Q: I’m trying to find accurate and consistent window periods for testing for various STDs as well as how long it takes to get results. Unfortunately, this information seems to be very hard to find at all and sometimes conflicting when I do find it. I know this will vary from state to state, clinic [...]
Also tagged herpes, HPV, safer sexQ: Thirty years ago I had genital warts that were effectively treated, and I have had no recurrence of the warts during this past 28 years. Now I am a man in my 60s.
What are the possibilities that I may still communicate the virus at this time? Are there any tests that I can take to determine [...]
Q: I have a question about an unusual, taboo sex act and I wasn’t sure who to ask. I have not engaged in this practice, but am curious about it. Is blood drinking considered a high risk sexual activity? I read somewhere that it is actually quite difficult to contract HIV that way because the [...]
Also tagged fetishQ: My partner had a positive pap smear (for HPV). We are in our late 40s/early 50s. We swing, and we’ve had sex with a lot of people, but we almost always use condoms. Should we tell our other sexual partners? If we do, how far back should we go? What are the risks of [...]
Also tagged HPV, swingingQ: My partner of two years had HPV. We have just ended the relationship. He recently read about elevated incident of throat cancer in relation to HPV. We could not tell if that was for partners. We engaged in unprotected oral sex — he receiving.
I recently had a normal pap smear, which included HPV testing. [...]
Q: Can any sexually transmitted diseases–especially Herpes–be transmitted in female ejaculate??
A:Herpes exists at the skin level, in the skin and nerve cells at the surface. The risk when there is no sore is close to zero. When Herpes goes active and creates a sore is the time of most contagiousness. There is also a phase [...]
Q: I have a question regarding the Hepatitis B Vaccine. It’s a series of 3 shots, but there is a disconnect in the 4-1-1 out there. Some folks say that one is 100% protected for like a year after the 1st 2 shots, and that the 3rd only guarantees the long-term protection (something like 5-10 [...]
Also tagged hepatitusQ: How safe is oral sex?
A: We’re going to assume for this question that you are asking about using the mouth to stimulate a partner’s genitals, and not their anus (a.k.a. rimming).
The safety of oral sex depends on whether either partner has a sexually transmitted disease (STD). The risk of HIV transmission is extremely low, [...]
Q: I was just wanting to ask how long chlamydia can be left until it is untreatable. How many years after someone is affected by it will treatment not be effective?
A: Chlamydia is something you don’t want to “wait” on. It’s a bacterial infection easily spread from one sexual partner to another. If you have [...]