The only way you can know for sure if you have HIV is to get tested. Although the virus can cause symptoms, they’re not a reliable way to tell if you’re infected. In fact, some people won’t have any symptoms at all. So even if you don’t have any of the typical signs of an infection, you should always get tested if you think you are at risk.You get HIV through direct contact with certain kinds of body fluids — blood,
semen, pre-seminal fluid (also called pre-cum), vaginal fluids, rectal fluids, and breast milk. The biggest risks are having vaginal or anal sex without a condom or sharing needles with someone who has HIV.
But other things can increase your odds of having it, too.The CDC recommends that everyone in the United States between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as a precaution.
In addition, you should ask yourself the following questions, and if you answer yes to any of them, you should get tested:No two people with HIV will have the same symptoms,and some may not have any at all. But the infection can cause some common changes over time:
