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How often do you get tested for STDs? Where do you go and how are results given to you? Privately? Phone? Email? Living in a small town everyone knows your name.
Depends on your sexual partners. If you are both only having sex with each other there is no need for testing. If you have more than one partner you should practice safe sex, and also get tested on a schedule. It takes one person, one disease, to really impact your life. I know from experience with HPV.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/p0413-stds.html
Condoms, Condoms, Condoms. You play with fire you get burnt. You and your man (or men, or lady, or group of people together, or group alone, or whatever) need to wrap it up. Not only to protect you, but to protect the other person. STDs are serious, and can result in some major health issues. You don't want to treat them, you want to prevent them. Period. It's good you are asking about testing. That's the first step of avoiding pain & suffering of everyone you're having sex with. Plus, can you imagine the embarrassment you'd feel of having to admit you have an STD to everyone. That's a hard call/text to make when it could have been avoided. (I work at Planned Parenthood btw. Everyone thinks it can't happen to them, but once you have sex with 2 or more people, your risk goes up by 80%).
How often do you get tested for STDs? Where do you go and how are results given to you? Privately? Phone? Email? Living in a small town everyone knows your name.
There are HIPAA rules in place where doctors need to keep things confidential. I wouldn't worry about a doctor that is going to tell everyone you have an STD. They have tons of patients and that's the least of their worries. Instead, why don't u just go to a clinic where these sorts of tests are done every day. It's no big deal. When I was young and stupid, I didn't get tested & assumed that I was "clean" because i had no major symptoms. So, i continued to have sex without condoms. This was a bad move. Not only did I spread disease to my partners, they all needed treatment. It's better to keep checking, and know what u might have before you mess around. And, once you are "clean", be sure to use condoms (or dental dams for sex with women). It's amazing that women don't realize how they can spread STDs with their mouths (kissing) once you've performed unprotected oral sex. Sorry to be a buzzkill.
Just go get tested and treated if necessary. I had unresolved health issues for YEARS and doctors couldn't figure it out. I had every medical test in the world from MRIs to EKG to blood work and much more, and guess what they didn't test for? STDs. I had one that raged out of control without treatment and it made me weak, and dizzy and nauseous all the time. I lost tons of weight and slept all the time. I thought i was immune to them (like a superhero!! ha ah), but sex with one infected person made me suffer for years. Doctors would have never tested me for STDs but I had a new partner that required it before we took things to the next level. Went and got tested and guess what? I solved most of my medical problems that day. -- Machelle.
I’ve been in & out of the hospital for months having tests done. I was weak and dizzy too but it was my blood levels. I found somewhere private to get tested for STDs and I got these issues under control for now. Thank you to everyone who answered seriously.
Just go get tested and treated if necessary. I had unresolved health issues for YEARS and doctors couldn't figure it out. I had every medical test in the world from MRIs to EKG to blood work and much more, and guess what they didn't test for? STDs. I had one that raged out of control without treatment and it made me weak, and dizzy and nauseous all the time. I lost tons of weight and slept all the time. I thought i was immune to them (like a superhero!! ha ah), but sex with one infected person made me suffer for years. Doctors would have never tested me for STDs but I had a new partner that required it before we took things to the next level. Went and got tested and guess what? I solved most of my medical problems that day. -- Machelle.
I’ve been in & out of the hospital for months having tests done. I was weak and dizzy too but it was my blood levels. I found somewhere private to get tested for STDs and I got these issues under control for now. Thank you to everyone who answered seriously.
Good girl. Glad you got treated. No shame.
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