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June 27th Is National HIV Testing Day. Know your status.

June 27th is National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), a day dedicated to encouraging people to get tested for HIV and AIDS and getting individuals linked with the right resources for treatment if they test positive. National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) was first observed on June 27, 1995. The 2018 theme is “Doing It My Way, Testing for HIV.”

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If you were wondering whether you can get an aids test in order to help track down the HIV virus or other STDs, then a simple answer would be that yes, it is very possible. Most doctors agree that getting tested at least once for HIV is something that all of us need to do. And happily, testing is becoming more and more precise, easier, and quicker. But of course, a question that arises immediately would be: Of course, but why do I need to test myself?

As far as the United States is concerned, around 1.2 million people are living with the HIV virus, with another 1 in 5 Americans are not aware of the virus. Trying to promote this new way of testing yourself, the center in charge of distributing the testing kits has also established a customer-support line that will inform users about the AIDS rapid test kit, and ways in which to prevent it, as well as giving counseling to people who already have contracted the virus.

Unfortunately, there were some negative aspects of the tests as well. Some users claimed that $40 is a bit too pricey for and STD test kits that were going to use with each sexual partner. Also, even though this do-it-yourself test can determine whether you have been infected with an STD or not, they are not a safe alternative, compared to regular, medical tests. However, as it provides a safe safe home aids test, it does not stop the possibility of contracting other STDs such as gonorrhea. In fact, there is a separate hepatitis B test available.

Although the company licensing the product is not advertising the product that way, research has also shown that most of the trial-users would like to test their sexual partners with the help of the product. In that respect, some users even suggested that they should double the number of tests for each kit, so that couples can screen each other. This is quite an unconventional aspect of the aids test kit.