STD Testing

Common STD & STI Symptoms

If you are experiencing signs and symptoms of gonorrhea and chlamydia or other common STDs, request an appointment to get tested today.  STDs can have no symptoms at all. However, common symptoms can include:

  • Clear, white, greenish, or yellowish discharge
  • Strong vaginal odor
  • Itching or irritation inside the penis or vagina
  • Pain during sexual intercourse
  • Painful urination

If you’ve had unprotected sex or a change of partners, it’s time to get tested. Oral, anal, or vaginal sex always carries the risks of STDs. If you need more information on the types of STDs or avoiding sexually transmitted diseases or infections, contact us today.

Note: STDs and STIs are interchangeable terms used in the medical community.

When Should I Get Tested?

At a minimum, the CDC recommends all sexually active women schedule an annual chlamydia and gonorrhea screening. You also need to get tested if:

  • You’ve recently had unprotected sex
  • You’ve had a change in partners
  • You have experienced itching or burning in your pelvic area
  • You have scheduled an abortion

You may need to get tested even if you have no symptoms or consistently use a condom or barrier method. Getting tested prior to an abortion procedure can reduce your risk of infection or PID (pelvic inflammatory disease).

MyChoice provides testing and treatment for two common sexually transmitted infections, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Contact us today to request a test.

All appointments and results are confidential.

References

Nationally Representative CDC Study Finds 1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease, 2008 National STD Prevention Conference, Press Release, March 11, 2008.

STD Facts – Pelvic inflammatory Disease. (n.d.). https://www.cdc.gov/std/pid/stdfact-pid.htm

Time From First Intercourse to First Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnosis Among Adolescent Women, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 163, No. 12, December 2009, pp. 1106-1111

Genus B human papillomaviruses and incidence of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of skin: population-based case-control study, The British Medical Journal, 2010.

Infertility & STDs – STD Information from CDC. (n.d.). https://www.cdc.gov/std/infertility/default.htm