Can you cure an STD at home yourself

(Solved) Can you cure an STD yourself

You can not cure sexually transmitted infections at home with home remedies. You can treat yourself at home with medication prescribed by a healthcare practitioner. But if you're trying to avoid disclosing your condition or symptoms to another person, you're going to struggle to access treatment.

You can not reliably cure an STD without healthcare support – You can however access more discrete methods of support and treatment through the growing network of online testing companies, with most now offering telehealthcare services as part of their combined testing and treatment service

You start by buying a home testing kit online, these are through private companies, so you have to buy their products in order to access their private services. The companies are independent of your regular primary healthcare provider, data is encrypted and rarely viewed by company personnel in any respect other than to offer treatment when you need it. These are private digital companies, and your profile is secured and inaccessible to anyone outside of the organization.

Curing bacterial STDs

Bacterial (and parasitic) STDs like gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia and trichomoniasis are treated with antibiotics. Most can be cured quickly if the infection is caught in good time. But you'll need to get tested before a prescription is offered. You can't obtain the cure yourself without a professional who will provide a diagnosis and your treatment.

Curing viral STDs

At present, viral STDs are not curable but can be medicated at home to manage symptoms through prescribed support from a healthcare professional.

Treating different types of STDs

• Chlamydia is normally tested through urine detection of bacteria. It is one of the most transmissible STIs, with common symptoms of penile or vaginal discharge and a stinging sensation when peeing
  • Chlamydia Treatment: Antibiotics
  • Curable: Yes
    
• Gonorrhea is another of the more common STDs and can be detected through a urine test. Symptoms include penile or vaginal discharge, abdominal discharge and sore throat
  • Gonorrhea Treatment: Antibiotics
  • Curable: Yes
    
• HIV requires a blood sample as its an immunodeficiency virus affecting your immune system. It can be missed as many cases are either asymptomatic for long periods or showing misleading signs, like flu symptoms. There's no current cure for HIV and if left untreated it can lead to AIDS, but symptoms can be managed with medicine.
  • HIV: Suppressed with antiretroviral medicines
  • Curable: No
    
• Syphilis is normally detected in your blood, but symptoms can result in lesions in your mouth or around your sex organics, so swabbing affected areas as part of an STD test is another common method of diagnosis specific to this infection
  • Syphilis Treatment: Antibiotics
  • Curable: Yes
    
• Trichomoniasis (Trich) is caused by a parasite contracted through the transmission of body fluids during sex, like vaginal fluid, semen, and pre-cum. It can be detected through a urine test or by swab sampling. In most cases, a carrier can be asymptomatic, but it can also present symptoms similar to other STDs, like discharge and discomfort when peeing
  • Trichomoniasis Treatment: Antibiotics
  • Curable: Yes
    
• Mycoplasma is a bacteria that can be transferred during sex that can cause symptoms of discomfort like stinging while peeing or discharge. It can however live as an undetected STD in a lot of people who have contracted it. It is normally detected through a sample of urine or a swab test
  • Mycoplasma Treatment: Antibiotics
  • Curable: Yes
    
• Ureaplasma is detected through a urine or swab sample and is a relatively unknown infection. It is not classified as an STD in the same way that other infections are, but the bacteria can be passed on through sexual contact and can cause infection
  • Ureaplasma Treatment: Antibiotics
  • Curable: Yes
    
• HPV screening is commonly regarded as a test for Human Papillomavirus in females only, as male testing is not considered accurate enough to diagnose fully. It is a cervical test (normally a swab) and in the case of at-home tests, you are swabbing for the infection in the cervix through vaginal fluids and not for cells like in a Pap
  • HPV Treatment: Too varied, as HPV can manifest in different ways requiring different forms of treatment
  • Curable: No
    
• Herpes comes in many forms, in the case of STD testing we're looking for Herpes I (HSV-1) oral herpes visible as cold sores, or Herpes II (HSV-2) which is genital herpes and can be visible as a rash on the genitals. Blood tests or direct swabs of the infected area are the most reliable methods of sample collection
  • Herpes Treatment: Suppressed with antiviral medicines
  • Curable: No

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Chlamydia and Gonorrhea

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are two of the most common STIs and are most prevalent in young adults in their teens and 20s. They're known as two of the silent STDs as they regularly infect without symptoms. Whilst they have a high rate of infection in both men and women, they carry a higher risk of causing harm to the female reproductive system.

These STDs can go undetected and they're left untreated, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea can result in chronic abdominal pain, pelvic inflammatory disease, scarring of the fallopian tubes (ovaries, and endometrial lining) and a pregnant female can pass Gonorrhea to the child if it's left untreated. You can treat chlamydia with a short round of antibiotics and typically clear with 1-2 weeks' worth of treatment.

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