What are the tests taken for AIDS?

2 years ago, i have undergone operation and had have lots of blood transfusion. But after that incident, i've been prone to allergies and never had stop having allergies since then. Doctors are also confused because it never heals. And also my immune system is very low. I get sorethroat, colds, flu very easily.
I want to have tests for AIDS but what are these tests and how should i get through it?

Hi,

The commonest test used is the ELISA test. The result of a single ELISA (or Rapid / Spot tests) should never be taken to indicate infection but merely as an indication for repeated tests to confirm the result.

The WHO recommends that ERS (ELISA, Rapid or Spot) always be repeated to confirm the diagnosis, preferably using a different make of test kit. The Western Blot test is no longer recommended as a mandatory confirmatory test. A single positive test does not indicate infection and must always be confirmed. A negative test does not guarantee that a person is not infected where the risk exposure has occurred recently. If the person has only recently been infected, the antibodies may not yet have been formed (window phase). It may take up to 3 to even 6 months for someone to develop adequate antibodies after exposure to the virus. A confirmed positive test indicates that the person has been exposed to the virus and has developed antibodies but may not necessarily progress to full-blown AIDS.

You should go to a doctor or a clinic where they treat STD (sexual transmitted disease) and ask there for a test.

What you wrote could be a HIV infection but it may also be something else.

In the case that the test is positive (means you have the HIV infection) you should be treated early and get some tabletts you have to take daily. Life will not end with HIV. I read that people with HIV can live almost same long as healthy people - as long as they take the medicine.....

But first : Go for the test !

And : Good luck to you.