Learn More About How HIV Infection May Be Prevented

Unfortunately, many people have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS. As you already know, AIDS is not a curable disease, but with the incredible advances of modern technology, science and medicine, early detection of HIV may provide you an opportunity to prevent the HIV virus turning into AIDS. There are many different HIV tests available, and every one of them is specifically designed to detect if you have contracted HIV. For those that have been exposed to HIV within the last 72 hours, chances are very good that you will be able to take advantage of HIV PEP (post exposure prophylaxis/prevention), which has a superb success rate in preventing HIV infection.

Because there are so many different HIV tests available, your HIV Test Singapore requires a very high degree of sensitivity and specificity. This is guaranteed by using an HIV test that combines both of these within your HIV test to check for HIV antibodies. If for any reason there are HIV antibodies detected in your blood, that test will be followed by a second to ensure that your diagnosis of being HIV-positive is accurate. With HIV infections, there is a window in which your HIV infection will not be detected by your HIV tests. Because of this window, your HIV test may come back negative. However, if you are truly HIV-positive, despite a negative test result, you will still be extremely infectious to other people. This makes it vital for your medical practitioner to retest in any case that the HIV infection has been detected or has gone undetected.

Regardless of the physician that you choose to perform your HIV test Singapore, it is important that you know that they are morally, legally and ethically required to maintain your personal information in the most confidential and private manner possible. This will ensure that all of your HIV tests are done in a consensual and confidential manner, and if for any reason you are HIV-positive, you will be provided with counseling if you so choose.

Because of the variety of DNA tests, you can have an HIV test performed for early diagnosis of HIV infection in any baby that has been born to an HIV-positive mother. If you are HIV-positive, and have given birth to a child, you can have your infant tested, in the utmost confidentiality and security. You can also have an HIV antigen test done, which will show the earliest possible signs of infection, so that you may be able to prosper from the HIV PEP. You may also be given the option of an oral test, finger prick blood test or even a saliva test, instead of having a lot of blood drawn. In many of these types of tests, your results are available within 20 minutes, instead of days or even weeks. If for any reason you suspect that you have been exposed to the HIV virus, it is vital to your health and safety as well as the safety and health of others to have an HIV test Singapore as quickly as you can.