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Don’t
accuse them for getting infected, it doesn’t help
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Don’t
try to probe into when, where the person was infected
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Don’t
make them feel guilty
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Don’t
isolate them in their home / workplace
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Don’t
separate them from spouse or children, since they are the best support
for them. It is important for them to spend quality family time
together
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Don’t
use gloves in feeding the infected person or to wipe off his saliva,
sweat, nasal secretions and tears
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Don’t
share razors, tooth brush and other sharp objects with infected person
or for that matter with any body else
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It
is not necessary to wash their clothes seperately
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Don’t
disclose the HIV status of infected person to friends, employer and
insurance company
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Don’t
humiliate the infected person, his / her spouse or children
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Don’t
scare them of suffering and death. In the terminal stage, prepare them
for a smooth journey to death
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Don’t
get conned by the fake claims, false cures, witch hunters and faith
healers. Wait for declaration of the noble prize for the real cure
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Don’t
spend the entire available money limit in the first bout of illness,
it may be the first of such illnesses in the pipeline. Make a proper
planning of your spending capability.
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Don’t
take many relatives to see the patient admitted in hospital
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Don’t
test for HIV repeatedly, once the presence of infection is established
it remains there forever
