{"id":817,"date":"2012-08-22T15:53:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T15:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=817"},"modified":"2024-02-23T13:25:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:25:30","slug":"its-never-too-late-for-an-hiv-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/its-never-too-late-for-an-hiv-test\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s never too late for an HIV Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Times have changed.\u00a0 We see it around us every day with mobile phones with Facebook and twitter.\u00a0 So it should be no surprise that there have been medical advancements in testing and treatment of HIV.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-2-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7771\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-2-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-2-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-2-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-2-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-2-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The prognosis of Mark in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b006m86d\">Eastenders<\/a> would be better now, if only he hadn&#8217;t had that motor bike crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HIV testing can now be done just 10 days after &#8220;the incident you are concerned about&#8221; be that unprotected sexual intercourse, sharing needles, or a needlestick injury and whatever else is worrying you.&nbsp; By Day 28, the accuracy of Better2Know&#8217;s HIV test is around 99.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HIV Treatment is now so advanced that HIV needs no longer to be considered fatal, but a manageable condition with drugs and other therapies.&nbsp; The key is finding your HIV status early so that you can start the appropriate treatment quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better2Know can test for HIV at any of its nationwide clinics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Times have changed.\u00a0 We see it around us every day with mobile phones with Facebook and twitter.\u00a0 So it should be no surprise that there have been medical advancements in testing and treatment of HIV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[678,706,735,602],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8040,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/8040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}