Study: 1 in 4 American teenage girls have STDs

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Mango

Weird. It wasn't like that yesterday. Everyone is probably better off not seeing it. It's sick more than anything else, but relates directly to the topic we are discussing in this thread.

You can't leave us hanging like that.

[NuclearFart]

Originally Posted by Mango

Weird. It wasn't like that yesterday. Everyone is probably better off not seeing it. It's sick more than anything else, but relates directly to the topic we are discussing in this thread.

It doesnt involve 2 girls and 1 cup does it?

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by rubecube

On a more serious note, can HPV be tested for in a traditional STD test or does it require a specific test?

Originally Posted by Barnes

There is no test and many varieties.

without going into all the medical stuff, clearly there is a test; how else would they know 25% of girls have it?

[Temporary_User]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

without going into all the medical stuff, clearly there is a test; how else would they know 25% of girls have it?

Same way they know that 95% (or whatever %) of NHLers use steroids?

[NuclearFart]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

without going into all the medical stuff, clearly there is a test; how else would they know 25% of girls have it?

There is currently no blood test; the way it's determined is either via visual inspection, or subjecting pap smear samples for HPV DNA testing. Much of these studies quoted utilized the (routine yearly) paps of random women, and tested those samples directly for HPV.

Presumably those "random" women who get yearly paps and who were willing to consent to the research, are representative of all women.

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by NuclearFart

There is currently no blood test; the way it's determined is either via visual inspection, or subjecting pap smear samples for HPV DNA testing. Much of these studies quoted utilized the (routine yearly) paps of random women, and tested those samples directly for HPV.

Presumably those "random" women who get yearly paps and who were willing to consent to the research, are representative of all women.

who said anything about a blood test? I just said that there IS a test; and yes, they can draw blood and detect antibodies to HPV; just wouldn't tell if it is an old or current infection

[photon]

This thread is useless without pics?

[NuclearFart]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

who said anything about a blood test? I just said that there IS a test; and yes, they can draw blood and detect antibodies to HPV; just wouldn't tell if it is an old or current infection

Hmmm, I'm not familiar with anything like this in practice. I'm pretty sure doctors can't order this, or am I mistaken? The obs and gyn society cervical screening guidelines make no mention of this, so perhaps they are mistaken too....and it wouldnt matter if it's an old or current infection, from a cervical cancer risk standpoint.

and photon, look up "condyloma lata" if you really want pics..*barf*

[Drunk Skunk]

I'm going to start checking IDs.

[photon]

Oh crap fotze is here I give up I give up oh God I give up.

[CrusaderPi]

25% of teenaged girls have an STD? What else can I say but, "sorry"?

[Burninator]

I haven`t even been with one American girl let alone 4, I should have nothing to worry about since I've kept it all Canadian.

[Drunk Skunk]

Originally Posted by Burninator

I haven`t even been with one American girl let alone 4, I should have nothing to worry about since I've kept it all Canadian.

I was with a Canadian once. She was from Ontario. She called me two months later and told me I might want to get checked for herpes, since she just found out she had them.


Footnote - I do not have herpes.

[tussery]

I bet this number is higher here in Corpus Christi considering we used to have the highest teenage birth rate in the country for a while. I have had nothing to do with that number I swear.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by tussery

I bet this number is higher here in Corpus Christi considering we used to have the highest teenage birth rate in the country for a while. I have had nothing to do with that number I hope.

Fixed.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by Drunk Skunk

I was with a Canadian once. She was from Ontario. She called me two months later and told me I might want to get checked for herpes, since she just found out she had them.

We have a 1 in 4 STD ratio up here too, but luckily through a quirk of demographics, they all live in Ontario. Bad luck for you!

[Circa89]

It's kind of funny, this whole STD thing, until it happens to you.

Nothing wrong with a HPV PSA to get the word out.
My Wife, 30 years old at the time, is told congratulations a good news bad news scenario here. The good news is you're pregnant, the bads news is you have cervical cancer and there is nothing we can do because you're pregnant!
That made for a fun worry free pregnancy. 3 months after our second child was born she had the surgery. All's fixed up, no worries. 1 year check up and she is told the cancer is back but now but it has spread. It is in the uterus and ovaries now and there is a good chance it has metastasized else where. She's 31 now and forced to under go menopause and a full hysterectomy. Let me tell you how much fun it was having a 10 month old and a 3 year old, running my own business as the only employee and sole source of income and visiting the hospital all day. Good times.

This was all a result of my wife contracting HPV from her boyfriend when she was 19.

It's been 3 years now and all appears well, knock on wood, fingers crossed. But this is not a unique story I'm sure. My wife had very few partners before she met me and led a very average to clean Canadian lifestyle. If she caught HPV just about anyone can. I say get the dang HPV vaccine into the hands of Canadian youth, why not!

[nik-]

Holy crap man, that's quite the experience to have to go though. Glad things are ok.