Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
OP, if you are having sex regularly, you should be tested for the common STD's (chlamydia, gonorrhea, etc) regularly. If you get one, take the medication and see your doctor for a follow up to make sure that is has been taken care of.
OP, if you are having sex regularly, you should be tested for the common STD's (chlamydia, gonorrhea, etc) regularly. If you get one, take the medication and see your doctor for a follow up to make sure that is has been taken care of.
OP, just for future reference, when they take a urine sample, if it's just part of a check-up or whatever, they are usually running a basic urinalysis---unless there is something they already know about or want to test specifically that is pretty standard. What that means for most places is that they dip a strip in the urine and put it on an instrument. The strip attempts to detect the following: blood, leukocytes, pH, urobilinogen, bilirubin, ketones, nitrites, glucose, specific gravity and protein. It's sort of just a general scan and might indicate certain things, like kidney function, diabetes, UTIs, etc. If certain things flag positive, it will be looked at microscopically. And the only sexually transmitted thing you can really see under a microscope in urine is Trichomonas vaginalis, which many people have never even heard of from what I have gathered.
Most places with a sane providers will not culture every urine. It is a waste of time and resources for someone who does not need a culture to get one. Cultures are really set-up to grow bacteria/yeast that pop-up in UTIs and different plates are for different things, so you are talking 3-4 plates per urine sample. Obviously if someone is complaining of symptoms associated with a UTI then a culture should be ordered alongside of the UA rather than after that.
Quote:
Originally Posted by kell490
The only test I have heard for chlamydia is they use a cotton swab in the urethra.
There is a test where you can get tested for both gonorrhea and chlamydia at the same time. You can submit either a swab (genital, anal, etc.) or urine.
Okay thanks. But I also had a urine test recently as well.
How come when you get a test, why don't they just check for everything? Why only check for certain things? That way, other things get missed.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ironpony
Well I just don't see the logic to how looking for certain things should cost more than looking for other things. For example, let's say someone breaks into your house and you call the police. When the police come to do a search, they search for whoever. They don't have a lost of certain people to search for only, trying to keep their costs down.
They search for any intruder and still get paid the same. So why can't doctors operate on that logic and search for any intruder, and still get paid the same regardless?
I mean let's say the doctor tests urine for something else, but then finds something else in the process, that is foreign. Do they just disregard it, even though it could be chlamydia, and don't tell anyone? Instead of only testing for certain things, why not just run a test, period, and whatever comes up, comes up...
Because the list of things they could be looking for is literally endless. To take your example of someone that breaks into your house, they look for someone driving a car that matches the description of the getaway car or matches the person breaking in. Really, they look for someone that has or is trying to sell your stuff. They don't do a sweep of everyone driving down the road.
Well I just don't see the logic to how looking for certain things should cost more than looking for other things. For example, let's say someone breaks into your house and you call the police. When the police come to do a search, they search for whoever. They don't have a lost of certain people to search for only, trying to keep their costs down.
They search for any intruder and still get paid the same. So why can't doctors operate on that logic and search for any intruder, and still get paid the same regardless?
I mean let's say the doctor tests urine for something else, but then finds something else in the process, that is foreign. Do they just disregard it, even though it could be chlamydia, and don't tell anyone? Instead of only testing for certain things, why not just run a test, period, and whatever comes up, comes up...
There are no such lab tests that look for the generic "everything in one test". The tests for each organism causing STD's use reagents, test systems that react specifically for each one, but not with the other organisms. In other words, tests for chlamydia will not react with the organisms that cause gonorrhoea, syphyllis, or human papilloma viral infections, and labs are required by law to do testing only with a specific doctor's order, so if a doctor orders a test for syphillis, that is what they get.
There are some test systems that use the presence of microbial nucleic acids ( DNA ) to detect the presence of both Chlamydia and Neisseria gonorrhoeae ( GC) in a patient sample- either genital secretions ( collected on a swab), or some systems use urine. These tests will show positive for either organism, or for both if both are present in the sample. In most cases, the doctor's order will specify this testing ( ie, chlamydia/CG DNA), and it's understood that the doc wants both results, so both are reported.
There have been instances where the doctor specified the testing method but only asked for results for one organism. Examples might be the DNA testing for GC/Chlamydia or even something like a microscopic examination of a body fluid looking specifically for one pathogen. I worked in clinical labs for many years and never saw an unexpected positive result ( for an unordered test) turn up where the ordering physician was not notified of the positive result- generally by phone. So for instance, in the case where a physician ordered "Gen-Probe" for Chlamydia, and the GC was positive, oright vice versa, the physician would get both results.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
