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HIV & AIDS

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I want to do an HIV test and the last sexual contact happened…

  • More than 3 months ago
  • Just 4 weeks have gone by
  • Just 3 weeks have gone by
  • Just 10 days have gone by
  • Between 3 and 10 days
  • Less than 3 days ago
More than 3 months ago

HIV antibody tests
If more than 3 months have gone by then an antibody test is sufficient. Detection is extremely high with these tests (up to 99.99%)
We can do these tests either here in Madrid or in your local blood collection centre.

Can I do this test from home?
Unfortunately we can’t do this test from home. There are other HIV tests that we can do from home, such as the test we do after 3 weeks.

Can I do this test without going to Madrid?
Yes, we can organize for your blood to be taken in a clinic in your region (subject to availability). They will send us your blood for testing at Open House and then we will get the result back to you by email within 48h of receiving your sample.

Visit our online shop to purchase this test 50€
Click here for a phone consultation with our doctors 35€

What is the advantage of doing this test at Open House Madrid?
A free medical consultation is always included in the price if you come to see us in Madrid.
The test takes just 20 minutes to perform and for the most nervous of our customers we also have an HIV antibody test that you can do in saliva and another finger-prick test that we can do in just 1 minute.

Call us to book an appointment at Open House Madrid to do this test 65€

Just 4 weeks have gone by

If you wait 4 weeks we use a different test to maintain high detection levels

Detection of antibodies and also the protein “p24 antigen”
This HIV tests which looks for antibodies and the p24 antigen (a protein that we see in early HIV infections) allowing us to detect infections after just 4 weeks without having to wait the normal “window period” of 3 months since it detects the same number of cases.

This test detects between 97 and 99.99% of all cases of VIH.

You can do this test one of two ways:

(1) In our Madrid clinic which takes just 20 minutes and includes a free medical consutations
Call us to book an appointment at Open House Madrid to do this test 130€

(2) In one of our satelite laboratories around Spain. They will take your blood and once we get your sample you will recieve the results within 48 hours.

Click here to purchase this product in our shop and select a centre near you 95€

Just 3 weeks have gone by

After 3 weeks there is a test you can do at home.
If three weeks have gone by then you can do the PCR test from home!!
This test looks for the genetic material of the virus and all it requires is for you to collect your own dried blood sample. The test is very sensitive if three weeks have gone by and will detect just 1000 copies of the virus in every millilitre of blood. The detection with this test after three weeks is calculated to be around 99.9%. And all with the convenience of testing from home. With this result there is no need to wait out the standard 3 month window period.
You buy your kit online. When it arrives it explains how to take your sample which is quick and easy. When the blood sample is dry you just send it back to us by handing in the return envelope at the Post Office. We will send you the results by email in just 48 working hours once we receive your sample.
Do you need a medical consultation? We can organise a phone consultation before or after you do the test

Visit our online shop to purchase this test 95€
Click here for a phone consultation with our doctors 35€

If you can’t wait 4 weeks for the next test you can always do the option of the 10 day test, see below.

Just 10 days have gone by

If only 10 days have gone by then you can do the sensitive PCR test.
This test looks for the genetic material of the virus. The test is very sensitive if 10 days have gone by because it can detect just 300 copies of the virus in every millilitre of blood. The detection with this test after 10 days is calculated to be between 98 and 99%. All studies have found that after 21 days the detection with this test is 100%.

Can I do this test from home?
Unfortunately we can’t do this test from home. There are other HIV tests that we can do from home, such as the version of this test we do after 3 weeks.

Can I do this test without going to Madrid?
Yes, we can organize for your blood to be taken in a clinic in your region. They will send us your blood for testing at Open House and then we will get the result back to you by email within 48h of receiving your sample.
We can arrange a phone consultation with our specialist medical team first if you need one.

Visit our online shop to purchase this test 160€
Click here for a phone consultation with our doctors 35€

What is the advantage of doing this test at Open House Madrid?
A free medical consultation is always included in the price if you come to see us in Madrid.
The test takes just 90 minutes to perform in our Madrid clinic instead of waiting to receive and return samples.

Call us to book an appointment at Open House Madrid to do this test 180€

Between 3 and 10 days

If three days have now gone by then the possibility of administering “shock treatment” is no longer an option (see the next section). But if you still haven’t reached the 10 days cut-off point then we are unable to do the PCR test (see the previous section)
You will have to wait a few more days which may seem like a torture to you, but in our experience when most people read for the first time what the true risks of HIV are in each kind of sex (oral, vaginal and anal) they feel calmer.

If you’re not sure if the sex you have had is considered a risk for HIV, this information is available in our website.

Less than 3 days ago

If 3 days have still not gone by since the last high risk contact, a possibility exists which consists in administrating anti-HIV mediation to dramatically reduce the possibilities of infection. This treament is not for everybody, nor for all kinds of sexual contacts but ….

– if you have had vaginal or anal sex with someone who you know has HIV
– if you have had passive anal sex with someone with an unknown HIV status

….it may be possible that you are a candidate. You need to go to the Emergency Room in the first 72 hours and ask for their help.

Write to our medical director

Responsible: CENTRO MÉDICO OPENHOUSE, S.L.U. Purpose: To respond to the queries mentioned. Authorisation: when the interested party gives consent. Recipients: Data will not be shared with third parties except under legal obligation. Rights: You have the right to access, rectify and supress your data, and other rights as indicated in the further information found in https://openhouse.es/politica-de-privacidad, which you may exercise by writing to the processing responsible person pablo.fernandez@openhouse.es

Confused by what you’ve read? Three suggestions

How can we help you?

You can book a phone consultation with our doctors or come to Madrid to see them
Please trust our clinical judgement. Open House has done nearly 60.000 STI tests.
Caution! It is important to read about the Window Period before doing tests UNLESS YOU HAVE WORRYING SYMPTOMS

Our experience in HIV testing:

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Percentage of false positive results (errors)

Download our annual report 2017 here

 

What would you like to do now?

I want more information about the symptoms of HIV and AIDS and how it is transmitted

I would like to do a complete sexual health check-up

I want to know what is the risk of HIV in oral, vaginal, or anal sex

What is PrEP?

I want to learn more about the window period

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