How often do you all get tested for STDs ? What are the recommended guidelines 1 time a year, every month, or every 3 months ?

Do you get checked for all 20 STDs ?

How do you handle the bullshit questions that come up with surveys ?

and I get tested monthly. I dont listen to guidelines .I do as a feel necessary.. Like a girls visit to a gyn should only be once a year ? That is insane.

There isnt only one test that will cover all stds.. although they can do a few tests with one tube of blood.. Others, you need specimens from papsmears etc.. So some testing i do monthly. Some i do every three months.


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A complete screen every 3 months. You'll have to firgive me for asking this, but what surveys?

His radio show was an eye opener last tuesday. I could not believe what I heard. People calling in the show saying they tested positive for a STD and not wanting to tell their SO. I also found it troubling that some sexually active women in their 20's have never been to a obygyn !!! That is why being with providers is so much safer.

Depending on where you go they ask alot of detailed questions.

I never had to fill out anything like that. My doctor asked a year or so ago why I was getting tested so often, which I figured was a valid question, so I told her about this, but that's it.

For ANYONE who is sexually active the first and most important rule is to educate and protect yourself.
After that, about every 3 months for the sexually active and six months to a year (along with regular checks ups) for those who are abstaining or in truly monogamous relationships. (Which means if you suspect or know your partner has cheating on you in the last 2 years, use the every 3 month rule).

Providers should get tested at least every three months or more often depending on their comfort level. As well, be sure to be proactive in your sexual health. Do not ignore any signs/symtoms that something is wrong as a fluke. Take everything out of the normal serious and ell your doctor. Be honest with your doctor about your profession or at least your number of sexual partners (Remember doctor-patient privilege will hold up until you die). Often missing something comes from a person not being completely candid with their physican.

And gentlemen, it is no secret a lot of you CEO and Colonels think you are invincible and don't get even regular check ups when you should. Remember that your family loves you. If you are the provider and want to seems strong, remember you cannot do that from a hospital bed or God forbid, a coffin.

Websites like Hips (www.hips.org), Planned Parenthood (www.plannedparenthood.org) and Amer. Social Health Assoc. (www.ashastd.org) are great places to get information and resources.

Kisses,
Vanica

I did some research and I found that sometimes when one is treated things can re-appear.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1154759.stm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10961191&dopt=Abstract

I go to planned parenthood every month, just to make sure--I have a long life to live ahead of me. Not only for testing, but for birth control as well. PPH is great and has reasonable prices for testing and birth control and additional protection.

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