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.
The only way to know if you are infected with HIV is to be tested. Currently, there is no effective cure that exists for HIV. However, with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled. CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested at least once as a part of their routine health care. People with higher risk factors, such as more than one sex partner, other STDs, gay and bisexual men and individuals who inject drugs should be tested at least once a year.