In Poland, 70 percent HIV-infected people do not know that they are carriers of the virus. The number of infected women and men is more mature, after 40 years of age. Many people find out that they are infected with the virus when it is too late and AIDS is already well advanced. Is HIV Testing Paid? Can it be done anonymously? These are some of the main questions people who hesitate to get an HIV test that can be ordered and performed even at home ask themselves.

HIV testis completely free and anonymous, but still many people do not decide to do it. You do not have to pay for HIV testing, you do not need a doctor's referral, insurance, or information such as your name or place of residence. The HIV test is performed at a special consultation and diagnostic point, abbreviated as PKD. They are scattered all over Poland and can be found in every major city. In the era of coronavirus, it is necessary to make an appointment in advance, for a specific time, via the Internet or by phone. Here, too, you can count on full anonymity. After reaching the destination, you are looked after by a consultant who conducts an interview. During the interview, answer questions honestly, for example, about the last time you had risky sexual contact. Blood is then taken from a vein or finger and tested for HIV. The waiting time for the HIV test result depends on the day, time of the test and the diagnostic and consultation point, from several hours to several days. If the HIV test is positive, the test is repeated to be sure of the presence of the virus in the body.

HIV test at home? It's possible

HIV testing can also be done at home. This research option is also free and anonymous, and the process is supervised by a consultant. However, such a test can only be performed twelve weeks after the risky situation or if you have never tested yourself before and have undertaken dangerous behavior in the past.

What is HIV?

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It is transmitted mostly sexually through sexanal, vaginal sex and oral sex. It can also be infected through contact with the blood of an infected person. Babies and children are at risk of coming into contact with HIV while breastfeeding by a sick mother.

HIV cannot be infected from one bathroom, tableware, through tears or saliva, as long as they do not contain the blood of an infected person. From the moment of infection, symptoms very similar to the flu, cold or mononucleosis can occur after a few weeks and last, usually for two weeks. This is called an acute retroviral disease, which is easily overlooked due to non-specific symptoms.

The HIV virus enters a dormant state that can last more than ten years after it enters this stage. After this period, as the virus multiplies, AIDS, or the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, begins to develop.

HIV impairs the immune system, making the body unable to defend itself against pathogens. It has also been proven that AIDS sufferers are more prone to developing certain types of cancer.

Living with HIV today is no different from living with another chronic disease. Thanks to the rapidly initiated antiretroviral therapy, a normal life is possible, without long hospitalizations and serious he alth complications. Antiretroviral drugs are effective in stopping the virus from multiplying and reducing its amount in the blood.

It has been proven that after reaching an undetectable viral load (the amount of virus copies per ml of blood drops to an undetectable level - but this does not mean that the infection has completely disappeared) a person with HIV does not transmit the virus to his or her partners sexual. It's the rule of undetectable=non-infectious.

HIV testing can prevent the virus from multiplying and preventing the development of AIDS. It can also be prevented from spreading through research. The list of consultation and diagnostic points with telephone numbers for registration can be found on the government website

HIV test - where to get it? Branch list

podlaskiePKD, ul. Bema 2, apartment no.11, 15-369 Białystok(85) 746 04 54Monday and Wednesday 15.00 - 17.30
kujawsko-pomorskiePKD at the Provincial Sanitary and Epidemiological Station ul. Kujawska 4; 85-031 Bydgoszcz(52) 376 18 00

Monday 15.00 - 19.00

Wednesday 15.00 - 18.00

PKD at the Provincial Center for Addiction and Co-addiction Therapy, ul. Szosa Bydgoska 1, 87-100 Toruń

(56) 622-68-31

mail: [email protected]

Tuesday 15.00 - 18.00 Friday 14.00 - 18.00
śląskiePKD at the Addiction Therapy Center for Psychoactive Substances and Co-addiction ul. Unification 10; 41-500 Chorzow(32) 34 63 619

from July 30 to August 31:

Tuesday 15.00 - 17.00, Wednesday 15.00-17.00, Thursday 12.00 - 15.00, Friday 9.00 - 13.00

from September 1:

Monday 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., Wednesday 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
PKD at the MONAR Clinic for the Prevention, Treatment and Therapy of Addiction in Częstochowa, ul. Ogrodowa 66, 42-200 Częstochowa(34) 365-48-99Thursday 17.00-20.00
pomorskiePKD at the Outpatient Clinic of the Pomeranian Center for Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (building G), ul. Smoluchowskiego 18, 80-214 GdańskMonday, Tuesday, Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Consulting and Diagnostic Point (PKD) at the Analytical Laboratory "Medica-Lab", ul. J. Tuwima 23, 76-200 Słupsk(059) 842 87 06Tuesday 15.00 - 19.00 thursday 15.00 - 19.00
West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Consultation and Diagnostics Point at the Outpatient Clinic of Acquired Immunological Deficiencies, 12 Broniewskiego Street, 71-460 Szczecin

