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Oral Testing
Hello,
Do you have to have tests designed for the oral cavity to perform oral testing?
In my area, no one does oral std testing. I'm wondering if it's as simple as swabbing the oral cavity and testing it for Gonorrhea or do you need site specific tests.
Do you have to have tests designed for the oral cavity to perform oral testing?
In my area, no one does oral std testing. I'm wondering if it's as simple as swabbing the oral cavity and testing it for Gonorrhea or do you need site specific tests.
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Any doctor can do an oral swab for gonorrhea and chlamydia. Syphilis testing is a blood test no matter where the possible exposure is.
Most STD clinics don't do oral testing because they operate on shoestring budgets and can't afford the extra supplies. If you had a known oral STD exposure, they might just treat you instead. If your doctor won't do it, it's because they don't know how.
That said, most experts don't feel that one oral exposure doesn't warrant testing. It's much lower risk than vaginal or anal penetration.
What's making you want to test?
Most STD clinics don't do oral testing because they operate on shoestring budgets and can't afford the extra supplies. If you had a known oral STD exposure, they might just treat you instead. If your doctor won't do it, it's because they don't know how.
That said, most experts don't feel that one oral exposure doesn't warrant testing. It's much lower risk than vaginal or anal penetration.
What's making you want to test?
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Well, it's been years (4) since I've done anything but I had more than one exposure in the past. I've had issues in my mouth and throat area since. The doctors say it's reflux but I want to test to make sure there's no long standing oral sti.
It probably is reflux, or something else totally unrelated to oral sex. Most oral infections don't give symptoms, and after 4 years, if you had an infection, you'd probably be much sicker.
This isn't a forum for reflux, but there are good treatments for it, and that's a whole lot more common than STDs in the throat. And you say "doctors" - plural, as in more than one doctor has told you it's reflux.
If it makes you feel better and able to move on from it, ask your doctor to do an oral swab for gonorrhea and chlamydia. If you have performed oral on someone with a penis, it's possible to get it in the throat. It's extremely unlikely if you only perform oral on people with vaginas.
This isn't a forum for reflux, but there are good treatments for it, and that's a whole lot more common than STDs in the throat. And you say "doctors" - plural, as in more than one doctor has told you it's reflux.
If it makes you feel better and able to move on from it, ask your doctor to do an oral swab for gonorrhea and chlamydia. If you have performed oral on someone with a penis, it's possible to get it in the throat. It's extremely unlikely if you only perform oral on people with vaginas.
Ok. Thank you!
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