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hey doc,
i've made a VERY bad choice and had sex with a woman i don't know very well about a week ago. the question i had was, at what intervals should i check myself, like should i check myself in a week and then check myself in three months and then a year to make sure i won't infect anyone else?
thanx badbobo
i've made a VERY bad choice and had sex with a woman i don't know very well about a week ago. the question i had was, at what intervals should i check myself, like should i check myself in a week and then check myself in three months and then a year to make sure i won't infect anyone else?
thanx badbobo
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Just keep an eye out for them. There is no other test.
HHH, MD
HHH, MD
hey doc, what should i do for checking warts?
thanx a million badbobo/steve
thanx a million badbobo/steve
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
It isn't that bad--i.e., you don't have to wait so long. Most of the time, any STDs you might have caught will cause symptoms--such as discharge from the penis, painful urination, or sores or bumps in the genital area--within 3 weeks. (Genital warts are an exception; they often show up 1-3 months later.) Unless your partner is an injection drug user or known to be HIV-positive, I wouldn't worry much about HIV.
The chance of getting an asymptomatic STD after only a single exposure is low. If you want to be super-safe, wait about 2 weeks and have a urine test to check for gonorrhea and chlamydia; and then at about 4-6 weeks have an HIV test and a blood test for herpes. (See several other posts in this forum about herpes for information about the right and wrong kinds of herpes blood tests.)
Good luck-- HHH, MD
The chance of getting an asymptomatic STD after only a single exposure is low. If you want to be super-safe, wait about 2 weeks and have a urine test to check for gonorrhea and chlamydia; and then at about 4-6 weeks have an HIV test and a blood test for herpes. (See several other posts in this forum about herpes for information about the right and wrong kinds of herpes blood tests.)
Good luck-- HHH, MD
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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.
