Know Your Status, Get Tested
Why knowing your HIV status is important:
- Early intervention usually means a healthier life.
- An important part of living a healthy life with HIV is being diagnosed early and getting proper medical care.
- People who test positive for HIV in Kentucky often have a ‘Time-to-AIDS’ as short as 30 days. ‘Time-to-AIDS’ refers to the length of time it takes after a person has been diagnosed with HIV for the disease to progress to AIDS. That means in Kentucky, people are not getting diagnosed with HIV until they become sick and seek treatment.
- A person is diagnosed with HIV can be quickly connected to care that can help minimize the severity of the disease and even reduce the risk of transmitting the disease to others.
Knowing Your Status Helps You Make Empowered Choices
- Positive or negative, knowing your status gives you options.
- Knowing your status allows you to protect your partner as well as yourself.
- Knowing your status empowers you to make the correct decisions to protect your health.
- HIV-positive mothers who know their status can take steps to ensure they deliver HIV-negative babies.
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