIV among call center workers is
because they generally have medical insurance or HMO. If you conduct
a honest to goodness census of HIV positive individuals in the philippines
then cases will be so much higher.

Let us wait till the philippine blood center program gets online and
HIV detection will go even higher.

Their having HMOs isn't really a factor since it's not generally covered so if they want to have themselves tested, they would have to pay for it themselves.

I always tell patients with STDs to have themselves tested just so they can have peace of mind.

**praetor91313** · March 3rd, 2010 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by mark_t

3 years and 10 years window period.

Some books say 0, 1, 3, and 6 months. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine says 3 and 6 months is enough.

The screening test, HIV-ELISA, looks for your antibodies to HIV. Kaya lang our antibodies only start to increase during the first three months kaya pag di pag masyadong mataas ang level on the third month, pwede pa mag-negative sa test. Pag negative pa rin on the 6th month, you're sure there's no infection dahil detectable na dapat sa time na yun.

There was one case report of a person who donated blood and after 6 months he decided to donate again. He was tested positive for HIV/AIDs during his second donation. They searched for the recipient of the first blood product and found him to be AID positive na rin.

What happened was, when the patient first donated blood, first month pa lang nya ng infection kaya nag-false negative yung test ng blood bank sa dugo nya.

They have better screening tests now.

**mark_t** · March 4th, 2010 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by praetor91313

Their having HMOs isn't really a factor since it's not generally covered so if they want to have themselves tested, they would have to pay for it themselves.

I always tell patients with STDs to have themselves tested just so they can have peace of mind.

oops, I mean when companies have hmo plans they will also be receptive to
blood programs making HIV detection possible.

another phenomena is HIV in conflict areas wherein frontline combat troops
get infected when they share prostitutes when they get back to their
division headquarters for rest and recreation in mindanao.

**mark_t** · March 4th, 2010 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by praetor91313

Some books say 0, 1, 3, and 6 months. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine says 3 and 6 months is enough.

The screening test, HIV-ELISA, looks for your antibodies to HIV. Kaya lang our antibodies only start to increase during the first three months kaya pag di pag masyadong mataas ang level on the third month, pwede pa mag-negative sa test. Pag negative pa rin on the 6th month, you're sure there's no infection dahil detectable na dapat sa time na yun.

There was one case report of a person who donated blood and after 6 months he decided to donate again. He was tested positive for HIV/AIDs during his second donation. They searched for the recipient of the first blood product and found him to be AID positive na rin.

What happened was, when the patient first donated blood, first month pa lang nya ng infection kaya nag-false negative yung test ng blood bank sa dugo nya.

They have better screening tests now.

man you pay 3500 pesos for blood that gets you infected.

**mark_t** · March 4th, 2010 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by n2knee

syempre sa isip nila, "wala sana iyan kung nag practice ka ng abstinence" instead na "dapat pinalawak sana ang kampanya ng ***ual education."

I know for a fact that this Priests sends their child from fourteen year old
girls for adoption, so convenient when they have adoption houses.
I am quite surprised that the nuns take this in strides with regularity.

**uls** · February 7th, 2011 03:29 PM

HIV-positive OFW infects 10 in Cebu
http://www.inquirer.net/mindandbody/...0110207-318916

A 28-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who arrived in Cebu last month has tested positive of the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the first confirmed HIV case this year.

Eric (not his real name) has been working in the Middle East for two years and returned last month for the Sinulog celebration.

Eric was found positive of HIV after he underwent a medical check-up on the second week of January at the AIDS-Free Philippines which was facilitated by Dr. Joseff Bullecer. He is now undergoing counseling sessions.

Dr. Bullecer said Eric had confessed to an active *** life in the Middle East with both ***es. Now that he is HIV positive, he can no longer work in the Middle East.

Eric, who stayed at one of the hotels in Cebu, could not determine if he got the dreaded virus in the Middle East or in Cebu City.

But one thing is for sure, Eric had already unintentionally spread the virus to at least 10 people in Cebu City, said Bullecer.

then those 10 infected people have *** with other people and so on...

**_Cathy_** · February 7th, 2011 03:34 PM

^I do hope that guy is single!

OT: It must be really hard to work as an OFW in Russia. Don't they have the prettiest prostitutes there?

**JJGF** · February 7th, 2011 04:21 PM

kasalanan ng EOD yan

**fourtheboys96** · February 9th, 2011 05:38 PM

potah. kakadating lang sampu agad nadale.

buti sana kung tigang siya sa Middle East. eh hindi naman kaya nga siya nagka-HIV. mahilig lang talaga.

pero feeling ko, bayaran din yung 10 nahawahan niya.

**emj21** · February 9th, 2011 06:13 PM

pag nagkaroon ng contact bet. you and HIV poistive, 0.03 % lang ang possibility na magkakaroon kanarin ng HIV... wag lang you Blood transfusion talaga walang ligtas..

kaya pag tinamaan ka ng HIV isa lang ibigsaihin nan.. ang HINDUT mo...