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.
When you test for HIV, you may decide you don't want to see your regular doctor. Or, you may prefer to have a trained testing counselor on hand for you. In this case, you could look in the phone book to find the number of your local Department of Public Health. standard antibody test does not look directly for HIV. Rather, it checks for antibodies -- proteins your body makes in response to having HIV. If you have these antibodies, you are considered to be HIV-positive. That means you have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.