What to do if the test kit shows “positive”?
Today a good life with HIV is possible.
The self-test result must first be confirmed once again.
The self-tests are designed to be very sensitive and therefore can “overreact” occasionally. If this happens, they display a reactive result, even though there is no infection present. Therefore a self-test must be confirmed by an additional test conducted by a laboratory. This confirmatory test can be done by doctors, in centers for sexual health, directly in a laboratory or in a test project. Only if this test comes back positive as well, you can be certain about an HIV infection.
On the website aidshilfe.de you will find information compiled by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe under the header “
Positive-what now?”
First information you get here:
- Telephone advice: 01803 19411 (max. 9 cents/min. from a German landline, max. 42 cents/min. from German mobile networks)
- Online: www.aidshilfe-beratung.de
These counseling centers will help you in Berlin:
- Checkpoint BLN, Hermannstraße 256-258, 12049 Berlin, Tel. 030 40 36 46 10
- Berliner Aids-Hilfe, Kurfürstenstraße 130, 10785 Berlin, Tel. 030 88 56 400
- Mann-o-Meter, Bülowstraße 106, 10783 Berlin, Tel. 030 21 68 008
These doctors’ offices can help you too (click here)
Outline map with counseling centers and centers for sexual health:
