STDs can strike anyone and anywhere. It’s a disease that can infect straight or gay people single or married, sexually active or not! The best way to prevent the spread and infection of STDs is to abstain from sex or at least use a condom if sexual activity cannot be avoided. Limiting the number of sexual partners and practicing safe sex can help reduce infections. However, once infected, the best option is to go for immediate treatment. STD treatment centers provide the ample facilities and medical care for infected persons. Here is an STD list of diseases and test procedures you can expect from these testing centers.
Gonorrhea and Chlamydia both bacterial in nature have similar symptoms and can be treated. Although there are no immediate physical signs of these diseases the symptoms occur several days or weeks from the day of first exposure. A pelvic exam will be conducted to check for the intensity of the infection. People infected with Chlamydia excrete a clear, foul smelling discharge. Gonorrhea infected people have green or yellow discharges. They will take samples of the discharge and send it to a laboratory to determine the amount of bacteria present in the body. Both diseases infect the urinary tract causing painful urination. Urine samples will also be taken from the patient.
Among the STD list of diseases, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis and HIV ranks as the most lethal. Aside from being incurable, these diseases manifest symptoms that are chronic making testing procedures complicated and redundant.
HIV is on the STD List of asymptomatic cases. The early stages show no physical evidences and may be accompanied by flu like symptoms like high grade fevers, headache, sore throat, rashes and fatigue. To determine if the flu like symptoms are associated with HIV, they will conduct a physical examination of the patient as well as a blood sample test. This is to determine if there are HIV antibodies present in the blood and up to what extent. If the patient is HIV+ he will have to be tested again after 3 months. They may prescribe antiretroviral drugs for the alleviation of the symptoms but this will not cure HIV.
Testing for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis will be required once the patient tests positive for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia. This will also be required of people with multiple partners, men having sex with men and IV drug users. A physical examination is conducted as well as urine and blood samples will be taken. Frequent visits to the STD clinic will be required depending on the severity of the case. Like with Syphilis, the symptoms appear in stages and the sores called Chancre are recurrent. The patient will have to go back to the clinic every so often for monitoring of the disease. With Hepatitis, they will check the patient for yellowing of the skin and eyes and may require urine and stool samples for testing.
with over 10 years of experience in sexual education, my primary goal is to encourage awareness when it comes to STDs. I encourage everyone to get tested and take control of your health. I encourage you to leave comments or questions about STDs on this blog or contact Simple STD Testing at 888.629.5227 and get answers today.
