&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #999999;&quot;&gt;Written by Dr.Natthakhet Yaemim (Dr.Deyn) Founding Director.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #999999;&quot;&gt;Last update: 2 March 2021&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;A lot of people believe that they&#39;d know they&#39;d have a&amp;nbsp;sexually transmitted disease (STD)&amp;nbsp;because they&#39;d notice any STD symptoms. Sadly, that isn&#39;t so. The incredible frequency of&amp;nbsp;asymptomatic&amp;nbsp;STDs is one of the factors that makes STDs so common.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-1&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;The truth is, when STD awareness is based on symptoms alone, most people with a sexually transmitted disease don&#39;t even know that they are sick. It is not uncommon for someone to be infected but have no&amp;nbsp;STD symptoms. In other words, they are asymptomatic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-2&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Asymptomatic STDs are more common than not.&amp;nbsp;There is a very high prevalence of symptom-free STD infections. People can be, and often are, infected with an STD for many years without knowing it. During that time, if they&#39;re not careful, they can pass their disease on to some or all of their sex partners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-5&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-list-item-title mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-heading__text&quot;&gt;There is a High Risk of Infection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-2&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;STDs&amp;nbsp;aren&#39;t transmitted every time people have sex. However,&amp;nbsp;they can get around pretty quickly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;If one infected person has&amp;nbsp;unprotected sex&amp;nbsp;with a new partner each year, and each of them has unprotected sex with one new partner a year, and these partners each did the same, in 10 years the first person could have passed their STD on to over 1,000 people.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;If each person has&amp;nbsp;sex with two&amp;nbsp;new partners&amp;nbsp;a year, that number goes up to more than 59,000.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Matter of fact, there are 20 million new STD cases a year in the USA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div id=&quot;content-list-sc_1-0-3&quot; class=&quot;comp content-list-sc mntl-sc-list-item mntl-sc-page mntl-block&quot; data-sc-sticky-offset=&quot;60&quot; data-sc-ad-label-height=&quot;24&quot; data-sc-ad-track-spacing=&quot;100&quot; data-sc-min-track-height=&quot;250&quot; data-sc-max-track-height=&quot;600&quot; data-sc-breakpoint=&quot;54em&quot; data-sc-load-immediate=&quot;1&quot; data-sc-content-positions=&quot;[300,600,900,1200,1500,1800,2100]&quot; data-bind-scroll-on-start=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;screening-is-essential&quot; class=&quot;heading-toc&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-10&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-list-item-title mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-heading__text&quot;&gt;What are STIs that mostly show no symptom?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-12&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;Chlamydia (A-K)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;Chlamydia (L1-L3 that causes LGV)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;Trichomoniasis&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;Herpes (is transmissible even when a person isn&amp;rsquo;t having an outbreak.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;HPV (is transmissible even when a person isn&amp;rsquo;t having a warty lesion.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;HIV (is transmissible even when a person isn&amp;rsquo;t having any symptoms.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;Mycoplasma infections&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;Ureaplasma infections&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;div id=&quot;content-list-sc_1-0-4&quot; class=&quot;comp content-list-sc mntl-sc-list-item mntl-sc-page mntl-block&quot; data-sc-sticky-offset=&quot;60&quot; data-sc-ad-label-height=&quot;24&quot; data-sc-ad-track-spacing=&quot;100&quot; data-sc-min-track-height=&quot;250&quot; data-sc-max-track-height=&quot;600&quot; data-sc-breakpoint=&quot;54em&quot; data-sc-load-immediate=&quot;1&quot; data-sc-content-positions=&quot;[300,600,900,1200,1500,1800,2100]&quot; data-bind-scroll-on-start=&quot;true&quot;&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-list-item-title mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-heading__text&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/Files/Skin-to-Skin%20contact_EN.jpg&quot; width=&quot;900&quot; height=&quot;506&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-14&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-list-item-title mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-heading__text&quot;&gt;Screening Is Essential&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-16&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;The only way to tell if you or your sexual partner have an STD is to be tested.&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-inline-citation mntl-dynamic-tooltip--trigger&quot; data-id=&quot;#citation-5&quot;&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; Before starting a&amp;nbsp;new sexual relationship,&amp;nbsp;both you and your partner should be tested for the most&amp;nbsp;common STDs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-17&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;If you aren&amp;rsquo;t comfortable having your&amp;nbsp;regular doctor&amp;nbsp;examine you, testing can also be done at a family planning or&amp;nbsp;STD clinic.&amp;nbsp;Many clinics&amp;nbsp;even have free, or highly subsidized, tests for people with limited incomes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-18&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;But even if your tests come back negative, the best way to keep them that way is to consistently practice safer sex. After all, it can take a while for STD tests to be accurate. In addition, sometimes people have multiple sexual partners, which means there are multiple potential routes for exposure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-14&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-list-item-title mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-heading__text&quot;&gt;What Kind of Screening Does PULSE CLINIC Offer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-16&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Antibody test for HIV, Hepatitis A B C virus, Syphilis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;DNA test (NAAT PCR) for 7-14 infections at one test&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;References&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Malhotra M, Sood S, Mukherjee A, Muralidhar S, Bala M.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818592/&quot; data-component=&quot;link&quot; data-source=&quot;inlineLink&quot; data-type=&quot;internalLink&quot; data-ordinal=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Genital chlamydia trachomatis: An update&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Indian Journal of Medical Research&lt;/em&gt;. 2013;138(3):303-16.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/std/life-stages-populations/adolescents-youngadults.htm&quot; data-component=&quot;link&quot; data-source=&quot;inlineLink&quot; data-type=&quot;externalLink&quot; data-ordinal=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Sexually transmitted diseases&lt;/a&gt;. Updated December 7, 2017.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/sexually-transmitted-diseases&quot; data-component=&quot;link&quot; data-source=&quot;inlineLink&quot; data-type=&quot;externalLink&quot; data-ordinal=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Sexually transmitted diseases&lt;/a&gt;. Updated August 6, 2015.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Planned Parenthood.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex/get-tested&quot; data-component=&quot;link&quot; data-source=&quot;inlineLink&quot; data-type=&quot;externalLink&quot; data-ordinal=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Get tested&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sauerbrei, A.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-015-0922-8&quot; data-component=&quot;link&quot; data-source=&quot;inlineLink&quot; data-type=&quot;externalLink&quot; data-ordinal=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Herpes genitalis: diagnosis, treatment and prevention&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd&lt;/em&gt;. 2016;76(12):1310-1317. doi:10.1055/s-0042-116494&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes-detailed.htm&quot; data-component=&quot;link&quot; data-source=&quot;inlineLink&quot; data-type=&quot;externalLink&quot; data-ordinal=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Genital herpes &amp;mdash; CDC fact sheet (detailed)&lt;/a&gt;. Updated January 31, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/condomeffectiveness/latex.html&quot; data-component=&quot;link&quot; data-source=&quot;inlineLink&quot; data-type=&quot;externalLink&quot; data-ordinal=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Condom effectiveness. Fact sheet for public health personnel&lt;/a&gt;. Updated March 5, 2013.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

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Most Common Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Infection (Asymptomatic STIs)