1 If you are using birth control. 2  If this is your first Pap test. 3  The first day of your last menstrual period and how long your period lasted. 4  If you have had surgery or other procedures such as radiation therapy to the vagina, cervix, uterus, or vulva.
A small blood sample, mouth swab, or urine sample is used to test people for HIV. It can take as long as 3 to 6 months after the infection for the virus to show up in your blood. You can be tested at a doctorâs office, hospital, community health center, or other health clinic.Some places have mobile testing vans.nyone, at any age, can get HIV/AIDS. People usually get HIV from unprotected sex with someone who has HIV/AIDS, through contact with HIV-infected blood, or by sharing needles with an infected person. You may be at risk if: 1  You had sex without a latex or polyurethane condom.
A test for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is done to: 1  Detect an HIV infection. 2  Screen blood, blood products, and organ donors to prevent the spread of HIV. 3  Screen pregnant women for HIV infection.  Find out if a baby born to an HIV-positive woman also is infected with HIV.