Although there’s no cure, treatment can slow or stop the progress of HIV. Many people who treat HIV live long, healthy lives and never develop AIDS. Learn more:
This looks for traces of HIV in your blood. Your blood is sent to a lab for testing, so it may take a few days to get the results.HIV self-tests are available across the U.S. health care workers hope they’ll raise awareness of HIV infection for those who wouldn’t otherwise get tested. A mouth swab test can be obtained in pharmacies or online. It can give a result in 20 minutes. However, a positive test should be confirmed by a laboratory test.
If you have a negative test and weren’t exposed to the virus during the window period for that test, you can be certain you didn’t have HIV when you were tested. If your first test is positive , a second test should be done to make sure. If your test was done in a laboratory, this second test will be done automatically. If your first test was done at home or at a community testing site, it’s important to have another blood sample taken and tested in a laboratory.
The CDC recommends that all adults have an HIV test at least once, even if they’re not at risk. If your risk is higher – for example, you have multiple sex partners or use needles for drugs – you should be tested every year.It’s not uncommon to have other health issues when you have HIV. They might result from your HIV status, , or from behaviors associated with having HIV .
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