just want to know about std?

Question

when me and my partner got together we both made appts at the docs for std check and we both came back clear.

is it possible for one of us to actually catch an std and not have any other contact with anyone else but our partners or can you catch an std from something without cheating??

am just wondering and def not have an std.

no silly answers

Answer 1

If one of you have an STD that is prior to it's detectable stage (usually very early in the stage of the infection) then one of you could already be infected.

Other than that, most STD's have to be caught via sexual contact.

Answer 2

It's possible to have something that's laying dormant that the STD test didn't find, but that's not highly likely. Did the STD tests include HIV? Remember that while the advice on here can often be really good advice, the mast majority of ppl here are not doctors, so ask yours.

Answer 3

There are many STDs you can get without cheating in some conditions. Some STDs can pass through only sexually but others can pass by not only sexually but also by accidents, and other ways. These are called STDs because most people get transmitted them by having sexual activities.

For example HIV, you can get it by having sexual intercourse, oral (if you swallow cums and have cut/sore/wound/lesion inside the mouth and throat), Sharing needles, sharing razor blades, blood to blood, blood to the open wound, puncturing needles by accidents, using dirty needles, and other implements that is using while doing surgeries. HIV positive mother to the child, HIV positive breastmilk to the child. Blood transfusions.

For herpes, kissing with an active herpes lesion. oral sex, intercouse, someone who touch the sore and touch skin without washing hands. rubbing each other skin. basically direct skin to skin contact with/without having sexaul activities. It can pass to the child when a mother has herpes lesion/sore the time of the delivery.

Of course practicing safe sex is the best way to prevent STDs and pregnancy. However, you can get STDs in many other ways but the percentage of getting those by other ways are lower than sexual activities.
Good Luck with your partner. stay safe!

Answer 4

in order to get an std you have to have sexual contact that is why they are called sexually transmitted diseases- if both of you are clean then you will both stay clean until you are with someone who is not.

Answer 5

More than half of all people will have an STD/STI at some point in their lifetime. [1]

The estimated total number of people living in the US with a viral STD/STI is over 65 million. [2] Every year, there are at least 19 million new cases of STDs/STIs, some of which are curable. [2,3]

More than $8 billion is spent each year to diagnose and treat STDs/STIs and their complications. This figure does not include HIV. [4]

In a national survey of US physicians, fewer than one-third routinely screened patients for STDs/STIs. [5]

Less than half of adults ages 18 to 44 have ever been tested for an STD/STI other than HIV/AIDS.

Each year, one in four teens contracts an STD/STI. [6]

One in two sexually active persons will contact an STD/STI by age 25. [7]

About half of all new STDs/STIs in 2000 occurred among youth ages 15 to 24. [8] The total estimated costs of these nine million new cases of these STDs/STIs was $6.5 billion, with HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) accounting for 90% of the total burden. [9]

Of the STDs/STIs that are diagnosed, only some (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, hepatitis A and B) are required to be reported to statehealth departments and the CDC.


One out of 20 people in the United States will get infected with hepatitis B (HBV) some time during their lives. [10] Hepatitis B is 100 times more infectious than HIV. [11]


Approximately half of HBV infections are transmitted sexually. [12] HBV is linked to chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis and liver cancer.


Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are the only two vaccine-preventable STDs/STIs.


It is estimated that as many as one in four Americans have genital herpes, a lifelong (but manageable) infection, yet up to 90 percent of those with herpes are unaware they have it. [13]


With more than 50 million adults in the US with genital herpes and up to 1.6 million new infections each year, some estimates suggest that by 2025 up to 40% of all men and half of all women could be infected. [14,15,16]


Over 6 million people acquire HPV each year, and by age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. [17] Most people with HPV do not develop symptoms. Some researchers believe that HPV infections may self-resolve and may not be lifelong like herpes. [2]


Cervical cancer in women, while preventable through regular Paps, is linked to high-risk types of HPV.


Each year, there are almost 3 million new cases of chlamydia, many ofwhich are in adolescents and young adults. [8] The CDC recommends that sexually active females 25 and under should be screened at least once a year for chlamydia, even if no symptoms are present.


About two-thirds of young females believe doctors routinely screen teens for chlamydia. [18] However, in 2003 only 30% of women 25 and under with commercial health care plans and 45% in Medicaid plans were screened for chlamydia. [19]


At least 15 percent of all American women who are infertile can attribute it to tubal damage caused by pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) , the result of an untreated STD. Consistent condom use reduces the risk of recurrent PID and related complications: significantly, women who reported regular use of condoms in one study were 60 percent less likely to become infertile. [20]

Consistent condom use provides substantial protection against the acquisition of many STDs, including statistically significant reduction of risk against HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, and syphilis. [21,22,23]


Some studies show that, for those who already have a clinically apparent genital HPV infection, using condoms promotes the regression of HPV lesions in both women and men. [24,25]

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