"I´m thinking about doing the HIV test.
It´s a difficult decision for me, I don´t know what to do.
Perhaps it would be right to shed my doubts,
I don´t know if I am ready..."
Maybe all this is going through your mind.
It is actually an important decision.
Take your time, read this leaflet.
It can be helpful to clarify your ideas.

What is the antibodies anti-HIV test?
This is an analytic test
in order to know if someone has been infected
with the human immune deficiency virus (HIV).
This blood test should be done three months
after your last risky practice.

Why to do it?
Unknowing it doesn´t help to you.
Knowing if you are positive or not wil be useful
in order to make important decisions for your health.
The decision of testing is only yours,
no one can take it for you.
Think about it, find the moment
when you feel yourself emotionally and personally ready for face to any result.

And what about a negative result?
It menas that you are not infected till the moment the test was done.
But it doesn´t mean that you are immune to HIV.
In order to keep being "negative",
have always safe sex.

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And what about a positve result?

It may be the time for reflecting, calmly, on whether you need emotional support.
If you want to know something else about your health, about different treatments -what they are, when and how begin to take them- or you want information about where you can go for sharing it and finding support...