Actual private STD testing?

[Berol Loz]

Just urine and blood tests, says those are just as accurate as swabs. Personally, I don't miss getting a qtip shoved into my dick.

https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/std-test-no-swab/

The urine test is to identify that a) you have a uti at all (white blood cells) and b) test for chlam and gonorrhea.

The long qtip is to send to a lab and either identify the bacteria or identify the best antibiotic.

The end result is you'll be given antibiotics if something comes up either way. But in the first case if you are positive for a) but negative for b) they will have to kind of guess and give you more than one antibiotic. Which should work anyways. Hope that helps.

Oh yeah, had the Qtip test 2-3 times, weird feeling for sure LOL I would give stdcheck.com a try though even if they have to shove something up your dick. The alternative is worse!

[Download X]

Just urine and blood tests, says those are just as accurate as swabs. Personally, I don't miss getting a qtip shoved into my dick.

https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/std-test-no-swab/

The urine test is to identify that a) you have a uti at all (white blood cells) and b) test for chlam and gonorrhea.

The long qtip is to send to a lab and either identify the bacteria or identify the best antibiotic.

The end result is you'll be given antibiotics if something comes up either way. But in the first case if you are positive for a) but negative for b) they will have to kind of guess and give you more than one antibiotic. Which should work anyways. Hope that helps.

[Berol Loz]

Do these places perform urethral swab tests? Or is it just urine and blood tests?

Just urine and blood tests, says those are just as accurate as swabs. Personally, I don't miss getting a qtip shoved into my dick.

https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/std-test-no-swab/

[FreeWally]

I've been in the game for a long time. Doing BB the last two years and I've came down positive for chlamidya twice now. Being a "free" guy has been a blessing but soon will be looking to get back into some dating. I will go back to covered and probably hobby a lot less. FYI yes those pee swabs hurt like a mf'are. Never though about NGU's just assumed after finishing a prescription everything is gone.

Any multi-antibiotics that will kill every other NGU plus Syphilis. The main one is doxy but to cover partially resistant bacteria (it will still kill it but possibly leave survivors) they combine it with cefixime. For example the pill-only combo of: Cefixime, Doxycycline monohydrate, Metronidazole should cover you for everything. The shot version of doxy is better but you have to do that in-person rather than pick up a prescriptionm so the online pharmacy won't work. Pill is good enough if you tested negative though.

If you are showing symptoms, you may get cultured with the long swab down your urethra. This is because the pee tests are not perfect but the swab test should be.

NGUs are a problem because they are a tell with a new partner like in my case. Though if I had been mature I would have truthfully explained I got it from sex long before I met her and there was no cheating. But I was in my early 20s and chickened out so the relationship petered out after that. Lesson learned I just get treated proactively when I end up in bb land before eventually quitting. As my other posts have shown, make sure your condom is pulled down so it doesn't slip off after ejaculation (happened 1 time in 200 times of sex with condom).

[Randy62]

No. See my experience at the SD County Health clinic, used them 17 years. It's $40 and by professionals who do nothing but STD testing and treatment. You only do a urethral swab test (extremely painful BTW) if it is serious and you need to culture it to identify the antibacterial (they grow the swab and then drop different antibiotics to see which one kills it, the gold standard when you can't identify it by test).

http://www.usasexguide.nl/forum/show...=1#post7007620

As I've said, pee tests only check the more serious bacterial STDs. You're likely to have some other bacterial infection. As a free guy, that won't matter until you find a new partner. At which point you want to get treated with multi-antibacterials as a high risk individual (done it 3 times). It doesn't matter that the bacterial infection is often harmless, the symptoms cause a UTI and is a tell. Officially diagnosed as an NGU where after sex with your partner they will soon (0-3 weeks) feel sick and have a UTI. Women react a lot more than men to them. Had exactly that scenario as I've told the story before, 3 years after going to TJ (only bb 1 girl) then passing it to a new girlfriend. Peed negative for Chlamydia and Gonorrohea but there's 8-12 other bacteria that can cause irritation.

If you are not a free guy and in a long-term relationship, you need to be no-bb or else stop sex with your partner completely. Do not resume until you are completely treated even if you are negative for the big ones. Speaking from 20 years of experience dealing with this.

Honestly the fear and paranoia is half the problem. There are times when a simple yeast infection or yeast-based balantis will make you deathly afraid, even though it is just a consequence of age and pre-diabetes (in the case of yeast infection where you pee some sugar and don't clean so it grows yeast fast). Yeast infections are technically not STDs even though they are proven to sometimes spread sexually. Been there. Antibacterials have no effect on yeast which are fungi. Just pee/wash after sex, wash after peeing (if you are diabetic).

If I pee completely negative on tests, I will still get treated for generic bacterial stds, either at the clinic or online prescription. I've used callondoc but there are others. Online prescription are pill so you don't get the shot version, pills are 98% as good but not the gold standard. However if I am fully negative then that's good enough because there are no tests for NGU (it is diagnosed by symptoms and swab+culture but never actually identified for the patient)

I've been in the game for a long time. Doing BB the last two years and I've came down positive for chlamidya twice now. Being a "free" guy has been a blessing but soon will be looking to get back into some dating. I will go back to covered and probably hobby a lot less. FYI yes those pee swabs hurt like a mf'are. Never though about NGU's just assumed after finishing a prescription everything is gone.

