Hello,
20 years ago when I was still at my native country (a third world country), I have a major surgery where I recieved lots of blood transfusion.
At my home country, both healthcare and economic are not developed as in the U.S
I heard about how blood transfusion can give you HIV, especially if you in a third world countries.
So, I got worried, what are the chances of me contact HIV at that time.
This has been 20 years ago, with a 20 years period of time, if I did get HIV, I already would developed symptoms right?
Now I am in my 30's, my family doctor every year give me a chemistry blood test, just to see how my body function. Those test come out all normal, my red, white blood cell count are all in normal range.
But this is just a regular blood test, NOT HIV test.
So I don't think I'm infected right? It is necessary to request a specific HIV test?
Thank your sir/ma'am for your advice