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Why Getting Tested for STDs is Important
During sex, many people will protect themselves in all sorts of ways. Some will abstain and be faithful to a single partner as measures to help practice safe sex and avoid infections. Even with all such measures, regular tests for STDs are important because of the following reasons.
Many STDs exhibit flu-like symptoms, meaning that you cannot tell the difference between the two. Others are asymptomatic, meaning that they do not display any visible signs. If you are not tested, the illness will aggravate and cause severe effects in the future, something you can avoid by visiting a health facility.
STDs that mimic other illnesses or the asymptomatic varieties can easily spread from one person to the other. In many cases, such a spread is unintentional since the person doing it is not even aware of the presence of an STD. There is …