If you're experiencing some bodily discomfort, don't be so quick to chalk it up to the flu. There are a lot of flu-like STD symptoms that disguise themselves as normal body ailments. If you've recently engaged in risky behavior, and you're experiencing some unfamiliar symptoms, read this list! These symptoms may seem like normal allergy, cold, or flu symptoms, but in reality, they could be STD symptoms in disguise. So please, for your
sake, if you have any of these STD symptoms, get tested immediately!
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Went For Gold, May Be Bringing Home Gonorrhea: Free STD Tests for Olympic Athletes
The access-restricted, campus-like Rio Olympic Village and the sheer amount of physically chiseled bodies certainly could have been more than enough reason for Olympic athletes to hook-up. They went to Rio for gold or silver, but may have brought home gonorrhea or syphilis.
At STDcheck.com, we are offering all 2016 Team USA Olympic athletes our 10-Test STD panel (with our HIV RNA Early Detection test) for FREE.
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Frisky Sixties: Retired and Inspired
Typically when people think of age groups that are prone to getting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) they only think of young people, but think again. Americans over 50 are contracting STDs at an alarming rate.
Consider this-- you’re a single 65-year-old. You’re retired. Your generation grew up living by the words “If it feels good, do it!” So you do, you do it.
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Sexual Healing: Which STDs Can & Cannot Be Cured
With all of the different STDs out there, it can be difficult to remember which ones can be treated and cured, and which sexually transmitted diseases stay with you for life. STDs are caused by a variety of bacteria, parasites and viruses. There are a few exceptions, but the easiest way to remember which sexually transmitted diseases can be cured is to know which are viral and which are not.
We put together a breakdown of the STDs that can pretty much always be cured, can sometimes be cured, and those that currently do not have a cure. We update this post when new STD treatment information
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Intimate Inmates: STDs in The Prison System
Jails are breeding grounds for high concentrations of infectious disease, including sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Many jails and prisons prioritize urgent health conditions, such as mental illness, withdrawal from drugs, and tuberculosis, but STDs and other chronic conditions inmates have aren't always noticed or tended to. With the largest prison population in the world, it comes as no surprise that the United States has a major problem with STD testing and treatment within the correctional system.
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Needle Exchanges: Avoiding Hep C or Assisting Addicts?
Three million people are living with hepatitis C in the U.S., which has been a serious health threat for years. In light of recent outbreaks of hepatitis C around the country, many states are turning to a controversial practice to curb the transmission of deadly disease— needle exchange programs.
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The Viral STDs: HIV, Hepatitis, HPV and Herpes
All sexually transmitted diseases can lead to serious health risks if left untreated, but typically the more worrisome STDs are caused by viruses. Not to downplay how dangerous STDs can be, but the “4 H’s” are the sexually transmitted diseases that typically warrant the most fear and dread.
The Four H’s are all viral STDs: Herpes, Human papillomavirus (HPV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and Hepatitis C.
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Load Up: STDs and Viral Loads
Viruses remain in the body for life, however some viruses go through dormant phases when they are not actively attacking the immune system, or the amount of the virus present in the body can be lowered until it is so minimal that it's considered “cleared” from the body.
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