When guys get tested?
Question:
I would like to know, whenever a male gets tested for STD's what exactly do they do?
I have heard they stick a q-tip in their penis.
DOES THIS HURTT? and how bad?
Answers:
there are blood tests for some diseases (HIV, the herps hep-c ect...) then for some you need to give a tissue sample (warts /HPV) and for some you would have a swab sample taken from inside the urethra, i have had it done to test for chlamydia/gonorrhea and it doesn't hurt really, it burns a little but only takes a few seconds.
you want to know this why? I've never tested for STDs but I can answer you on the "does this hurt" bit...yes...that would very much hurt. maybe something smoother than a q-tip. maybe something smaller. but I'd rather take the STDs.
Go to the local health department. They can usually pee in a cup for most tests now. But the swabb may also be used. And is such a trivial thing compared to a STD. Some STD need a blood sample.
All the times I went to a clinic to get tested for stds they'd basically just run some basic blood work and look at my penis. They suck cause I went to them with a herpes ourbreak on my penis and the nurse told me that it wasn't herpes and not to worry. Lucky I didn't believe her and went to a dermatologist to get tested. Normally my primary care physician or any one I have ever been to never checks for stds unless I ask for a specific test. On physical exams they look at my penis. I don't even know why they always want to see my penis, maybe they just like looking at it.
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