Remendatns for Gay and Bisexual Men's Health | CDC

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When to get ttedChlamydiaBacterial fectnAt the two-week mark, jt to be sureGonorrheaBacterial fectnAt the two-week mark, jt to be sureHIVViral fectnAfter two weeks, wh a follow-up tt 3 months jt to be sureSyphilisBacterial fectnAfter 1 month, wh a follow-up tt 3 months jt to be sureHepatis BViral fectnAfter 3 to 6 weeksHepatis CViral fectnAfter 2 months, wh a follow-up 6 months jt to be sureHPV (Human papillomavis)Viral fectnAfter 3 weeks to a few monthsHerpViral fectnAfter a few days (for a swab), or a few months (for a blood tt)TrichomonasParasic fectnAfter one week to one month. If you don’t have any symptoms, the CDC remends to wa about two weeks to get tted for gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, trichomonas, and syphilis. Incubatn perd for each STD (data om the CDC)STIIncubatn PerdChlamydia7 to 21 daysGonorrhea2 to 24 daysHIV7 days to many yearsSyphilis10 to 90 daysHepatis B6 weeks to 6 monthsHepatis C2 weeks to 6 monthsHPV (Human papillomavis)14 days to yearsHerp2 to 12 daysTrichomonas5 to 28 daysIt n be vexg to wa around wonrg if you’ve ntracted an STD durg a sexual enunter.

Study shows new preventn efforts need to addrs young gay uplJune 1, 2011 | CHICAGO --- Gay young men ser relatnships are six tim more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up wh sual partners, acrdg to new Northwtern Medice rearch. About 80 percent of gay young men who are HIV posive don’t know , bee they aren’t beg tted equently enough, he noted.

To help reach this group, Mtanski plans to produce two vios for gay youth this summer that discs havg healthy relatnships and HIV preventn. Beg a mted relatnship more strongly fluenced whether a gay man had unprotected sex than g dgs wh a partner, the latter doublg the risk. A new shift to foc rearch on mted gay upl is partly a rult of the burgeong same-sex marriage movement, Mtanski said.