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Angela Ferguson & Nisha Mal

'It can happen to anybody' Mum diagnosed with HIV after getting pneumonia

A mum was diagnosed with HIV after she fell ill with pneumonia. Naomi Sloyan is now warning other people that it can happen to anybody.

The 56-year-old had an ongoing illness and went to see her GP, she says the diagnosis was the last thing she and her doctor expected. At her lowest point she lost six stone and ended up being admitted to hospital for two weeks.

Naomi, who works as a location manager for ITV's Coronation Street, found out she had HIV because the doctors carried out some tests which showed that the kind of pneumonia she was suffering was associated with the virus.

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