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Tests for signs of hiv

If you are worried about whether you have it or not, you first need to ask yourself some questions. Signs of hiv in advanced infection — If HIV is not treated, the virus will cause progressive weakening of the immune system, a process which occurs at different rates in different people. Once significant damage to the immune system has occurred, which typically takes at least several years, patients with HIV can become infected with other organisms that usually don’t cause illness in people with normal immunity.
The second option is to have a more sophisticated HIV test without waiting six months. One such test is called PCR (short for “polymerase chain reaction,” a lab technique for detecting the genetic material of the virus itself). The PCR test will be positive even at the early stage of infection. One reason to take this approach is that it may be beneficial to treat HIV at this very early stage.