ANNISTON HIV & STD TESTING

Our mission is not just to provide fast, convenient and confidential testing to our clients, but to be the people you can rely and depend on to answer your questions, address your concerns, and be there for you when you need us. We are and strive to be the best full-service testing facility around. Our counselors are the best educated and trained in the industry and will help you every step of the way. We are here for you.

Our Vision is simple: To be the best STD testing center in the nation and to become the strategic leader for excellence and knowledge.

We do everything in our power to ensure your testing experience is the best it can be. It requires alot of effort on the part of our employees. If your test has already been prepared and sent to the lab there will be a 33% cancellation fee that will apply.

Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The virus weakens a person's ability to fight infections and cancer.

How Do People Get HIV?

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S. the estimated number of people with HIV/AIDS is about 1,185,000 with approximately 25% of them unaware of their infection. A person gets HIV when an infected person's body fluids (blood, semen, fluids from the vagina or breast milk) enter his or her bloodstream. The virus can enter the blood through linings in the mouth, anus, vagina, penis or through broken skin.

Both men and women can spread HIV. A person with HIV can feel okay and still give the virus to others. Pregnant women with HIV also can give the virus to their babies.

Who Can Get HIV?

Anyone can get HIV if they engage in certain activities. You may have a higher risk of getting HIV if you:

Have unprotected sex. This means vaginal or anal intercourse without a condom or oral sex without a latex barrier with a person infected with HIV.

Share needles to inject drugs or steroids with an infected person. The disease can also be transmitted by dirty needles used to make a tattoo or in body piercing.