People who need to be tested with HIV test strips

After the HIV virus begins to invade the human body, 9%-16% of people have some flu-like symptoms in about 7-50 days, which is called the AIDS window period. Such as: discomfort, myalgia, fever, sweating, fatigue, anorexia, nausea, diarrhea, sore throat, etc. Many people also have headache, photophobia and debilitating meningitis. In 21%-26% of people, there will be accompanied by a rash such as macules or hives. At the time of diagnosis, swollen lymph nodes in the neck and under the armpit, as well as liver and spleen enlargement, and oral and esophageal ulcers can be found.

These symptoms last 2-13 days and go away on their own. Antigens in blood and cerebral fluid can be detected 14 days after HIV infection, and antigenemia lasts for several weeks or months, after which AIDS and HIV antibodies become positive. This is often referred to as the "AIDS window period", with an average of 7 weeks and a maximum of 4 months.

Experts also recommend that: in addition to sex workers, sex consumers, male sex workers, injecting drug users, homosexuals, and people who are involved in blood selling and other high-risk HIV-vulnerable groups who need regular testing, if you have the following: Conditions also need to be checked:

1. Have been in contact with the blood of unknown persons, such as dealing with accident victims;

2. Those who feel unwell after visiting pornographic consumption places;

3. Those who have one-night sex, extramarital sex history, multiple sex history, and feel unwell;

4. Those who have minor trauma during haircuts and dentist visits, and who have symptoms similar to the initial stage of AIDS in about 14 days;

5. Those who have had sexual experience with their love partners, but do not know and determine the physical condition of the other party;

HIV testing time

1. High-risk behavior can be detected after 10 days, and the exclusion rate is 88%;

2. The high-risk behavior was negative after 4-6 weeks, and the exclusion rate was 99.7%;

3. The high-risk behavior was negative after 3 months, and the exclusion rate was 100%.

Methods and steps for self-testing with AIDS test strips

The operation is very simple, you can complete it by yourself at home, and the whole process only takes 15 minutes. The accuracy rate reached 99.7%.

When two red lines appear on the test strip, it is positive, that is, the tester has HIV/AIDS; one red line is negative, that is, the tester is excluded.