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Reddit Leads the Way for STD Information Seeking

Oct. 7, 2022 – Where do teens and young adults go to talk about sex, sexual health, and sexually transmitted diseases?  The obvious – routine medical checkups, hanging out with friends or partners – are possibly becoming less common than social media platforms for information and advice. And it appears that researchers and doctors  alike are starting to pay close attention by meeting users where…

Why You Should Get Yourself Tested for STDs Now 

Did you know that more than 19 million new cases of STD infections occur every year in the US alone? The fact is that not all of them have been promiscuous, as the popular perception goes. There are a variety of reasons for contracting STDs. Sometimes, they don’t even have anything to do with sex. And sometimes, you can contract these diseases even if you and your partner both have been following monogamous relationship with each other. Confused? Read on to find out surprising facts that you MUST KNOW about STDs.

 Modes of Transmission

STDs can be transmitted by a host of means. Of course, unprotected sex is the most common transmission mode of these diseases. But, many of them can also be transmitted through kissing, oral sex, sharing of intravenous needles during substance abuse, and even through fecal material. Regular STD testing is the only way of checking for STDs, and then following the necessary treatment plan can ensure sexual wellbeing.

 Protection

Taking all the necessary precautions and protection during sex is the most practical way of preventing sexual diseases, as this is the main mode of transmission. Of course, completely abstaining from sex is a much safer option, it is not exactly practical for most of us. That is why, it cannot be stressed enough of how important it is to always use protection during sex.

If you wish to take your relationship with your partner to the next level by engaging in unprotected sex, then getting yourself tested for STDs should be your first step, irrespective of your priority on STD testing. Only when both you and your partner get 100% clean results, should both of you go ahead and engage in unprotected sex. This means, you and your partner should get yourselves tested for STDs now.

 Gestation Period

Whenever you get an infection, you do not start exhibiting the symptoms of the disease right away. The bacteria or virus causing the disease requires some gestation period, during which it will spread across the body. Only when it has spread into the body, will the body begin to exhibit the disease’s symptoms. Some pathogens take only a day to spread across the body. Some pathogens take even many years to make their presence felt. Therefore, it is completely possible that you or your partner were infected at some point in your lives by one of your past sexual partners, and you have had no idea about it even after many years. During that time, you or your partner could be transmitting the disease silently to other sexual partners without any knowledge of the disease. Hence, both of you should get yourselves tested for STDs before engaging in unprotected sex.

 Right Time Window

Different pathogens have different gestation periods. Some take as less as 2 days to make their presence felt; some even take many years. Also, different people react differently to different invading pathogens. Some people’s immune response might get activated immediately, while in others it might take some time. So, if you wish to get yourself tested for a particular disease, then check for the “right time after exposure” for that particular disease to get yourself tested.

If you wish to take a comprehensive STD test to check for all the major STDs, then doctors suggest that 3 weeks after the initial exposure is the best time to take the first comprehensive test. Then, this should be followed by another comprehensive test 3 months down the line, to confirm the first test’s results. BeSateSTDTesting.com offers the FDA-approved 10-Test Panel, which offers the most accurate, reliable, and confidential tests for all the major STDs.

 Treatment

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Discover What Candidiasis Is

Even if this topic may not be the most pleasant one, you have wondered at least once in your life what candidiasis is, what its risks are and how this infection can be prevented.

Thus, you have to know that candidiasis is triggered by candida albicans, which is part of intestinal flora, influencing the digestive tract. Without it, we can be unprotected against pathogen bacteria. The fungus called candida albicans lives within the throat, mouth, intestinal tract, vagina, but in small amounts, controlled by the bacteria, which naturally live in the human body, like lactobacillus acidophilus.

Candidiasis, as a frequent mycosis of mucous membranes and tegument, is caused by different species of candida which under immune deficiency conditions of the host can become invasive, with organic and tissue location.

Candidiasis emerges in the case of women because of the feminine hormone called progesterone. Progesterone increases the glycogen amount in the vaginal mucous membrane, an ideal environment for candida growth because of the acid Ph. The progesterone level increases considerably during pregnancy.

Candidiasis species are part of human body and they become pathogen if people are ill, for example if they suffer from diabetes, AIDS, or if they take immune depressive pills, steroids, anti cancer pills or antibiotics. Besides, candida can develop in the case of mucous membranes lesions and different diets. They are rich in carbohydrates (bread, potatoes, pizza, pasta) and sugar (honey, fructose, maize syrup), food based on yeast (natural B vitamin, dried fruit, frozen fruit or preserved fruit), drinks like wine and beer or food which have any contact with humid environment (mushrooms, cheeses, cream, vinegar, mustard, hot tomato sauce, and spices). To continue with, Candidiasis can be as well provoked by birth control pills, hormones, or birth.

If you want to know what reactions your body has at these aliments, avoid them for 5 days, then add them to the diet in huge amounts. Even if it is part of the body, the immune system considers candida a foreign body, which must be kept under control.The effort to take control over will exhaust immune system in time, sometimes leading to AIDS or cancer.

Vaginal candidiasis has as symptoms a white discharge, cheesy and abundant, smarting vaginal pain, painful premenstrual syndrome, smarting pain while urinating, frequent urinating, bladder infections, burning feeling while having sex.

You must be careful, because, if immune system is weak, the infection can spread all over the body and symptoms like fatigue, dizziness, lack of orientation, lack of focus, headache, muscular pains, irritability, eczemas, multiple allergies, fungal infections can emerge, as well as sensibility at food and chemical substances.

There is intravenous treatment for candidiasis or oral one during three to five weeks. Besides, you can apply as well an antifungal cream, locally after having consulted your doctor.