Not necessarily.
AIDS testing locations:
1. Free consultation and testing services are available at the voluntary counseling and testing clinics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention across my country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requires patients to show their ID cards.
2. Hospitals at or above the county level, maternal and child health care institutions, and most grassroots medical institutions in various places can also provide testing services. It does not matter whether you provide an ID card or not. However, registration is now done under real-name registration, and you can apply without an ID card. An ID number is required.
3. Some colleges and universities have set up self-service urine testing kit vending machines, which can be purchased by yourself without providing an ID card.
Extended information
The four stages of HIV infection:
1. The first stage is the early stage of infection, also known as the "window period". After infection, a small number of infected people will develop influenza-like symptoms, such as fever, sore throat, rash, swollen lymph nodes, etc. These symptoms will disappear later. The World Health Organization defines the "window period" as 3 to 6 weeks.
2. The second stage is the incubation period of AIDS, also known as the "asymptomatic period". Strictly speaking, the incubation period should include the window period. The incubation period is generally 1 to 12 years, with an average of 6 years. Patients at this time are called "HIV carriers". The symptoms during the incubation period are not obvious. On the surface, most infected people are healthy and no different from normal people.
The medical community believes that the length of the incubation period is related to the dose of HIV infection. The dose of infection through blood transfusion is generally larger, so the incubation period is relatively short, while the dose of HIV infection through sexual contact is relatively small, so the incubation period is relatively short. long.
However, the incubation period is not a resting period, nor is it a safe period. The immune system of the infected person is engaged in a silent struggle with the virus. The virus continues to reproduce and has a strong destructive effect. Therefore, people with a high incidence of AIDS should pay attention to HIV testing to avoid its impact on health.
3. The third stage is the pre-AIDS stage. At this time, HIV-infected people will have persistent lymphadenopathy, which is more common in the head and neck, armpits, groin, back of the neck, in front of the ears, and in the ear. Posterior, femoral lymph nodes, submandibular lymph nodes, etc.
4. The fourth stage is the typical AIDS stage. Since CD4+ cells are one of the main target cells of HIV, as an important indicator for monitoring the course of the disease, usually once the number of CD4+ cells per microliter of blood is less than 200, or the proportion of CD4+ cells in lymphocytes is less than 14% At this time, it is difficult to maintain the cellular immune function, which indicates that the patient is about to enter the final stage of HIV infection, that is, the "AIDS onset stage."
Due to the severe destruction of the immune system during the typical AIDS stage, various fatal opportunistic infections and malignant tumors are prone to occur. Lesions can manifest in various organs of the human body, such as the lungs, oral cavity, digestive system, nervous system, endocrine system, heart, kidneys, eyes, joints, skin, etc. For those who have had opportunistic infections, the average survival period is 9 months.
Three barriers to preventing AIDS:
1. The first barrier is condoms and microbicides. Condoms are a good barrier to preventing AIDS, and consistent use of microbicides can also achieve the effect of blocking the virus.
2. The second barrier is STD treatment. If a person has an STD, it means that his skin and mucous membranes are inflamed, and the virus can more easily penetrate the mucous membranes and find activated CD4 lymphocytes, enter the body smoothly, and reproduce.
3. The third barrier is the pre- and post-prevention of high-risk behaviors. More and more ordinary people are unaware of the dangers of high-risk behaviors. If high-risk behaviors can be predicted, it is best to take antiviral drugs in advance; if high-risk behaviors have already occurred, the blocking effect of antiviral drugs taken in a short period of time is also very obvious.
Reference materials: People's Health Network - AIDS Day: Are you doing the right thing in preventing AIDS?
Reference material: People’s Health Network—China has established a complete AIDS testing network