For sexually active people, it is advisable to get an HIV test once each year. Talk to your family doctor for more advice on this subject.
You should be tested annually, or after each time that you have a new sexual partner.
People suspecting they may cone into contact with HIV via work or bad practices, should be tested every 6 months.
OLD..... enough to know that you might be at risk of getting HIV; unprotected sexual contact, sharing needles or syringes, exchanging of body fluids etc.
Every 6 Months
when HIV symptoms are appearing.
Usually 6 months after exposure.
Nurses are not routinely tested for HIV for employment in the US. HIV is not a barrier to working in the health care industry.
Gonorrhea and HIV have the same risk factors. Patients with HIV should be tested annually for gonorrhea. All patients with gonorrhea should be tested for HIV.
It is tested to determine if the body is producing antibodies to HIV.
hiv should not be kept a secret. If you have hiv you have a responsibility to inform anyone who may get it or have gotten it from you so they can be tested
The patient is not tested for HIV prior to surgery.
You will have to be tested to know for sure if you have the infection.
There is no minimum age for HIV testing. In fact, infants are often tested.
With HIV tests it is most often best to be tested around 6 months after possible contact with HIV positive person. With this being said HIV can take up to a year before showing positive and sometimes people will not test positive for even longer. Always get tested every 6 months for possible STD's.
Yes. Most of the time people who are infected with HIV have no outward signs or symptoms.
If you have had no new partners, and your partner is monogamous, you don't need retesting. You should be retested if you have a new partner.
You will need to be tested to confirm you have HIV.
No. HIV virus is different from chlamydia, although they share risk factors. Someone diagnosed with one should be tested for the other.