You can do an HIV-test right after the risky sexual behavior. This test serves to find out if you were infected before the risky sexual event. Then you should do another HIV-test 3 months after the risky sex. After any HIV-infection, the body needs several weeks to create antibodies (seroconversion) against the HIV-antigens. The period when the body is infected with HIV but antibodies are not created yet is called the “window”-period. That period can last a different amount of time in different people but, it is believed that 3 months is enough time for most of the infected people.
A blood test will determine if a person is infected or not. First symptoms are flu-like and are very unspecific. In many people, after the flu-like symptoms, their body recovers and has no symptoms although there is HIV-infection present. That is the so called “asymptomatic period”. This period can last different amounts of time in different people. The first serious symptoms that may assume HIV-infection are prolonged diarrhea, generalized swollen lymph nodes, weight loss, prolonged fever, etc. These symptoms are also not specific but can direct us to do some medical investigations including HIV-test. Finally, when the body’s immune system has completely crashed, symptoms of various infections dominate.
You should perform an HIV test as soon as possible!!!
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