i read somewhere that all you need now is a urine test? other people have told me about brutal blood tests and the cotton swab? im curious, im really thinking about gettin tested but im soo scared. I have a few visible genital warts coming in(i think) so would i have to go through all of that or do i just show the doctor my warts?what is the procedure?
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Male STD testing? what is the procedure?
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This should be of great help: http://www.indiana.edu/~health/std.html Gentile warts is an HPV i think, and there are no male test to see if you have HPV
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first comes visual testing and alot of times it can end there.urine is common for a test subject and reveals alot of stuff.blood is an option for some things and there is nothing brutal about it. AIDS for example takes very little blood to test for and is a finger prick instad of a needle in the arm.even a needle in th arm only small amount is taken and I found that if you look away and loosen u the arm, it really doenst hurt, funny I want watch a needle being stuck in my arm but I HAVE to watch when I get a tattoo.the swab is the least used method but sometimes they will swab the actual infection site. a biopsy is sometimes needed for some stuff, normally only when its a concern over cancer and i had a biopsy on a patch of screwy skin on my back jsut below my shoulder, it really wasnt that bad to have done and felt no worse then any other cut afterf the numbing agent wore off later on. I was cancer by the way and even having it removed wasnt all that bad and was done in an office.If you think you have something remember that testig is not really that bad anymore and normally the cures (when its something that can be cured) isnt really too bad either, certainly much better then suffering with something
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I got tested yesterday. Here's what they did:1. Took two vials of blood for testing2. Swabbed the inside of my cheek3. Took a sample from inside my urethra with some kind of tool. I coudln't see what he was doing because he had me lay on my back but it felt a little weird, but not painful.I suppose if you fear you may actually have something (exhibiting some symptoms) there may be some other tests, some of which may not seem very pleasant.
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Did you just go to your family Dr. or a dermatologist or what?
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I go to my county clinic.