In many countries HIV testing by ELISA (enzyme linked immuosobant assay) is free in Govt. hospitals and clinics. This is done to encourage people to test for HIV and help in prevention of the spread of this dreadful disease. But many people do not want to be tested in those Govt. hospitals and free clinics for the fear of getting branded as HIV positive and due to social stigma attached to the HIV positive and AIDS patients. For this home hiv test kits are available in the market. These home hiv test kits are affordable and easy to use.
Home hiv test kit is user friendly and any body can use it. It takes only about 10 minutes to perform the test. You just have to put one drop of collected blood through the blood collected provided with the home hiv test kit. There is a space for the drop of blood to put in the home hiv test kit and on the other end there are two markings one is marked T and the other is marked C in the home hiv test kit where T stands for “test” and C stands for “control”. If the band appear in both T and C than the test is “positive”. But if the band appear only in the C than it is “negative”. But if the band appears in the T only the result is to be discarded as it does not signify anything and the test should be repeated.
So if one needs to use hiv home check, than home hiv test kit is the best option for him/her. The use of home hiv test kit may be required in case of unprotected sex or if one have doubt after getting blood transfusion. This home hiv test kit can also be used when one is in doubt about his/her hiv status.
Posted by dr. Amrizal - Diabetes Mellitus on December 27, 2008 at 3:24 pm
nice article.. even thought it is just advertise. The price is still expensive. I hope it can be as cheap as pregnancy test.
Btw. dok, can we share about medical practice between my country in yours? If so… what is your e-mail? You can contact me to: dramrizal@yahoo.co.id
Thanks