I get myself tested 2x year. I also have every vaccination humanly possible. Since we have 3 large universities (NAU, ASU, and U of A), I also think that HPV Vaccination is must (crazy high number of college kids are infected with HPV). So how often do you get tested and do you have proper vaccinations  

Side Note: although it does not test for STDs, you can now buy HIV home testing kit for around $40. (www.oraquick.com)

twice a year, my doctor's lab does it for $75.... complete STD test, mot sure what that is comprised of but I figure "complete" is always good...

has to been done at a early age if I remember correctly.

Everyone sexually active should also get Hepatitis B vaccine - usually a 3 doze series shown to be 90% effective after 3rd shot and lasts 10-15 years.  I had mine gee maybe 10 years ago.

Of course for all STD protection condoms etc should always be used - lots of other nasty stuff like herpes harder to prevent but usually see sores when contagious but not always.  

With all that said, in swinging and sexwork, STD's seem rare even with unprotected sex or those infected are just keeping it a secret can not tell.   But better to be save then sorry.

Of course this relates to girlfriends and dating meetings - it would be illegal to pay for sex so no one should do that in the U.S.  We don't have the freedoms for the large brothels, the latest drive in sex stations with prostitutes in Europe and outcall legal in almost all the world except the U.S.

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Unless you do receptive anal sex unprotected with a gay or bi guy.

It is "possible" to transmit male to female via regular sex but very unlikely.

The old book the "Myth of Heterosexual AIDS" has over the last few decades been proven true. Since almost impossible to transmit female to male (assuming not sharing IV drug needles).   So heterosexual males act as a block and most gays always use protection (hopefully).  

The recent porn star source seems logical.

However other STDs are a much more real issue.

By standards of porn , men should be tested every 10 days and women every 21 days to be valid.
Unless I am actively working in film I don't actively adhere that tight but get tested pretty often esp if there is work.

Prob at least every 3 months for active people seeing lots of partners is a good rule of thumb.  Once or twice a year isn't really good unless with one regular partner

Sometimes more depending upon the situation.  I only play once a month now, so that seems about right.

Are you saying that heterosexual folks don't get HIV? If that is what you are saying, how do you explain the AIDS epidemic in Africa????

Exactly my sentiments too Gina.

that is because research that was done believed most of us would have the HPV in our system by then. It doesn't harm you if you are over the age of 26. Even if you have 1 form it can still protect you from the other 3. Some research also show that the shots are not as effective after the age of 26. And your insurance will not cover it if you are over the age of 26. For $400 I will take my chances that it will help me

- Africa was the genesis of SIV (HIV's Zoonotic ancestor)
- Africa does not have the same health care quality as more developed countries (for instance, less access to sterile medical equipment and less opportunity to treat existing STDs, which increase the likelihood of HIV transmission).
- As a result of the second point, many babies in Africa are born with HIV.

 


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Said country? Africa is a continent not a country. Specifically we are talking about subsaharan Africa. Yes, it is true that you are less likely to contract HIV in the US than in Africa, but that does not mean there is no risk. For god's sake people do not take my advice, the previous posters', or anyone else on this board for your healthcare safety. I will die for my family or my country, but I will not die for this hobby. For those of you have said that HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence are ignoring the misery that this disease inflicts.

Nobody here said that there's no risk, just that the risk is disproportionate for certain groups/areas/demographics, and statistics from the CDC/MMWR back that up

I noticed that your only review included CBJ and covered Russian. I applaud you for your caution.

And relevant to this discussion in what way?

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Yes they get from dirty needle sharing and females receiving anal sex from an infected bi maie.

Clearly Africa is not relevant to the West:

The CDC has stated the African AIDs situation has no relevance to most of the rest of the world. The dynamics are just totally different.

In much of rural Africa, male/female anal sex is practiced more than vaginal sex because of the mutilating type of cliteredectomies performed on young girls.  They are sometime sewn up so tightly as to restrict menstrual flow, and if they ever succeed in becoming pregnant, must be cut open to deliver the baby. Because of this, anal sex is more prevalent.  And if vaginal sex is attempted, there is much abrasion and bleeding, both conditions which are common in anal sex and the means by which AIDS is most easily spread.

Prostitute studies in other areas, especially the sex capitals of Asia show prostitution is not spreading HIV to the millions of male customers.  This also shows the low risk of female to male heterosexual transfer.  Clearly prostitution has never been a vector for HIV in the U.S. or other Western countries. Absent STD sores on the penis, it is very difficult to transfer HIV female to male via sex.

In Africa there are all sorts of rituals (circumcision, excision, scarification, body piercing, and others) that use very unsanitary conditions with cutting tools used on many people without any cleaning. Whole generations of boys and girls can be contaminated by a single knife. in a village.  Men have ornaments in their penis creating open sores and STD's are extremely common.  HIV is easily spread when you have open STD sores which is common in Africa.

In Africa, a phenomenal amount of HIV is transferred by hospitals who don't have funds to check for HIV for blood transfusions. Most African hospitals reuse syringes till they are so dull they won't puncture skin. Most African hospitals don't have the funds for autoclaves to sterilize surgical instruments to western standards.

African Prostitutes and other women commonly use various methods to "dry out" their vaginas (sometimes with detergent) to increase friction during intercourse, which also then increases the risk for abrasions and HIV infection.

Also Africa has a very high rate of TB which has been shown to be closely associated with potentially developing AIDS.

AIDS is certain conditions and lowered immune response that has been common in Africa for centuries. Some of what is now  AIDS is the new name for old diseases that result from inadequate health care, widespread malnutrition, endemic infections and unsanitary water supplies.  

Even the definition of AIDS differs from one continent to another. In Europe and America, AIDS-defining diseases include 29 unrelated maladies ranging from pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis to cervical cancer. In addition, an HIV-positive test and a T-cell count below 200 are necessary for a confirmed diagnosis.  

But in Africa, the term "AIDS" is used to describe symptoms associated with a number of previously known diseases. In the mid-1980s, those common diseases were suddenly reclassified as "special opportunistic AIDS-related infections"  

So why are AIDS cases in Africa nearly evenly divided between men and women? The answer lies in the World Health Organization's definition of "AIDS" in Africa which differs decisively from AIDS in the West. The WHO's clinical-case definition for AIDS in Africa (adopted in 1985) is not based on an HIV test or T-cell counts but on the combined symptoms of chronic diarrhea, prolonged fever, 10 percent body weight loss in two months and a persistent cough, none of which are new or uncommon on the African continent.  

HIV TESTS are notoriously unreliable in Africa. A 1994 study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases concluded that HIV tests were useless in central Africa, where the microbes responsible for tuberculosis, malaria and leprosy were so prevalent that they registered over 70 percent false positive results.  

Furthermore, everything we know about viruses tells us that they are equal opportunity microbes. They will attack men and women weakened by malnutrition, the most effective cause of immune suppression. Venereal diseases left untreated can also impair one's immunity, rendering any victim susceptible to other infections. Africans are often assumed to die from "AIDS-like" symptoms after their immune systems have been weakened by malaria, tuberculosis, cholera or parasitic diseases.  

Of course, people everywhere should be encouraged to behave more thoughtfully in their sexual lives. They should be provided with reliable counseling about condom use, contraception, family planning and venereal diseases. But whether in Cameroon or California, sex education must no longer be distorted by terrifying, dubious misinformation that equates sex with death.