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STDs (Expert Forum)
Crabs and Other STDs
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University of Washington
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This forum does not cover AIDS/HIV issues. This forum is for questions and support regarding STD issues such as: Chlamydia, Crabs (pubic lice scabies), Gonorrhea, Hepatitis (viral), Herpes, HPV, Molluscum Contagiosum, PID, Rectal Infections, Syphilis, Trichomonas, Warts, Yeast Infection.
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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.
Crabs and Other STDs
by CanGuy4, Apr 21, 2008 08:21PM
I had protected sex with two sex workers in China a few months ago. These were fairly high class workers, and the condoms were provided by them without giving me a choice. I am hoping that means they always use condoms. The condom didn't break in either case. Also, they were very careful about washing before and after, and they insisted that I wash before. I am uncircumcised.
I would like to know.
What are my chances of catching the usual lineup of stds...HIV,Gonorhea,Chlamdia, Trich, etc.,
What are the chances I could have caught HPV, and had no symptoms.
I have had some itching in that region but I haven't seen any crabs or eggs. How easy are crabs to see? I saw a black bug on my leg the other day, I thought maybe it was a crab full of blood but I am not sure. Can crabs scurry across ones skin?
I would like to know.
What are my chances of catching the usual lineup of stds...HIV,Gonorhea,Chlamdia, Trich, etc.,
What are the chances I could have caught HPV, and had no symptoms.
I have had some itching in that region but I haven't seen any crabs or eggs. How easy are crabs to see? I saw a black bug on my leg the other day, I thought maybe it was a crab full of blood but I am not sure. Can crabs scurry across ones skin?
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Apr 21, 2008 09:56PM
, Apr 21, 2008 09:56PM
Given the protected sex and lack of any symptoms to suggest STD after "a few months", you can be very confident you weren't infected with any STD. Of course if you want more reassurance, you can be tested. (There is no test for HPV, but everybody gets it anyway. There's no point in either testing for HPV or worrying about it.)
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
The chance of transmission of HSV from any particular episode of condom-protected sex is no more than than one in several thousand.
Time to move on.