DID YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE WITH A NEW HIV DIAGNOSIS ARE PRESENTING THE LATE STAGE OF HIV?
 
 
 
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LIFE EXPECTATION OF PEOPLE WITH HIV IS NOW ABOUT AS HIGH AS THE LIFE EXPECTATION OF PEOPLE WITHOUT HIV?
 
 
 
DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST MEDICATION FOR HIV TODAY IS TO TAKE ONLY 1 PILL?

Do I have an HIV-indicator condition?

 

Recognising an HIV infection can be challenging. HIV infection can be present in the body and go unnoticed for years. Nevertheless, there are characteristics that are good for your doctor or yourself to think about in terms of HIV. These are called HIV indicator conditions. These conditions are more commonly seen in people with HIV than in people without HIV. These conditions may indicate an undiscovered HIV infection.

 

In this section of the website, you can look up different types of HIV indicator conditions, such as herpes zoster (shingles), tuberculosis or an STD (for example, chlamydia or gonorrhoea). Of course, if you have an HIV indicator condition, it does not necessarily mean that you will also have HIV. However, it is recommended in the guidelines and by the World Health Organisation that you should be tested for HIV. An HIV test is refunded via health insurance (and is therefore free of charge) if your own risk money for that year has been used. If you have not yet reached your own risk limit, the cost of the HIV test will be charged to your insurance account.
 
Do you find it difficult to ask your GP or specialist for an HIV test? If so, you can download a specific conversation card for each condition with tips on how to approach this conversation. You can take this card with you on your next visit to the doctor.

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If the chance of an underlying HIV infection is higher than 0.1%, an HIV test is always recommended. Regardless of your origin, age, sexual preference or gender.


Did you know that an HIV test is reimbursed by your health insurance?

(a test might be charged from your 'own-risk'  policy)

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FACTS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS

23.700

people in the Netherlands
living with HIV

 

1.730 of these
are unaware

of their underlying HIV infection

of HIV patients are

heterosexual

(worldwide)
Most

HIV positive

patients

be between the
 
In some diseases, there is a need
always have an HIV test done,

regardless of risk factors

 

An earlier
negative HIV test

doesn't mean you don't now
can have HIV infection
 
Get yourself tested regularly
 

Life expectancy

The life expectancy of people with HIV
is almost as high as that of people without HIV
 

A pregnant woman with HIV

cannot transfer the virus to her unborn child if she takes her medication properly
 

No longer contagious

A well-treated HIV patient can develop HIV
no longer transfer to another person
 
 

HIV is a treatable disease

and no longer deadly, but incurable
 
 

The symptoms of HIV

are very diverse and therefore difficult to identify. The symptoms of an acute HIV infection can resemble the flu
 
 

PrEP & PEP

are drugs that lower the risk of getting HIV
 
 
 

HIV can now be treated

with one pill once a day
 
 

In the future

can HIV possibly be treated with two injections every two months instead of taking one pill every day
 
 

HIV treatment

is fully reimbursed by the health insurance (a test is deducted from your deductible)
 
As an HIV patient you can participate in

Research

HIV IS NOT NOT TRANS-FERRED
BY MEANS OF...

 

Insect bites

Insects are not carriers of the virus. They only take blood, they are unable to inject infected blood
 
 

Toilet seats

HIV does not survive on surfaces and therefore cannot be transmitted through a toilet seat. In addition, the virus is not in feces either
 
 

Kiss

 
 

Share cutlery

 
 

Touch each other

 

HIV is not in a person's saliva, sweat or feces. Kissing, using cutlery or touching each other cannot transmit HIV