Sexually Transmitted Diseases and You
Although the CDC is doing a alot of prevention work, the are more than 1 million new Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections in the United States each and every year. Younger women and men are the biggest group of patients with STDs. Especially those two most common STDs may cause only mild or no symptoms and can often only be found with proper testing.
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infected individuals have a significantly higher risk getting HIV when having sexual intercourse with a HIV infected person. Chlamydia is also one of the most common reasons for female infertility if an infestion isn’t detected for many years. Just a few reasons to act now, there are many more!
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Except for HIV, treatment is very easy and won’t hurt at all, in most cases one or two weeks of antibiotics will safely eradicated Chlamydia, Trichomonasis and/or Gonorrhea. Testing is easy and comfortable, so there is no reason not to do it, especially if you have a new partner and want to make sure you are both healthy and sexual intercourse without condoms isn’t a major risk.
There are two common ways of testing, to see a local doctor or testing center or to do a discreet test at home. Home test kits must meet high standards to be absolutely reliable, so using FDA-approved tests that physicians use like those offered on Get STD Tested is vital. Do never buy any unapproved cheap tests from China or any sources that are not trustworthy!
Home tests can be done for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomoniasis and HIV, the process is simple:
- Order your home testing kit, it will be shipped to you in an unmarked package via USPS, takes about 3 business days to arrive at your home.
- Read the instructions carefully
- Take the sample and mail it to the certified lab. A pre-paid and pre-labled package is already included.
- Once the analysis is finished you can view your results online on a secure page only you can access with your login.
- In case you have a STD and it can be treated with antibiotics, the on-staff physicians can prescribe an antibiotic to cure infection within 7-10 days
Although the tests are extremely accurate, please note that all STDs have a so called window period. That’s the time you have to wait after exposure and possible infection until the bacterial, viral or antibody level is high enough for reliable testing. For Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomoniasis this period is very short, a week on average, often only a few days. For HIV this period is significantly longer, normally three months to half a year. Testing too early could result in false negative results.
Make sure to protect yourself and your sexual partners until you have the final result if you are assuming you could have a STD, always use condoms!
