STD/HIV Testing

[jassilem]

I was HIV/AIDs tested when I was pregnant. It's part of the standard tests they do in the UK
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That's when I was tested as well. And since I have only had one partner in my life...

I also had been tested when I miscarried.

 

[HottyToddyChick]

For those in the US without insurance, Planned Parenthood will test you, either free or dirt cheap. I went in to get a BC prescription since I was uninsured and they did chlamydia and gonorrhea free. It's a urine test, actually. I was surprised it wasn't blood. I figured it couldn't possibly hurt anything to do it and it was free and I was there.

The only other times are with my PAP or when donating blood.

 

[skyblue]

It has always amazed me how much misinformation there is out there concerning AIDS and STDs.

I have talked to people that believe if you have sex with someone who has AIDS one time, you will get it. But that isn't the case. If the female is the infected partner, the male will have a 1 in 1000 chance of getting it by having unprotected sex.
The same goes for people who share needles. You don't share one needle and get the disease. Those odds are put at anywhere between 1 in 10 to 1 in 1000. But it's not a 100% guarantee that you will be infected by sharing a dirty needle with an infected person.

The AIDS virus is actually a very weak virus that doesn't transmit very easily. BUT, and this is a big but. If you do get it, it's for life and it will most likely kill you. With that in mind, you need to have protected sex and not share needles.

And as far as kissing goes. You have a much better chance of getting hit by lightning than by catching AIDS by making out with an infected person. So there is no need to have your boyfriend/girlfriend checked out before you take them to a movie and swap spit. Well unless you are the super paranoid type that lives underground so you won't be struck by lightning.

i read somewhere that it takes 8 pints of saliva to transmit it......thats some kissing

 

[itsmeJonB]

As much as I wish I was a stud I'm not all that sexually active, so no I have not been tested in a while