[FreeWally]

Do these places perform urethral swab tests? Or is it just urine and blood tests?

No. See my experience at the SD County Health clinic, used them 17 years. It's $40 and by professionals who do nothing but STD testing and treatment. You only do a urethral swab test (extremely painful BTW) if it is serious and you need to culture it to identify the antibacterial (they grow the swab and then drop different antibiotics to see which one kills it, the gold standard when you can't identify it by test).

http://www.usasexguide.nl/forum/show...=1#post7007620

As I've said, pee tests only check the more serious bacterial STDs. You're likely to have some other bacterial infection. As a free guy, that won't matter until you find a new partner. At which point you want to get treated with multi-antibacterials as a high risk individual (done it 3 times). It doesn't matter that the bacterial infection is often harmless, the symptoms cause a UTI and is a tell. Officially diagnosed as an NGU where after sex with your partner they will soon (0-3 weeks) feel sick and have a UTI. Women react a lot more than men to them. Had exactly that scenario as I've told the story before, 3 years after going to TJ (only bb 1 girl) then passing it to a new girlfriend. Peed negative for Chlamydia and Gonorrohea but there's 8-12 other bacteria that can cause irritation.

If you are not a free guy and in a long-term relationship, you need to be no-bb or else stop sex with your partner completely. Do not resume until you are completely treated even if you are negative for the big ones. Speaking from 20 years of experience dealing with this.

Honestly the fear and paranoia is half the problem. There are times when a simple yeast infection or yeast-based balantis will make you deathly afraid, even though it is just a consequence of age and pre-diabetes (in the case of yeast infection where you pee some sugar and don't clean so it grows yeast fast). Yeast infections are technically not STDs even though they are proven to sometimes spread sexually. Been there. Antibacterials have no effect on yeast which are fungi. Just pee/wash after sex, wash after peeing (if you are diabetic).

If I pee completely negative on tests, I will still get treated for generic bacterial stds, either at the clinic or online prescription. I've used callondoc but there are others. Online prescription are pill so you don't get the shot version, pills are 98% as good but not the gold standard. However if I am fully negative then that's good enough because there are no tests for NGU (it is diagnosed by symptoms and swab+culture but never actually identified for the patient)

[Berol Loz]

Thanks for such a thorough response.

Anytime, honestly that was just off their blog I'm pretty happy with them, used them for a few years.

[Berol Loz]

I'm due for testing and just placed my order. I selected the 10 panel and looked for mgen. It was still listed at $139. I continued without it and then as I was checking out, it prompted me for additional tests. At that point it was $79.

Haha, that's good to know; I wonder if it works if you choose one of the cheaper tests and they give you a discount on the one you're really looking for?

[SfvHobby]

I'm due for testing and just placed my order. I selected the 10 panel and looked for mgen. It was still listed at $139. I continued without it and then as I was checking out, it prompted me for additional tests. At that point it was $79.

Ok while checking out on the STDCheck add-ons to the 10 panel are offered. MGen was an additional $79. Other add-ons for Trich, don't remember price (two types of tests with different prices).

[HiKeke]

"Mycoplasma Genitalium. You might have already heard of it. It's called mycoplasma genitalium, and it goes by the nicknames Mg, Mgen, Mycoplasma G, and M. Genitalium. It is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can cause pelvic pain and infertility in women. ".

https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/mycopl...alium-new-std/

Do these places perform urethral swab tests? Or is it just urine and blood tests?

[Tbtbfftb]

Thanks for such a thorough response.

"Mycoplasma Genitalium. You might have already heard of it. It's called mycoplasma genitalium, and it goes by the nicknames Mg, Mgen, Mycoplasma G, and M. Genitalium. It is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can cause pelvic pain and infertility in women. ".

https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/mycopl...alium-new-std/

[Berol Loz]

What is m gen panel?

"Mycoplasma Genitalium. You might have already heard of it. It's called mycoplasma genitalium, and it goes by the nicknames Mg, Mgen, Mycoplasma G, and M. Genitalium. It is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can cause pelvic pain and infertility in women. ".

https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/mycopl...alium-new-std/

[Tbtbfftb]

What is m gen panel?

Ok while checking out on the STDCheck add-ons to the 10 panel are offered. MGen was an additional $79. Other add-ons for Trich, don't remember price (two types of tests with different prices).

[BStachel]

10 panel is $139 and m gen is $139. Expensive, but the convenience is worth it to me. Also, I only do it every 3-4 months since I primarily stick to a few regulars and they test monthly.

Ok while checking out on the STDCheck add-ons to the 10 panel are offered. MGen was an additional $79. Other add-ons for Trich, don't remember price (two types of tests with different prices).

[SfvHobby]

10 panel is $139 and m gen is $139. Expensive, but the convenience is worth it to me. Also, I only do it every 3-4 months since I primarily stick to a few regulars and they test monthly.

How much is the MGen test? $35 with CLEAR (getclrd.com) and can be included in their panel test. Locations in Northridge and Santa Ana. Caters mainly to adult industry.