STD Testing Dallas, TX

Question:  My friend and I shared a towel to dry off.  I was spending the night at her house and was too shy to ask for my own towel.  She has genital warts.  Can I now have genital warts? ~ Ashley in Dallas

Answer:  It is not possible to contract an STD from sharing a wet towel under most all circumstances.  The only reason I did not say 100%, unequivical “NO” is due to those people whose idea of sharing a towel includes having some form of foreplay.  It is definitely possible to get a sexually transmitted disease from foreplay.  Genital warts is transmittable from non-penetration foreplay. 

There are over 25 known forms of genital warts, and all of them are very easily contracted through direct physical contact of the genitals.  This does not mean if someone touches their genitals then shakes hands then you touch your genitals that you would get genital warts.  The virus does not work that way.  Only the sensitive skin cells around your private parts are suceptible to the gential warts virus. 

It is also important to note that the HPV vaccine does NOT make you immune to all the genital warts variations.  The HPV vaccine only builds immunity to the few most common types of genital warts.

My name is Johnathan Blies and i’m 18, I haven’t been a virgin since I was 14.

I stopped using condoms when I was 15, I mean whats the use? You can’t feel anything. Yeah, I know you are probably thinking he is stupid he can catch an STD. Well, my motto is if you she looks healthy then she must be healthy. That is until I contracted Chlamydia and syphilis from this girl I was having casual sex with. I mean I have had over 20 female partners. I thought I was untouchable, Here is my story.

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It was summer break me an my friends would all hang out at the beach or go over to James’s house. Now that I think about it we were some sex crazed teenagers. One night we over James’s house, his parents were out of town. I had met this girl her name was Andrea. James decided to have a small party, I asked her to bring some friends for my friends, she agreed. Andrea arrived with only one friend and it was 6 of us, she explained that her other friends were away for the summer. We had beer and we were really getting to know one another, but I really wasn’t that interested in getting to know her personally. We started kissing and one thing led to another, she asked if I had a condom and I told her that I did not use condoms, so we continued to have sex. Later that evening I slept with Andrea’s friend. I use to think having unprotected sex was the best. Andrea and I kept in contact for a couple of weeks, but there was nothing more I wanted from here. I started to notice this cloudy discharge coming from my penis, and it smelled funny too. I didn’t know what it was. I figured it would go away on its own, then it started to burn every time I went to the bathroom. I had to know what was wrong,but I did not want my parents or friends to find out. I started searching the internet for symptoms of STD’s. Summer was coming to a close and I needed to find somewhere I could go get tested. I remember my brother talking about this place he went to call Any Lab Test Now. I located the place on the internet and made the call. The lady at Any Lab Test Now said everything would be confidential and results will usually be ready in 24-48 hours. When I arrived I bought the STD Comprehensive panel it tested for everything(HIV, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Herpes simplex 1 and 2, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B and C) I figured that was enough for me I paid $229 for the tests. She simply just drew some blood and collected some urine and sent me on my way.

The next couple of days I was nervous I had been thinking about all the girls that I had slept with over the summer and if any of them had the same problems that I had been experiencing. I was enrolling into a community college when I received a phone call from Any Lab Test Now, she told me my results were ready to pick up. When I arrived I read the results and I was positive for Chlamydia and Syphilis. I was shocked because I thought I was untouchable. I now realized that I am not untouchable, I can contract STD’s just like anyone else. Now I use condoms with every female no questions asked.

There are many reasons people give for why they do not want to get an STD screen. Any Lab Test Now® in Plano has addressed these issues with their current promotion of Rapid STD Testing. This service allows customers to take an anonymous lab test at an affordable price and get their results much sooner while only providing a blood and/or urine sample.

Any Lab Test Now® in Plano provides rapid STD testing to set your mind at ease. STD screens start at $49 and are payable via cash, Visa, MasterCard or Discover. The comprehensive STD panel includes HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Herpes (I & II), Syphilis and Hepatitis (A, B & C). The cost for this panel is only $229. Results are usually ready in 24-48hrs.

“We provide direct medical lab testing that does not require a customer to provide identification.” Owner Greg Johnson further adds, “Not only does this allow truly anonymous HIV testing, our business model can also get the customer in-and-out within 15 minutes from the moment they walk in the door.” Many HIV awareness groups suggest that sexually active individuals get tested every six months. Most HIV infections can be detected after three months of exposure. An HIV screen at six months post-exposure is considered to have a confident level of accuracy.

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The Dallas County statistics report that last year there was an increase in the STD infection rate, especially with chlamydia. Many times no symptoms become visible with a chlamydia or a gonorrhea infection. Therefore, people continue spreading the infection without knowing. Additionally, the re-infection rate among couples is high if both individuals are not treated concurrently.

Many people do not get an STD screen because they dread getting “swabbed” for a specimen. Getting an STD test this way can be an embarrassing and uncomfortable experience. However, Any Lab Test Now® tests for STDs through the collection of urine and/or blood. This collection method allows for herpes simplex I & II testing even if no active sores are present. Most tests for herpes requires for an active sore to be present at the time of testing. This may delay a person from getting tested and contribute to the spread of the virus.

What exactly is Rapid STD Testing? The collection process takes less than 15 minutes from the moment you walk in the door and results are back in about 24-48hrs. “We perform so many tests every day that it is cost-effective for us to start processing them the same day the customer comes in,” says Johnson.

North Dallas residents wanting to get testing can call (972) 596-6181 or get driving directions to the Any Lab Test Now in Plano on their website. No appointment is needed and walk-ins are welcome. Apart from testing for sexually transmitted diseases, they have hundreds of medical lab tests to choose from including DNA paternity tests, thyroid panel and even a complete wellness checkup.

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Many people who get genital HPV, it will clear on it’s own with no treatment and with no symptoms. Most of the time, no health problems occur. The longer the virus is in the body, the higher the risk of experiencing health problems, including cervical, anal or throat cancer. The HPV virus lives in mucous membranes in the vagina, anus and throat.

Much of the information about HPV centers on women, since having the virus increases the risk of getting cervical cancer. HPV in men can cause health problems, too. Men have an increased risk of getting genital cancers, although these cancers are not common. HPV can also cause genital warts in men, just as in women.

Changing sexual practices have led to a dramatic rise in throat cancer in the United States. Increasing rates of HPV infections, spread through oral sex, is largely driving the rapid rise in oropharyngeal cancers, which include tumors of the throat, tonsils, and base of the tongue.

The appearance of warts is one way HPV infection is diagnosed. A doctor simply does a visual inspection. In women, an HPV test can be done by a doctor with a swab of cells from the cervix, just like a Pap Smear Test. There is no routine test for men to check for high-risk HPV strains that can cause cancer. However, some doctors are recommending anal Pap tests for gay and bisexual men.

There is no treatment for HPV infections when no symptoms are present. Instead, doctors treat the health problems that are caused by Human Papillomavirus.

Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent HPV transmission. The risk of transmission is lowered when a person has sex with only one person who is not infected and who is also monogamous. Condoms can provide some protection against HPV transmission. Unfortunately, they aren’t 100% effective, since HPV is transmitted primarily by skin to skin contact. The virus can still infect the skin uncovered by the condom. If a partner has HPV, it does not necessarily mean they have had sex with someone else recently. The virus can lay dormant in the body for years without causing noticeable symptoms.