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How to Get an STD Checkup | STDs

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"Jane Bogart, M.A.: For the most part, your doctor, your medical provider, your family

planning clinic, when you go for a check-up they're not going to automatically test you

for sexually transmitted diseases or infections.

You have to ask for that.

The best thing to do is sort of go in through, the different types of symptoms that might

show up.

So you want them to look at you visually.

Is there anything that you notice on my genitals, on my rectum?

Is there anything that you have personally noticed that you might want to tell them about?

They might want to do a swab test for you to see if you have gonorrhea or chlamydial

infection those are very common and that should be part of your normal STI checkup.

You might also want to have a blood test.

They might want to do an HIV test or test for different viruses and that would be included

in your STI check up.

There are certain things that they can and can't test for based on whether you have symptoms

or not and your medical provider will be able to tell you that, but it's really helpful

for you to go in with some information about, “Here are the things that I am worried

about, I'm concerned about.

These are the kinds of test that I would like to have,” and then have a discussion

with your medical provider about what's appropriate for you given what activities you're doing,

your level of risk, who you are, what's happened in the past.


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