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STD concern
2 years before meeting my wife i had vaginal sex with promiscuous female i did not know.
i wore condom. i pull out the condom after the act and it was intact.
i have been with my wife close to 2 years now.
i recently checked for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hiv and hepatitis and was negative. i was visually examined for herpes and warts.
assuming she was riddled with all the stds in the book:
1) does erection of the penis, lubrication used, condom quality (it was not lambskin but not know if it was properly tested or had defects) matter in protection offered?
2) can i have unknowingly passed anything to my wife and not know? in other words, can my immune system have cleared itself from any of the stds after having infected my wife?
i wore condom. i pull out the condom after the act and it was intact.
i have been with my wife close to 2 years now.
i recently checked for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hiv and hepatitis and was negative. i was visually examined for herpes and warts.
assuming she was riddled with all the stds in the book:
1) does erection of the penis, lubrication used, condom quality (it was not lambskin but not know if it was properly tested or had defects) matter in protection offered?
2) can i have unknowingly passed anything to my wife and not know? in other words, can my immune system have cleared itself from any of the stds after having infected my wife?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
As I said previously, "That will end this thread. Do your best to accept my reasoned, expert, science based opinion and advice. I won't have any further comments." If you continue to post comments, the entire thread will be deleted.
dr. handsfield.
after your advice i started educating myself more on stds and frankly became worried. i am mostly worried about syphilis. i read on cdc:
"The sore is usually firm, round, and painless. Because the sore is painless, it can easily go unnoticed. "
"Sometimes rashes associated with secondary syphilis are so faint that they are not noticed."
i don't remember anything unusual on me or my wife but apparently it is also easy to miss.
is it reasonable i urge my wife to get tested for syphilis right away?
does syphilis also disappear in 2 years?
thank you for your time.
after your advice i started educating myself more on stds and frankly became worried. i am mostly worried about syphilis. i read on cdc:
"The sore is usually firm, round, and painless. Because the sore is painless, it can easily go unnoticed. "
"Sometimes rashes associated with secondary syphilis are so faint that they are not noticed."
i don't remember anything unusual on me or my wife but apparently it is also easy to miss.
is it reasonable i urge my wife to get tested for syphilis right away?
does syphilis also disappear in 2 years?
thank you for your time.
i hesitate to make conclusions in medicine ( i can hardly spell these disease names) that is why i left it up to you to make a summary in simple words one more time.
i respect and accept your expertise and advice.
thank you.
i respect and accept your expertise and advice.
thank you.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I took all STDs into consideration in my reply. Your wife should not be tested for STDs. Dr. Hook and I always are in complete agreement. He will not comment on this thread and you may not post another question hoping for his reply. It would be deleted without reply (and without refund of the posting fee).
That will end this thread. Do your best to accept my reasoned, expert, science based opinion and advice. I won't have any further comments.
That will end this thread. Do your best to accept my reasoned, expert, science based opinion and advice. I won't have any further comments.
i also thank you again for a very comprehensive answer.
thank you dr. handsfield.
do you advice an immediate testing of my wife or can we wait until she comes to me in 4.5 months (we are moving)? i dont want to upset her unreasonably but also want her best.
did you take all stds (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hiv and hepatitis ) and beyond into consideration? dont rush in your evaluation please. please regard my past partner disease riddled (worst case)
does dr.hook agree with your evaluation?
do you advice an immediate testing of my wife or can we wait until she comes to me in 4.5 months (we are moving)? i dont want to upset her unreasonably but also want her best.
did you take all stds (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hiv and hepatitis ) and beyond into consideration? dont rush in your evaluation please. please regard my past partner disease riddled (worst case)
does dr.hook agree with your evaluation?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
See above. Apologies again.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum. FYI, MedHelp standard is for replies on the professionally moderated forums within 24 hours. We made it (barely), but we actually strive for 12 hr or less on this forum. Please accept my apology.
There are several reasons you can be confident you have no nfrom your distant past sexual experience, even if your partner actually had "all the stds in the book". (Of course, no individual person ever has all the STDs there are!)
First, STDs are transmitted with low efficiciency. Even without condoms, a single exposure to an infected person usually doesn't result in transmission of the infection. The odds of catching something vary from about 50% (e.g., for gonorrhea) to one chance in 1,000 or lower (e.g., for HIV or herpes).
Second, condoms work; the odds above are markedly lower still because you wore a condom.
Third, many STDs would cause obvious symptoms you would have noticed, if you had been infected.
Fourth, many STDs would also have caused symptoms in your wife, assuming you and she have regularly been having unprotected intercourse. That neither of you has developed signs of any STD is evidence you weren't infected.
Fifth, many STDs (e.g., gonorrhea, chlamydia, or NGU) clear up on their own, without treatment, usually in a few weeks to months. Even if somehow you had been infected back then, these would have been self-cured long ago.
Sixth, the tests you had are highly reliable and show you are not infected. The only slim possibiliteis are herpes and HPV. Most of these infections are asymptomatic, so visual inspection does not prove someone isn't infected. But he chance you have either of these, given the other factors discussed above, is also extremely low, if not quite zero.
1) Erection quality makes no difference. If a condom doesn't break wide open, protection was complete. But as I said, even if you had used no condom at all, my reply would be the same.
2) Discussed above.
I hope this has been helpful. Apologies again for the delayed reply.
HHH, MD
There are several reasons you can be confident you have no nfrom your distant past sexual experience, even if your partner actually had "all the stds in the book". (Of course, no individual person ever has all the STDs there are!)
First, STDs are transmitted with low efficiciency. Even without condoms, a single exposure to an infected person usually doesn't result in transmission of the infection. The odds of catching something vary from about 50% (e.g., for gonorrhea) to one chance in 1,000 or lower (e.g., for HIV or herpes).
Second, condoms work; the odds above are markedly lower still because you wore a condom.
Third, many STDs would cause obvious symptoms you would have noticed, if you had been infected.
Fourth, many STDs would also have caused symptoms in your wife, assuming you and she have regularly been having unprotected intercourse. That neither of you has developed signs of any STD is evidence you weren't infected.
Fifth, many STDs (e.g., gonorrhea, chlamydia, or NGU) clear up on their own, without treatment, usually in a few weeks to months. Even if somehow you had been infected back then, these would have been self-cured long ago.
Sixth, the tests you had are highly reliable and show you are not infected. The only slim possibiliteis are herpes and HPV. Most of these infections are asymptomatic, so visual inspection does not prove someone isn't infected. But he chance you have either of these, given the other factors discussed above, is also extremely low, if not quite zero.
1) Erection quality makes no difference. If a condom doesn't break wide open, protection was complete. But as I said, even if you had used no condom at all, my reply would be the same.
2) Discussed above.
I hope this has been helpful. Apologies again for the delayed reply.
HHH, MD
i paid money why no one answeres?
i forgot to mention i have never had symptoms.
You are reading content posted in the STDs Forum
Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
