How to Diagnose AIDS

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Watch for mild flu-like symptoms within a month of sexual intercourse.. Examine your skin for lesions, bumps, or rashes.. Keep track of any recurring illnesses or infections.

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Watch for mild flu-like symptoms within a month of sexual intercourse.

Step 1

Watch for mild flu-like symptoms within a month of sexual intercourse.

2

Examine your skin for lesions, bumps, or rashes.

Step 2

Examine your skin for lesions, bumps, or rashes.

3

Keep track of any recurring illnesses or infections.

Step 3

Keep track of any recurring illnesses or infections.

4

Visit your doctor or an HIV-clinic to get tested.

Step 4

Visit your doctor or an HIV-clinic to get tested.

5

Undergo a physical examination.

Step 5

Undergo a physical examination.

6

Get a saliva test done.

Step 6

Get a saliva test done.

7

Undergo a blood prick test.

Step 7

Undergo a blood prick test.

8

Get your blood tested to look for the presence of the virus.

Step 8

Get your blood tested to look for the presence of the virus.

9

Monitor the status of HIV with regular blood tests if you tested positive.

Step 9

Monitor the status of HIV with regular blood tests if you tested positive.

10

Retest after 3 months if you tested negative.

Step 10

Retest after 3 months if you tested negative.

11

Buy the Home Access HIV-1 Test System at a pharmacy or online.

Step 11

Buy the Home Access HIV-1 Test System at a pharmacy or online.

12

Call the number on the blood collection card.

Step 12

Call the number on the blood collection card.

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Wash your hands.

Step 13

Wash your hands.

14

Prick your finger.

Step 14

Prick your finger.

15

Call the number on the tear-off card after 7 business days.

Step 15

Call the number on the tear-off card after 7 business days.

16

Buy the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test at a pharmacy or online.

Step 16

Buy the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test at a pharmacy or online.

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Swab your gums with the test stick.

Step 17

Swab your gums with the test stick.

18

Place the test stick into the test tube.

Step 18

Place the test stick into the test tube.

19

Wait 20 minutes.

Step 19

Wait 20 minutes.

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Make a doctor's appointment if you tested positive.

Step 20

Make a doctor's appointment if you tested positive.

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