A thread on STDs.

A thread on STDs. For you / your kids / your partners.

I am not certified to comment on this, so this is based on my own experience.

Dating or being in a relationship with someone who has an STD is up to you. It depends on your understanding of the risks.

1. HIV is now curable. It wasn't in our parents' generation. You can be an inert carrier for life. But only with meds, so it does cost money. Ignore for now the cases where they managed to actually evict it with mRNA/etc. cutting edge tech.

2. HSV1+2 are non-curable. There are no meds or therapies for eviction. Then based on your country, either 70% of the adult population has one, so it doesn't super matter, or very few people have it and it does matter.

However you can also have it and be an inert carrier ... YMMV, I've had partners who did tested positive for it, but never knew they had symptoms, and their partners also never got it from them. Symptoms can be very painful, but generally non-lethal.

EBV/mono is a cousin.

3. HPV : is very specific. But once everyone has gotten their vaccines, if someone has it, you can debate the safety issues of what to do for the two years while it generally goes away.

4. Syph : the weird thing about this is that it can be dormant, so getting tested is generally important. Curable. But long-term damage if not quickly addressed.

5. Nearly everything else is a bacteria i.e. curable with antibiotics issue.

Play safe, have fun. Do homework, or find healthcare that you trust.

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