Comments on: Myth-busting about getting tested for STIs

By: trichomoniasis

trichomoniasis — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:05:52 +0000

I heard that the test for herpes, as a minimum, there must be a pain they can swab. So if you think that pain is not easy to test for it?

By: Jessi Knowles

Jessi Knowles — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:43:00 +0000

Tests done on actual sores are more accurate, but you can be tested for herpes with a simple blood test. Check out here for more info in herpes testing:
http://www.webmd.com/hw/genital_herpes/hw264763.asp

By: Angelica

Angelica — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:24:01 +0000

I’ve heard that to test for herpes at least there has to be a sore that they can swab. So I if you don’t have a sore I guess they can’t easily test for it?

Maybe?

Eh, ignore me.

By: Jessi Knowles

Jessi Knowles — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:19:11 +0000

Thanks love!
Yes, it is probably your best bet to get checked out by your regular health care provider if it’s covered by your parent’s health insurance and they either won’t find out or don’t care. So call up your insurance company before break, get their policy, and make a damn appointment. Early Christmas present to yourself.
If your parents finding out is going to be a problem, $10 for four tests is not bad, even if the docs are creepy. And there are definitely ways to test for HPV and herpes, as well as trich, so I don’t know who Searle thinks it’s fooling.

By: Shayden

Shayden — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:06:12 +0000

Man, my first day perusing NBN, and I already feel like commenting. Only because I love you, Knowles.

Testing is great, but testing in Evanston is not. Civic center only costs $10 and you get a ton of condoms. Sounds like a deal, right? They only test for 4 things, and if you want more testing you have to pay $15 more and go down to the Chicago campus. The doctors/nurses are also on the other side of the creepy line. They also don’t call you back when you call repeatedly. I’m just saying.

Searle? Please. They test for the same 4 things as the Civic Center (HIV, Syph, the clap, and Gon) but it’ll cost you upwards of $130. And they claim there is no way to test for HPV or Herps or any number of other STDs that are common (trichomoniasis anyone?).

In short, go to a gynecologist or the male equivalent of that. They’ll test you for errrthang they can think of and it’ll probably be covered by insurance. Searle is ridiculous, and the Civic Center isn’t enough.

That is all.

Love, your sexually active friend,
Shayden.

PS – Emma got gonorrhea on her tonsils on Degrassi. “You gave me a SOCIAL DISEASE.” She wasn’t kidding, kids.

By: Jessi Knowles

Jessi Knowles — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:12:23 +0000

That “Also on NBN” link isn’t true! If you’re still a virgin but you’ve engaged in oral sex you’re still at risk for STIs, including HIV, herpes, gonorrhea, and Hepatitis B.

Use a condom or a dental dam for oral sex unless every time unless you’re in a monogomous relationship and you’ve both been tested.

Otherwise you could get gonorrhea on your tonsils. And that would be real nasty.