Poll: Have You Ever Had A STD?

[GL]

An article about STDs from the U of T Health Centre (where students usually go in to get tested/treated for these things.



<< ?The most common STD that we see is genital warts. Second is chlamydia,? revealed Sara Taman, Physician-in-Chief at the U of T Health Services Centre. ?We completed a study in 1993 on the prevalence of HPV [the virus that causes genital warts] in female students who visited the health centre and found it was around 26%.? >>



...yuuuuuuck!

-GL

 

[vi edit]

Bah! Q-tips are for wimps. Now having a catheter and a cystoscopy done within two hours time is NOT COOL.

 

[gnognugs]

vi_edit, get a q-tip before you speak!

 

[bcterps]

Hmm I wonder if people are just lying when in the poll or whether this is just a group of people who havent had much or any sexual activity at all. Well, if you've had any kind of sexual activity, its a good idea to be tested, at least for your future partner's sake.

--Ben

 

[vi edit]

gnognugs, have a 14 gauge catheder and a 10 gauge cystopic tube rammed up your pecker before you reply!

 

[Russ]

Got the crabs once in the late '70's. Easy to cure, though. Shave one side, light the other side on fire, then stab the little suckers with an ice pick when they run in to the open.

Russ, NCNE

 

[The Stigenator]

nope I am clean but I am cautious. One of the reasons I havent had sex as yet is not because I cant find anybody to do it with, but more of the fact that I am afraid. I have had been in India for a while and had injections there, but I am not sure if they simply boiled the needles or used disposable ones. I know later years i notieed they used disposable ones but prior to my noticing I dont know, cause all I remember she pulling this needle out of boiling water. I may be wrong time to ask my mom.

I have been planning to get the AIDS test to see if I have it (just to clear my mind), but I would be shocked if it was true.

 

[vi edit]

Russ, that brings a new meaning to the term &quot;Fire Crotch&quot; :Q

 

[unxpurg8d]

Hey Isla, now THAT would be a useful thread. LOL Along with the good ol' curse &quot;may your children be JUST like you&quot;.

Probably not ONE overconfident person will run out and get that vaccine, but hopefully it'll make at least one person consider it. Kinda an easy fix for something that is so easy to get and can kill you - wish as many life-threatening things were so easy to avoid.

 

[NFS4]

Russ!!!!!! :Q

 

[The Stigenator]

unxpurg8d:

I have actually taken the hepB vaccine a couple of years back, time to take it again.
I forgot to this time when I went on vacation to SE Asia.

 

[GL]

unxpurg8d,

When do you generally get vaccinated (i.e. when you're a baby)? Up here in Ontario they vaccinated all high school teenagers against Hepatitis C I think. But I can't remember if they did so against Hepatitis B as well.

-GL

 

[eakers]

i dunno if this counts but i got an urinary track infection possibley from sex, possibly from holding my pee too long.

*kat. <-- thinks that UTIs are not fun.

 

[unxpurg8d]

Good going, Good Guy.


(ONE less person I gotta worry about if/when it comes time for MY turn up on the liver transplant list. Bad enough that dratted David Crosby's taking up more than his fair share. )

Now the rest of you go do it, darn it.

GL, they generally do it for babies here in the U.S. now, but I'm not sure about Canada.

Hep B vaccine info

 

[Isla]

Russ, that was one of the richest, most hilarious visuals I have had in quite some time. I can just see the little critters running away, screaming &quot;Andele, andele!&quot; Speedy Gonzolez style.

Listen to us old folks and take the links seriously, kiddies.

I've heard a lot here lately about sex being fun and something that teens will do, and maybe that is true.... but this stuff is true, too. Don't ever underestimate the consequences!

 

[vi edit]

GL, at least in my area in the States(Iowa), hepatitis vaccines are not required by law for many citizens. Almost all workers in the health care field are required by their employers to get them, but the average person does not.

Part of this is due to the time and the cost of the vaccination. I believe the cost of the vaccine is around $200. For a family of four, that is a pretty expensive price. I don't know if this vaccine is offered at public health facilities for the poor at reduced rates.

I will have one done soon. My girlfriend is stressing it.

 

[gnognugs]

vi_edit: Oh, there's no question that would SUCK, but with that tiny piece of pink subterrainian real estate, there are no degrees. All measurement is in fact, absurd. And it's not even like it's the volume of pain, so to speak. A broken leg hurt substantially more. It's just a real special kind of pain.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

<< Got the crabs once in the late '70's. Easy to cure, though. Shave one side, light the other side on fire, then stab the little suckers with an ice pick when they run in to the open. >>

Wasn't that an episode on Star Trek (original)?

 

[vi edit]

gnognugs, I realize that, but there is a distinct difference between having the very &quot;tip&quot; of it swabbed instead of the ENTIRE LENGTH of your urethra.

I doubt after a q-tip swabbing they say that &quot;bleeding is normal&quot; and &quot;pain will persist for close to a week&quot;.

 

[piku]

You have to have sex for those, right?

 

[dennilfloss]

I got a cold sore when I was 15. Strictly speaking, that does indeed count as a STD, the most common one by far but a much less virulent form of Herpes.

This Kiss (Faith Hill)

 

[tim0thy]

i almost fell off my chair reading Russ' comment! :Q

ICE PICK? :-/ how about a toothpick

 

[Russ]

They have a hard shell. A toothpick would just break.

Russ, NCNE

 

[GL]

vi_edit that is a lot of money. Not all Ontarians are vaccinated against HepC. But as far as I know, all high school students in 1997-1998 were vaccinated against HepC and they'll probably continue this when the last of the vaccinated students have graduated. I was told the cost of the actual vaccine itself was about $20 (it's covered by taxes here). But I guess that's because it was bought in bulk.

It's just a simple shot in the arm...tell your girlfriend it's worth the slight pain (truthfully I didn't even feel it and I watched the actual injection)

-GL

 

[vi edit]

GL, actually I'm the one that has yet to have the vaccine She Works in a hospital so she was required to have it. I just haven't gotten around to it yet.