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HIV testing options in New Zealand by Headstart Testing
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If you are worried about HIV , worried about HIV symptoms and believe you may have been exposed to the HIV virus, then you have several testing options available to you in New Zealand. You should choose an HIV testing method that best suits your personal needs and priorities. Whichever HIV testing method you choose, please choose one of the HIV Testing methods then follow through and actually get tested. If you do have HIV, the sooner you are diagnosed the more effective HIV treatment is for you and less likely you are to infect others. 1. Visit your Doctor. Your GP can arrange for you to have a blood test at a testing center. Generally you will have the results within 2-3 days. 2. Visit an STD testing center such as http://fastest.co.nz/. They offer a fast a free service. You will need to make an appointment and you will receive your results during that same consultation. 3. The NZAF also offer a free and fast HIV testing service http://www.nzaf.org.nz. You will need to make an appointment and you will receive your results during that same consultation. 4. Purchase HIV self-test kits online through Head Start Testing http://www.headstarttesting.co.nzThey sell highly accurate self-testing kits using the same fast test technology. Results are within 5 minutes of taking the test. Whichever testing method you use it is important that you take time and consider the impact of an HIV positive result to your HIV Test . In such an event, you will certainly need a 2nd HIV test and may also benefit from specialized HIV counseling. HIV treatments have progressed greatly ion the last decade and your first priority after receiving an HIV positive result to an HIV test is to consult a specialized medical practitioner who can advise you on your options. Current medical research has shown considerable gains towards the possibility of a total cure to the virus. One issue is that the virus can remain dormant within the body and current ant-viral drugs cannot reach it. Treatments to activate those sleeping cells can make it accessible to the drugs and therefore the overall treatment more effective. Additionally more HIV research from Australia is working towards a total cure by turning the HIV protein against itself. This of course would make a total cure extremely likely. The message here is that it is important to realize an HIV positive result from your HIV test is not an automatic death sentence. Treatment options do exist and they are becoming more effective. The single most important thing you can do if you believe you are showing HIV symptoms and/or you think at any time you may have been exposed to the HIV virus is to take an HIV test as soon as you can. In the meantime avoid any at risk contact.
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