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general std question

I have a question about STD's in general...a little on my background: I grew up in a very strict home where we didn't talk openly about sex and basically I just knew that i wasn't supposed to have sex before marriage. Went to a very conservative religious school with no sex ed. So, I am now 27 and dealing with STD fears that I honestly never thought about in the past due to lack of education. My only concern was pregnancy...didn't know much about STD's.
My history: I had oral sex (and some other non-penetrative stuff) with a few boyfriends in high school. In college, I had sex with one guy (unprotected) many times, but he has tested for STD's before and after and was clean and he didn't cheat on me. This was 7 years ago. Since, I have only been with my husband who was a virgin when we got together and has never strayed. So, now we're looking at trying to conceive and I'm freaking out about having some STD for 7 years and somehow not knowing it. I have been worried about HIV and took a test 5 weeks ago (negative.) I haven't taken any other STD tests but I do keep up with my yearly pap smears (wouldn't chlamydia or gonorrhead show up on those?). I had an abnormal pap 5 years ago (CIN-1), but it went away on its own and has been clear since then. Probably got hpv from the college boyfriend- he was clean for other stuff but they didn't test for hpv.
My questions:
1. Is there any chance I have something from a past oral encounter over 7 years ago and have had no symptoms? I've noticed no problems over the past years that I can remember. I know I didn't get anything from my husband.
2. Could I somehow have chlamydia or gonorrhea for 7+ years without any signs of infection? I'm thinking no, but wanted to check. and the only way I could have gotten it was if the ex boyfriend somehow had it but cleared it and didn't show up on any of his tests.
3. Should I be worried? Again, I'm thinking NO, but for some reason I'm terrified to take the STD test when I get pregnant. I think it's an OCD problem...I imagine the worst. And I'm also terrified I'm infertile and won't be able to get pregnant.

I really want to be able to get pregnant and am worried something in my past might affect that. I'm worried I'll have the rare case that I had chlamydia, no symptoms for 7 years, and now I can't get pregnant. I am analyzing things that happened years ago, trying to talk myself into having symptoms. Any advice or encouragement is appreciated.
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1.No
2. No
3. No


Yes you had a risk from 7 years ago but the lack of symptoms proves you do not have a STD.No STD goes without symptoms for more then 18 months and the "rare" cases are like 2 1/2-3 yrs.

You have nothing to worry about, good luck in starting the family.
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