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.
Getting Tested. To understand what your test results mean, you first have to understand what kind of test is being used and what a window period is. HIV tests may look for HIV antigen (part of the HIV virus) or for HIV antibodies (produced by the person's body), or may look for both.Newer testing strategies often use a combination antigen/antibody test.fter you get infected, it can take days to a couple of weeks for the HIV virus to replicate itself and spread through the body, and 2-3 or more weeks for your body to produce antibodies to HIV. Depending on what type of HIV test is used, it may not detect HIV until between 2 weeks and several months after infection.