The stigma of getting STD/STI tests

[Jahbarri]

Haven’t had no play to get Checked up

 

[Commish]

It makes me wonder why people avoid getting tested, even when it’s offered for free. I feel that the lack of testing and poor sexual/health education continues to contribute to infections being so difficult to slow down.

I don't know?

I believe you and your partner should get tested prior to having sex, but my guess is that people don't think about it.

I do know that there are people out there who got herpes, HIV and other shyt but don't say shyt. A very few would be honest and let people know up front before anything goes down. Gotta respect those people...

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I prefer raw but when I worked healthcare, I always recommended a combination of both.

The Army can be a really small world at the brigade level. That angelic chick that’s so naturally pretty and educated could have smashed 3 different dudes one night, all of them thinking they were the only ones. It can also be that those three smashed three different women on base and from the local populace. Even with condoms (even though a lot of people don’t use protection with oral) there’s still a risk. I prefer to know, in case I ever do get caught slipping, so that I have a relatively small timeframe to examine when I may have caught something and who it came from.

You're proving my point. Once you examine who it came from and when, then what?

 

[Peter Popoff]

The only stigma is from actually having an STD. Look at how we always roasting Usher and NBA Youngboy.

Routine STI/STD tests don't test for herpes

I wore protection and still got it from a chick that didn't even know she had it

The doctor told me I don't even have to disclose


I haven't had any symptoms since my first outbreak but I take daily antivirals just in case. 3 different pharmacies were completely out of prescription Valtrex so I had to wait a few days to get a refill. Last time my main pharmacy was out of stock as well. How common is hsv if the medication is out of stock so often?

I disclose to all partners beforehand and the 3 chicks I'm seeing right now also have hsv2. They didn't say shyt about it until I disclosed that I have it


Stay safe out there, y'all

I have all my STD results on my phone since my doc emails them to me. My main chick also has receipts
And she got an IUD

Yea, basically almost half the population have asymptomatic herpes. That's why it's hard to test for it and doctors usually suggests against testing for it since it's practically hard to transmit it to a partner unless you have an outbreak or viral shedding.

It's a skin disease so condoms don't protect against it. It's easier for a male to pass it to a female than the other way around. Did you have any symptoms at all?

Edit: nevermind, you answered that.

 

[Saltmoney]

You're proving my point. Once you examine who it came from and when, then what?

So you can pinpoint who you got it from (if you’re sleeping with several people) and then inform the others that they should probably also get tested.

 

[Saltmoney]

Yea, basically almost half the population have asymptomatic herpes. That's why it's hard to test for it and doctors usually suggests against testing for it since it's practically hard to transmit it to a partner unless you have an outbreak or viral shedding.

It's a skin disease so condoms don't protect against it. It's easier for a male to pass it to a female than the other way around. Did you have any symptoms at all?

Edit: nevermind, you answered that.

It’s not that it’s hard to test for it but because it’s so widespread many doctors don’t feel a need to test for it because you could go with the assumption that almost everyone has it anyway.

In my opinion it’s still important for the minority that don’t have it though so I’d ignore any doctors apprehension.

 

[SATAN]

Yea, basically almost half the population have asymptomatic herpes. That's why it's hard to test for it and doctors usually suggests against testing for it since it's practically hard to transmit it to a partner unless you have an outbreak or viral shedding.

It's a skin disease so condoms don't protect against it. It's easier for a male to pass it to a female than the other way around. Did you have any symptoms at all?

Edit: nevermind, you answered that.

Regarding symptoms, I've only ever had one outbreak so far, however I get pretty bad nerve pain in random places from the waist down, but it doesn't happen often enough to negativity affect my quality of life.

Like not trying to joke here, but sometimes my knee or my calf muscle or my dikk will just randomly have a hella sharp pain like someone held a lighter to it, then a half a second later the pain will go away as quickly as it came.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

If someone gives you the blues for loving yourself and taking your health seriously then they ain't shyt, they mammy and pappy ain't shyt and they probably got the shyt and want you to have it too.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

So you can pinpoint who you got it from (if you’re sleeping with several people) and then inform the others that they should probably also get tested.

Which does nothing to prevent you from getting whatever you got

Why not take preventative measures?

 

[The God Poster]

nah there is no stigma to getting tested regularly. the stigma is in the behavior of NOT getting tested frequently.

when i ask a girl when the last time was she got tested and its been over a year ago, i usually lose interest.

a woman who doesnt get tested regularly usually falls under one of the following categoriess:

1. she's not financially stable enough to afford it.
2. she does not fully understand why checkups are necessary..ie. she's not educated. most likely a high school drop out. most likely has just GED, if that.
3. she doesnt really take care of herself down there (which means there's a good chance she stinks. nope, this is a nono).
4. she knows she needs to get checked but classifies the act of actually going to get tested as a great bore (its not exciting. its inconvenient)
- if she falls under this category, she's a thrill seeker.

Big facts on the bolded. Every female I’ve dated always got a test when they had their usual check up .

 

[987654321]

You're proving my point. Once you examine who it came from and when, then what?

Then you tell her so y’all can both be responsible and get it treated and not continue to spread it lol

 

[WaveGang]

As a full fledged playa I can tell you it's women spreading this shyt.

You pull out a condom and 9/10 the chick looks at you weird like you got something.

 

[Saltmoney]

Which does nothing to prevent you from getting whatever you got

Why not take preventative measures?

Of course prevention should be paramount but regular testing if you’re sexually active, especially with several people should be part of the program as well as we know not everything is prevented by condoms.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

As a full fledged playa I can tell you it's women spreading this shyt.

You pull out a condom and 9/10 the chick looks at you weird like you got something.

I agree

 

[BruhManFromTheFifthFlo]

In this day and age, it’s nothing. Maybe for old nikkas back in y’all day, cause then old folks would look at you strong. but we out here fukking and ain’t hiding it these days