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HIV testing helps diagnose the disease early, if the patient is diagnosed early and treated early, it will improve treatment effectiveness, prolong life, help patients live useful to society and reduce the risk of disease transmission.
1. Who should be tested for HIV
The only way to know if you have HIV is to get tested. If you fall into one of the following 3 categories, you should get regular HIV testing, early screening for the disease:
Have anal or vaginal sex without using a condom with someone other than your spouse you, who have anal sex Have had unprotected sex, that is, not using a condom or using a condom incorrectly with someone who injects drugs, or with people who inject drugs. people who have sex with many other people. Have injecting drug use and share needles with others.
Những người có quan hệ tình dục không an toàn nên làm xét nghiệm HIV định kỳ
2. HIV test results
When taking an HIV test, your doctor or a qualified person will take a blood sample or swab your mouth for testing. Depending on the type of test, results may be available in 20 minutes (with the rapid HIV test) or within a few days. There are cases of the following HIV test results:
2.1. HIV negative result HIV test if the result is negative (Negative), it means that you did not carry the virus at the time of the test or the test did not detect the virus in your body.
However, there are some cases where the negative result is not true to the reality called false negative. That is, in this case the person who tested was infected with HIV but tested negative again, possibly because the test was done during the "window period".
The window period in HIV testing is the time from when the virus enters the body until the body produces enough antibodies. This time when the test will give a negative result while the person doing the test is actually infected with HIV and can transmit the HIV virus to others.
When in doubt or not satisfied with the test results, you should check again after about 1-3 months for accurate results.
The social disease screening and examination package of Vinmec International General Hospital helps customers screen for social diseases in order to detect diseases early for effective treatment and avoid complications.
Package of screening for social diseases for all ages, for both men and women. When registering for the Social Disease Screening Package, customers will receive:
Dermatology Specialist Tests Perform tests such as: HIV Ab rapid test, Chlamydia rapid test, Treponema pallidium rapid test, rapid test. Qualitative and quantitative Treponema pallidum TPHA test, bacterioscopic staining and microscopic staining of fungi 2.2. HIV positive result
Kết quả HIV dương tính (positive) nghĩa là bạn đã bị nhiễm HIV
The test comes back with a positive (Positive) result, which means you have HIV.
However, there are also a few cases of false positive results. This means that you are not infected with HIV, but the result is positive.
False-positive results can be caused by a mistake during the test or because the person doing the test is suffering from diseases such as cirrhosis, liver failure, tuberculosis.... or taking some drugs that affect the ability to do the test. detect antibodies during testing.
When in doubt about the results to get an accurate result, you should re-test and choose to work at reputable medical facilities.
For people at high risk of contracting the disease as mentioned above, testing helps to detect the disease early, increase treatment effectiveness, prolong life and avoid transmitting HIV to others. If you are in a group of people at high risk of HIV infection, you should regularly take an HIV test every 6 months.
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