What is HIV & AIDS?
Advantages of Home HIV Tests
Types of Home HIV Tests
Reading Instructions on Home HIV Tests
Home HIV Test Procedure
Home HIV Test Supplies
Drawing Blood for Home HIV Tests
Collecting Blood Samples for Home HIV Tests
Preparing to Mail Home HIV Test Kits
Lab Testing for Home HIV Tests
Getting Home HIV Test Results
Negative Results of Home HIV Tests
Positive Results of Home HIV Tests
Going to Physicians for HIV Concerns
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Summary: A positive test result means you tested positive for the HIV virus and should contact a doctor immediately. Learn about positive results of an HIV test at home in this free health video on the human immunodeficiency virus from a certified medical assistant.
Taylor Smith, CMA, is a multifaceted Certified Medical Assistant. In addition to the standard training needed for this credential and the experience that comes from working in the...read more
"If you call for results and hear that you're positive all hope isn't lost. It means that in this particular blood sample you have tested positive for the HIV virus. In that case, it's important to contact your personal doctor or public health facility as soon as possible to report this result and have it confirmed by their own testing methodology and to begin treatment as soon as possible. People with HIV live long, normal, healthy, productive lives, so do people with AIDS in this day and age. There are a number of antiviral treatments that have improved the quality of life and life span for people who test positive for HIV and AIDS. Also, you're going to need to, you're going to need to notify all your current sexual partners and recent past sexual partners as far back as you think you need to go from where you think you were infected, and notify them that they may have possibly been exposed to the disease and they need to be tested too. Not only is that the right thing to do so these people can have the same benefit you're going to have with early detection and early treatment, in some states and localities it can be a felony to not report to past or present partners that you are HIV positive. "
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