STI/STD Testing Windows When it comes to STI/STDs and specifically, STI/STD testing windows, you want to make sure you’re testing at the right time – lest you receive a false negative or positive, right? If you have an STI/STD, you want to know with certainty so you can treat it or start managing it, and […]
Safer Sex Guide – How to Reduce Your Risk of STIs
If you’re like me, you’d like to avoid additional STIs. If you’re not like me (I already have genital herpes, have had scabies and vaginitis – read about my story), you’d like to avoid STIs all together! If you’re not like either of those examples, maybe you’d like to prevent transmission of an infection or […]
Sexual Activities That Put You At Risk for STIs/STDs
Think you may have contracted or transmitted a sexually transmitted infection or disease? Worried about the weekend you just had and what you did over the course of too many beverages or while finally getting some alone time with a new hottie? Here are the things you could be at risk of contracting or transmitting […]
Gonorrhea: Becoming Drug-Resistant Says the WHO
Gonorrhea’s Progressive Resistance Gonorrhea has progressively developed resistance to the antibiotic drugs prescribed to treat it (cephalosporin antibiotics). The emergence of cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea will significantly complicate the ability to treat the bacteria successfully, since there are few antibiotic options left which are highly effective. Scientists believe overuse or incorrect use of antibiotics, coupled with the […]
Observations and Anecdotes from an STI/STD Testing Counselor
This guest post was written by Elissa White, an STI/STD testing counselor at getSTDtested.com. As an STI/STD testing counselor at getSTDtested.com, some might argue it’s a profession worthy of an episode of Discovery Channel’s ‘Dirty Jobs’. Being an STI/STD testing counselor is certainly not for the faint of heart, whether I’m serving as a shoulder to cry on or I’m […]
STI/STD List for People with Vulvas/Vaginas – Common STDs in Women*
Below you’ll find an STI/STD list of STIs/STDs commonly found in women* and those less common in women based on percentage of cases each year, type of infection, and location of infection, as well as how the infection is transmitted. You can also see the full STI/STD List in alphabetical order with links to detailed symptoms, […]
STI/STD List for People with Penises – Common STDs in Men*
Below you’ll find an STI/STD list of STIs/STDs commonly found in men* and those less common in men based on percentage of cases each year, type of infection and location of infection, as well as how the infection is transmitted. You can also see the full STI/STD List in alphabetical order with links to detailed symptoms, test, […]
Gonorrhea – A Common Bacterial STI/STD
How do you get Gonorrhea/How can you get “The Clap?” Gonorrhea Causes: Gonorrhea/”The Clap” is caused by a bacteria and can be found in warm, moist places such as the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, rectum, urethra, mouth, throat, penis or testicles. Gonorrhea/”The Clap” is usually transmitted by oral, vaginal, or anal contact and can also be passed from […]
