First understand a termwindow periodThe Window period is a period of time after HIV enters the human body when the bloodstream produces antibodies, during which time the antibodies test negative, and is called the Window period. This is the window period, when the amount of virus in an infected person's body reaches a peak and is highly contagious; the acute infection period also occurs during this time. Most people are infected with HIV during a "window period" of 3 to 12 weeks, during which the body is still producing antibodies to HIV, but these antibodies are not yet detectable. This initial period of infection is the most infectious, but HIV can be transmitted during all periods of infection.

Currently, there are slight variations in what organizations and technical means say about window period testing, with a general range of 2 weeks to 6 months.The officially recognized time points for the AIDS window period in mainland China are 6 weeks and 3 months。

Find out about current testing methods and technologies:

Quadruple ELISA (enzyme-linked assay): Antibodies can be detected basically in 4 weeks.

Triple ELISA (enzyme-linked assay): antibodies can be detected at 6 weeks.

Chemiluminescence: antibodies can be detected at 4 weeks.

RNA (nucleic acid test): antibodies can be detected theoretically in 2 weeks.

It is recommended that the above time period be used as a reference only. To be on the safe side and as a precautionary measure, it is advisable to test after 6 weeks at least. People with obvious high-risk behaviors should be retested after 3 months. Ways and forms of testing: Hospitals: Hospitals will charge a fee for the test, ranging from $100 to $200. You can visit the dermatology or infection department. Explain that you want an HIV test, or a human "quad" or "pent" test. CDC: The cost is free and you can just say you want to be tested for HIV when you arrive. Self-testing paper: There are two types of paper, saliva and blood, and the reliability is fine, so you can choose either one. The accuracy of the test strips is 98%, but the problem with the strips is that they may show false positives. If you get a "positive" test, don't panic and go to the hospital to get the results of the test.

I've looked into it, and there are three stages, and there's also an incubation period, and the exact time may vary from person to person, but if you find anything wrong with you, I suggest you get tested right away, and for the sake of your own health, you should be more careful about not touching anything, it's really important to be clean. Although the research on drugs for AIDS is getting better and better, but this is still a very powerful virus. If you want to know more about it, you can search the headlines.

Earlier, I read a news story about a 50-year-old patient who came to the hospital because of persistent fever and cough. At that time, the doctor prescribed some fever-reducing medicines, and after a few days of eating, the fever still remained high, and the cough aggravated again after a few days of good coughing, so the patient could only go for an infusion. At that time, the doctor let the patient do a CT, and the result showed that the patient had pneumonia. However, there was still no improvement after the infusion.

Later, from the patient's faltering words, the doctor realized that things did not seem to be so simple, and suggested that the patient go for a blood test. Upon hearing that there were several tests for infectious diseases, the patient was initially reluctant to take the test, but only agreed to do so after being persuaded. As a result, the patient was eventually found to have AIDS. After learning that it was AIDS, the patient was not very excited, just smiled bitterly and said, "I thought I could get away with it, but I didn't expect to be hit."

How long does it take to be discovered if you accidentally contract HIV?

AIDS is known as an "immortal disease" because it is an infectious disease caused by HIV infection, but in fact, there is a long latent period before the onset of AIDS, just like hepatitis B carriers, if it is well controlled and actively carry out anti-viral treatment, it is no different from normal people. There was once a 30-year-old woman who had been infected with HIV but showed no signs of active virus and even gave birth to a healthy child. It is only in the advanced stage that the HIV patient will show a series of symptoms, at which time it signals that the condition has worsened and is difficult to control anymore.

From infection to onset of AIDS, it is divided into the period of asymptomatic infection and the period of symptomatic infection. At the very beginning, it is only the infection of the virus, because the body's immune system is unable to completely clear the virus, it will lead to chronic infection , from asymptomatic to symptomatic development, that is, from the incubation period to the eventual onset of the disease, and the length of this period of time is different, some people have only a few months of time, while others have up to a few decades of time. In general, the incubation period for AIDS is 1 to 10 years, with an average of 7 to 8 years.

However, before the incubation period, more than half of the infected people will show some flu-like symptoms after being infected for about two weeks, such as fever, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, arthralgia, etc., and some patients are accompanied by skin rashes and enlarged lymph nodes, and most of these symptoms will disappear on their own within one month, and some will disappear a little bit longer, which is considered to be the acute phase of the infection, and then it enters the long This is considered the acute phase of the infection, after which it enters a long incubation period, although in some patients the early symptoms are not obvious.

As an example.

Some time ago, I wrote an article on AIDS, and not long after, a reader came to me, saying that he was outside the country, on the side of the project team, and as he got drunk, he had sex with some massage therapists, and was chagrined afterwards. After 2 weeks, he started to have fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, etc. He was very panicky and asked me if it was AIDS.

Looking at this sexual contact, it is indeed unsafe as there is no protection. And then from the symptoms, it does look a bit like it, the symptoms started 2 weeks after the infection and they are very AIDS like, which really scared him too. I told him to get retested in 1-2 weeks to see what the antibody status is. Let's hope it's not AIDS! Actually, even if it really is AIDS, it's still better than before, and AIDS is not a terminal disease now, it can be made chronic with antiviral methods. Then it enters the asymptomatic stage, which can last for several years or even more than ten years, before finally entering the AIDS stage.

Therefore, for patients with high-risk infectious behaviors, we must be vigilant, and once abnormalities are detected, seek medical attention in a timely manner, which may be able to block the infection of the virus and try to delay the onset of AIDS.

I am Pharmacist Wang, insisting on spreading knowledge of diseases in simple and easy-to-understand words, and dedicating my own small contribution to a healthy China. If you think my answer is helpful to you, please leave a like! In addition, if you still have related questions, welcome to leave a message, we discuss together!

There is a ten year incubation period! Get a syphilis and hiv test right after unclean bodily fluids, you can go to the CDC, it's free. get it done after 40 days. Should be done for the first time maybe it's the window period. You can't tell. It has to be 48 days before you get it done.

That's an interesting question! Accidentally? Getting AIDS? If you're sure they're azb, you should feel free to block them! How long? Be hygienic and stay away from blue sex.