Before this turns into one of those articles you click out of wait! I know what you’re thinking, I’m tired of being bombarded by another blog post telling me to go get my you know what checked. You’ve heard this all before right?
STI this and STD that I know I know, but I mean how many times did your mom have to nag you about cleaning your room before you actually did it?
Now that we’ve got your attention don’t be alarmed our aim isn’t to scare you into a hospital, this is simply used to revise over the things you already know concerning sexual health, as well as giving you some information on things you may not already know about.
Only the sexually active can get infected
This is a long told myth, but you can in fact get an STD without having sex which makes getting tested even more important, viruses such as herpes and chlamydia believe it or not require very little sexual activity to pass on. Who knew something as innocent as grandmas kiss could lead to such things?
Have you shown any signs of having an STD? If you see something do something, It won’t just go away and even if it does get yourself tested! Most sexually transmitted diseases show little to no symptoms most of the time and that includes HIV. Figures show that 101,200 people in the UK live with HIV, and 13% of are still unaware of the infection.
If you haven’t wrapped up and protected yourself and see something out of the ordinary make sure to see a doctor about it.
Wrap it up!
Don’t let pride get in the way of your common sense. Remember guys your brain is up there not down here! Condoms are the best protection from sexually transmitted disease, Even if your miss is on the pill it’s still important to play it safe, and remember they prevent her from getting pregnant not an STD. So wrap it up or potentially put yourself and your partner at risk of contracting something that could have you both worried.
Has your partner been tested?
I know what you’re thinking they’re with me so why wouldn’t they tell me right? Well a lot of couples don’t talk about their sexual health which means you’re both left in the deep end when it comes to knowledge on who has what and what not, but remember communication is key in building a healthy relationship and sex life. The more we get people talking about it the more we prevent this stuff from happening.
“Remember prevention is better than cure!” Get yourself tested and do it today! Try the Walk in Clinic which offers a number of services that aid sexual health in men, they’re all about delivering you with the fast results, which means you’ll be in and out so fast it would be like you were never there!