Lately, I’ve had a few conversations about when someone should tell someone else they have an STI/STD. Namely, this refers to when a person is beginning to date someone and if they need to tell a partner right away or if they can wait to tell someone until after they’ve been dating a while. This […]
STI/STD List – Different Types of Bacterial STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Bacterial STIs/STDs are curable through treatment with antibiotics. Curable, that is, as long as you see a health-care provider, get tested and treated, follow through on all the medication, avoid sexual contact until cured, and make sure your sexual partner(s) get tested and treatment […]
The STI Project Interviews for WPRR Public Reality Radio
The STI Project Was Asked To Interview on a Radio Station! Full Show which includes an interview with Senior Science Correspondent from HuffPost – Cara Santa Maria!!! (She’s lovely): Full Length – Dave Fletcher’s opening topics, Cara Santa Maria from HuffPost Science, and The STI Project Just my segment of the show – an hour […]
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 […]
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease – PID – A Serious Bacterial STD
How do you get Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/How can you get PID? Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Causes: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a serious bacterial infection of the reproductive organs. People without uteruses/fallopian tubes cannot develop PID, and it is not contagious (however, people with penises can carry the bacteria that was the initial cause of PID). Many […]
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 […]
