Dr. Ravinder K. Sachdeva
HIV/AIDS specialist
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Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
I had unprotected sex 10 years back. I am just curious if I need to be worried about any STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases), which I might have contacted 10 years back? I am fairly healthy, and I am only a little overweight. The person I had the encounter with has since had two kids. So, I am pretty sure I have nothing to worry about. But, I just wanted to be sure.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com.
Testing can only prove your surety of having nothing in the context to Sexually transmitted disease (STD). If you had unprotected exposure 10 years back and no further exposure during subsequent years and you are asymptomatic also, it is unlikely that you will have STD. However, since asymptomatic STDs are also known, I usually recommend my sexually active patients get tested for HIV(human immunodeficiency virus), HCV (Hepatitis C virus), HBV (Hepatitis B virus), chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea. There is no harm to know the baseline status of these.
Hope your query is answered, but if you have any other query, please do not hesitate to ask or call anytime.
Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
Thanks so much for the information. It was a one time encounter, and I have not been sexually active at all since then. The female got tested positive, and she had two unplanned kids also. So, I was wondering if I was infected. But I think, when we had unprotected sex, both of us were virgins.
Hello, Welcome back to icliniq.com.
The situation seems pretty good for you since you were not sexually active for these many years and you are healthy too.
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