PKD at SP ZOZ MSW, ul. Szpitalna 2, 75-720 Koszalin

91 45 42 450

Monday 15.00 - 18.00 Tuesday 15.00 - 18.00

Thursday 15.00 - 18.00

Wednesday 15.30 - 18.00

Saturday 9.00 - 11.30

małopolskie

PKD at the Department of Microbiology, University Hospital in Krakow, ul. Kopernika 19, 2nd floor 31-501 Kraków

513-652-351 (Mon and Tue from 10.00 to 14.00)

Tuesday 16.00 - 19.00

Wednesday 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Thursday 16.00 - 19.00

Friday 4pm - 5pm

łódzkieConsultation and Diagnostics Point at the Diagnostics Laboratory at ul. Tuszyńska 19 in Łódź

from February 2022

Monday and Thursday 15.00 - 18.00

warmińsko-mazurskiePKD at the Provincial Sanitary and Epidemiological Station ul. Żołnierska 16 (floor 15, ground floor); 10-561 Olsztyn(0-89) 524 83 59Wotek, Thursday 15.00-18.00
PKDat the Dermatology and Venereology Outpatient Clinic of the Military Hospital, ul. Kościuszki 32 (office 31), 19-300 EłknoneThursday 15.00-17.00
OpolskiePKD at the Provincial Hospital in Opole ul. Katowicka 64, entrance from ul. Kośnego 53, 45-064 OpoleWednesday 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
wielkopolskiePKD ul. Mickiewicza 5/4 (at the DIAGNOSTYKA collection point), 60-834 Poznań

tel. 61 840 79 60

Monday 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
podkarpackieConsultation and Diagnostics Point at the Provincial Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, ul. Wierzbowa 16, 35-310 Rzeszow

513-652-351

(Tue 12.00-16.00, Thu 10.00-14.00)

Wednesday 15.15 - 18.15 Saturday 11.30 - 14.30

MazowieckiePKD at the Observation and Infection Department of the Provincial Complex Hospital, ul. Medyczna 19, 09-400 Płock24 364 64 04 (from 7.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.)Tuesday 15.00 - 18.00 thursday 15.00 - 18.00
PKD at the Specialist Internist Clinic, Jagiellońska 34, 03-719 WarsawnoneMonday 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. thursday 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Consulting and Diagnostic Point at the Specialist Clinic Chmielna Express, ul. Chmielna 4, 00-117 Warszawa(22) 826 81 62Monday 14.30 - 19.30 Tuesday 14.30 - 19.30 Wednesday 14.30 - 19.30 Thursday 14.30 - 19.30 Friday 9.30 - 16.30 (in case of blood collection up to 1 p.m., it is possible to collect the result on the same day)

PKD at the Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, Nugat 302-779 Warsaw

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Monday - Friday 4pm - 8pm Saturday 10am - 2pm

Diagnostic and Consultation Center (PKD), Al. Jana Pawła II 45A next to Diagnostyka, 1st floor in pavilions (over Ziko Apteka)Monday - Friday 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
dolnośląskie
PKD at the Specialist Medical Clinic TRR NZOZ, ul. Podwale 74 offices. 23; 50-449 Wrocław71 342 14 13Monday 9.00-12.00 thursday 9.00-12.00
Provincial Hospital Center of the Jelenia Góra Valley, 6 Ogińskiego Street, 58-506 Jelenia Góra(75) 753 74 17 (75) 753 74 09Wednesday 15.00 - 18.00 Friday 15.00 - 17.00
PKD at the Department of Treatment of Alcohol Abstinence Teams of the Specialist Hospital. Sokołowskiego, ul. Batorego 4 58-300 Wałbrzych,(74) 648 98 87Wednesday 14.30 - 18.30
PKD at the Multispecialist Hospital of SPZOZ, ul. Lubańska 11/12, 59-900 Zgorzelec75 77 22 959, 75 77 22 838Tuesday 12.30-14.30
lubuskiePKD at ALDEMED Medical Center, ul. Niepodległości 1, 1st floor, room 110, 65-034 Zielona Góra(68) 320 08 94 (TRR)

Tuesday, Thursday 16.30-18.30

PKD at the Provincial Sanitary and Epidemiological Station ul. Kazimierza Jagiellończyka 8B, 66-400 Gorzow Wielkopolski95 722 60 57Tuesday 15.00 - 18.00
lubelskiePKD at the Collection Point of the He althcare Center SP ZOZ MSW, ul. Spokojna 3, 20-331 Lublin 512 619 714Tuesday 16.00 - 18.30 Thursday 16.00 - 18.30
ŚwiętokrzyskiePKD at the NZOZ "Nadzieja Rodzinie", ul. Karczówkowska 36, ​​25-711 Kielce(41) 345 56 65Tuesday 16.00-18.00 Thursday 9.00-11.00

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