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STDs (Expert Forum)
do i have an std?
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University of Washington
Seattle - WA
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Some of the most common types of questions concern the risk of HIV or STD after a particular sexual exposure, and about symptoms that might or might not be due to HIV. If your question is along these lines, please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum.
This forum is limited to questions about STDs other than HIV/AIDS. For questions about HIV prevention, or if you have general questions about safe sex (e.g., condoms, how to protect yourself from HIV and STDs), please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum
Some of the most common types of questions concern the risk of HIV or STD after a particular sexual exposure, and about symptoms that might or might not be due to HIV. If your question is along these lines, please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum.
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Dec 10, 2005 12:00AM
, Dec 10, 2005 12:00AM
I can't answer. Many women with UTI symptoms don't have UTI that can be detected by standard testing. Some of them have STDs, such as chlamydia or gonorrhea, but not all; the explanation sometimes just isn't clear. If you are sexually active, and especially if you have changed partners recently or have had sex with someone who is likely to have had other partners recently, you should have been tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia. However, it likely is too late now; on cipro, you can expect those tests to be negative, even if you had one of those infections. Did you tell your sexual history to your health care provider? If not, s/he might not have known to test for them.
Follow up with your own provider. Good luck-- HHH, MD
Follow up with your own provider. Good luck-- HHH, MD
Member Comments (2)
by Imdumb, Dec 10, 2005 12:00AM
Were you tested for STDs? Do you have a lot of anxeity about it? Sometimes anxiety can cause mild symptoms if test for STDs are negative.
