Will there always be symptoms?
No, not always. It can take weeks, even months or years before symptoms start to show up. Sometimes there are hardly any symptoms or they are so vague that you won't even notice them. Usually, it's women that don't really feel any symptoms.But even though you don't feel any symptoms, you will remain contagious and you can pass the illness along without knowing. This is the same as with someone that is HIV-positive. The person may be HIV-positive but might not know it because those symptoms also might now show up immediately. In that case, the person can also pass the virus along without knowing it because no symptoms are present at the time.
How will you know that you have a STD?
Recognizing that you have a STD can be hard but there are in which you need to be alert. If you have had unprotected sex, and you think that you might have gotten a STD, you should immediately contact your doctor. If your partner warns you that he or she has a STD, make sure you get checked as soon as possible.But there are also some other signs that you should be aware of.
- Burning sensation or pain while urinating. Constantly urinating little amounts is also a warning sign.
- Pus separation from the penis, vagina or anus. Separation is very normal with women but the separation will be watery, milk like, greenish, yellow and smell differently in this case.
- Itching sensation in the pubic hair, acorn, labia or anus.
- Swollen glands in the groin.
- Pain in one or both of the testicles.
- Pain in the underbelly.
- Loss of blood after sexual relations.