free aids test in NYC results in 20 min

[A_TALL_BROTHER1]

Free Aids test NYC
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cas/1176795697.html

Here is the ad.

We offer free, confidential HIV Rapid testing (oral fluid or blood test--your choice). It only takes 20 minutes for results.

Additional services (all free) include: a copy of your HIV test results, syphilis screening, condoms and lube, smoking cessation (nicotine gum/patches), and individual counseling.

We also have low-cost sexual health services (STD testing and treatment) and HIV primary care.

Our clinic is conveniently located near Broadway and Canal, accessible by the NRQW, ACE, 6, and JMZ. We're open Monday through Friday, with later hours on Wednesday. Our clinic name is APICHA, and services are *confidential* and available to everyone regardless of insurance, citizenship, race, age, gender, etc. (you don’t have to be Asian!)

Please reply to this ad if you're interested!

[Alyssa87]

awesome thread : )

[alyssats]

wow in just 20 mins the hospital where i frequent usually a week to have the results

also Elisa AIDS test?

[SarahG]

Just remember it often takes over 6 weeks after exposure for it to show up on tests. So if you had sex yesterday, it's not going to be able to tell you if you're still clean.

[A_TALL_BROTHER1]

Just remember it often takes over 6 weeks after exposure for it to show up on tests. So if you had sex yesterday, it's not going to be able to tell you if you're still clean.

You can go every week if you want to it is free!!

A

[SarahG]

Just remember it often takes over 6 weeks after exposure for it to show up on tests. So if you had sex yesterday, it's not going to be able to tell you if you're still clean.

You can go every week if you want to it is free!!

A

No argument there.

But if people don't know about the window period, they might think they're clean when they're not (which isn't good for anyone ).

[Alyssa87]

Just remember it often takes over 6 weeks after exposure for it to show up on tests. So if you had sex yesterday, it's not going to be able to tell you if you're still clean.

the clinician i see says its 3 months.
'window period'

[fred41]

The N.Y.C.Dept.of Health also does free (and completely anonymous..if you so choose)HIV rapidtests.. again - it takes twenty minutes for the results and the counselors giving you the results will explain when you should go again. I use one in Queens all the time. Here's the link: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/std/std2.shtml

[SarahG]

Great thread, i used the Chelsea clinic got results in under an hr and it was very busy!

Does anyone know if HPV screening falls under the STD screening?

IDK if clinics do free HPV screening, but HPV is considered an STD if that's what you're asking.

Most men never show symptoms of HPV however, it's far more of a "GG's illness," the men will typically only be carriers.

The downside to the HPV injection is that it only protects you from getting HPV if you've never been exposed before. Once you've been exposed (and almost everyone in this country who has had sex has been), the vaccine does nothing for protection.

That's why if we really wanted to end HPV & the cervical cancer deaths it causes, what we need to do is start giving people the vaccine when they're young enough to not be having sex. But since it's not a one time only vaccine, that's prohibitively expensive, and since it involves children, the christians think that it would be encouraging underage sex (instead of admitting it would be saving their lives).

So women will continue to get cervical cancer and die from it until they find a vaccine that protects already exposed people.

[TsVanessa69]

Just remember it often takes over 6 weeks after exposure for it to show up on tests. So if you had sex yesterday, it's not going to be able to tell you if you're still clean.

What you are describing is called a window period. The time it takes for the antibodies to dectect in the body after being exposed to the virus. The CORRECT period of time is actually 3 months. I was just certified as an HIV Prevention Counselor last Friday and have all the latest correct info.