Why Should HIV testing Repeated Three Times?

People who are already infected with HIV can look very healthy because it is a new virus show symptoms until 10 years later. Therefore we can not know a person is infected or not based solely on visible observation alone. The only way to find out is through a blood test.

HIV testing, according to expert, must be done voluntarily. "Patients who are suspected of contracting HIV counseling will also be carried out by officers on inspection procedures and benefits," explained the chairman of the working group of HIV in Tarakan Hospital in Central Jakarta this some time ago.

Any person who will undergo an HIV test must consult a doctor or counselor trained in order to get an understanding of what steps are being taken against the test results.

HIV inspection form consists of four kinds, namely antibody examination, the examination of culture, virus checking, as well as the antigen. However, the most widely used is the HIV antibody test. HIV testing, continued Ekarini, should be done three times since the probe can give a false result.

"When a person infected with HIV, for 12 weeks or more after infection, the person examined if anti-HIV results will be negative for HIV antibodies at that time not yet formed. This phase is also called window period," he explained.

He added, in the window period is actually a person already infected with HIV and HIV during this very effectively transmitted to others.

To diagnose HIV, your doctor will perform three times repetition of tests with different reagents and content memebri positive results. Repetition of the test with this new material performed at least 14 days after the first test. Because the inspection process is not simple is every person to be examined must be counseled.