If you have an STD, you are not alone. Millions of Americans have Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). The good news is that you can still live a normal life even if you have HIV. There are people who have lived with HIV for over thirty years.

HIV is no longer a death sentence. If you have HIV, you need to use anti-retroviral drugs. This will prolong your life and increase your white blood cell count.

People usually die from AIDS because of having low white blood cell count. That makes one get opportunistic infections because of the body not being able to fight off the infections. With anti-retroviral medicines, that will not be the case. These drugs will prevent HIV from becoming AIDS and subsequently causing death.

AIDS is terminal. However, it is still possible to reverse AIDS. A patient might require steroids. According to a number of studies, some steroids help with terminal illnesses such as AIDS and cancer.

There are two classes of STDs. They are bacterial and viral STDs. It is possible to treat bacterial STDs with the use of antibiotics. It is advisable to complete the antibiotics dosage to avoid developing antibiotics resistance. This is a serious problem in the world. It can reach a point where the body can refuse to respond to even the strongest antibiotics.

For bacterial STDs, early treatment is the best. It will prevent the worst from happening. When left untreated, a bacterial STD can lead to infertility or mental issues.

The best way to know whether you have an STD is to undergo a test. An STD can have little or no symptoms. If you have unprotected sex with a suspicious person, you will need to undergo a test.

You can test in a medical facility. Alternatively, you can test at home by using a home testing kit. Home testing is private and confidential. Most people do not like testing at hospitals because of the stigma that is associated with hospital testing.

A test kit can test for one STD. Alternatively, it can test for a number of STDs. After completing the test, you will need to send the kit to a lab for analysis after which the lab will confidentially send back the results to you.

Prevention is better than cure. It is better to prevent an STD rather than to wait for it to happen and then to try and find a cure. Having safe sex is the number one preventative strategy. You should insist on using a condom if you do not know the status of your sex partner. You must not have multiple sex partners.

The Bottom-Line

Having an STD is not the end of life. Some STDs are treatable. You can easily manage an STD that does not have a cure.