• cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Is there no way for adults to have a discussion before having sex:

    Hey bae, lets get tested

    Seems like its unnecessarily “Trust me bra” when it comes to sex. I’m not jumping into bed with anyone (now lol) before both of us know whats what.

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      11 months ago

      I’ll add to the other answer saying most STI tests don’t check for it. It’s worse than that.

      Even if you get it checked, you need to check for IGG and IGM antibodies. Usually they only check IGM, which only stays in your system for roughly 3 weeks after an outbreak. IGG antibodies are the ones to check if you’re not in an active outbreak, but they take roughly a month to show up after the first outbreak you have.