HIV Testing – What is The Test All About?

HIV testing or the HIV screening is the sole way to diagnose if you have the HIV virus. There are many different types of tests that test your blood or other body fluids to determine if you’re infected with the HIV virus. Most tests can’t spot HIV right away though. This is because your body takes some time to make the antibodies. Another reason is that it also takes quite a bit of time for enough of the virus to grow inside you.

HIV duo test price or HIV test price in Kolkata consisting of HIV 1 and HIV 2 antibody tests is usually around Rs. 800 to Rs. 900.

It Is Important To Get Yourself Tested for HIV At Right Time

If you have the HIV virus, it is important to find it out quickly. It can help you start your treatment right away so you can feel better and live a long, full life. You can also take necessary steps so you don’t pass HIV to other people.

If you are pregnant, then you should get tested because early treatment means you probably won’t pass it to your baby.

Who Should Get an HIV Test?

According to the CDC, it is recommended that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 should get tested for HIV at least once.

You should be tested at least once a year  if you’re at higher risk of getting HIV, including if you:

• Have had several sexual partners
• Had unprotected sex with someone who is HIV-positive or could be HIV-positive
• Injected drugs with a needle or a syringe, or other device that someone else used first
• Have had or are getting tested for tuberculosis or hepatitis, or any sexually transmitted disease which may include syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, or herpes

HIV test cost in Kolkata varies from one location to another. At Accuhealth Diagnostics, we offer HIV AIDS tests at an affordable price.

HIV 1 and HIV 2 test prices at our three centres is given below:

Positive HIV Test Results

A positive HIV test result means there are traces of HIV virus in your body.

A positive HIV test doesn’t mean you have AIDS which is the most advanced stage of the disease. HIV treatment can definitely keep you from getting AIDS. Please talk to your doctor right away about starting medications called antiretroviral therapy or ART. These drugs lower the amount of the virus in your body and sometimes to a point where a test can’t spot it. These drugs also protect your immune system. This is so that the HIV infection doesn’t become AIDS.