When you undergo anonymous testing, you're identified only by number, and you're the only one who finds out the test results. Home test kits are available. If you have been exposed to HIV, you need to tell your sex partners and anyone with whom you have shared needles and syringes that they too may have been exposed to the virus. They should all be tested for HIV infection. Health departments can help you contact former partners if you don't want to do this yourself.
Treatment is complex and is shown to prolong life.
Treatment of pregnant women with AZT has been shown to substantially reduce transmission of HIV to the unborn baby. Women infected with HIV also can pass the virus to their babies during pregnancy or birth. HIV is not passed by everyday social contact. Touching, hugging, and shaking hands with an infected person is safe. Some people think they may get HIV by donating blood.