How to tell if a girl has an STD? Use these methods!

　　In daily life, girls may face infections due to various reasons sexually transmitted diseases risk. If you can master some methods to determine whether you have sexually transmitted diseases, you can achieve early detection and early treatment. Different STDs may have different symptoms. Some common observation and testing methods can help us initially determine whether girls are infected with STDs. Let me explain them one by one below.

Observe symptoms

　　skin and mucosal symptoms: Many STDs manifest on the skin and mucous membranes. For example, syphilis may cause a chancre, which is a painless ulcer that often occurs on the external genitalia. ； Genital warts appear as cauliflower-shaped, papillary or comb-shaped growths around the genitals. If you find abnormal rashes, ulcers, vegetations, etc. on a girl's genitals, perianal area, etc., you need to be highly vigilant.

　　Urinary symptoms: STDs such as gonorrhea and nongonococcal urethritis often cause urinary symptoms. Girls may have difficulty urinating such as frequent urination, urgency, and painful urination, and there may also be purulent or serous discharge from the urethral opening. When girls have these urinary system abnormalities, they may be infected with sexually transmitted diseases.

　　Abnormal vaginal secretions: Under normal circumstances, girls’ vaginal secretions are transparent or milky white and odorless. If you are infected with an STD, your vaginal discharge may change significantly. For example, trichomonas Vaginitis It will increase the amount of leucorrhea, which will be yellow-green, foamy, and accompanied by a peculiar smell.； Fungal vaginitis will cause leucorrhea like tofu. Therefore, observing the properties, color and smell of vaginal secretions are also important aspects of judgment.

Know your sexual behavior history

　　Sexual partner status: Ask girls about the number of sexual partners and healthy The situation is critical. If you have multiple sexual partners, or if your sexual partners themselves have STDs, your risk of contracting STDs will be greatly increased. Because STDs are primarily spread through sexual contact, multiple sexual partners increase the chance of infection.

　　High-risk sexual behaviors: Find out whether girls have had unsafe sexual behaviors, such as sex without condoms, sex with strangers, etc. These high-risk sexual behaviors are important risk factors for contracting sexually transmitted diseases. If you have engaged in such behavior, you are more likely to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases.

Get professional testing

　　Laboratory examination: to the formal Hospital Laboratory tests are an important way to diagnose STDs. Common examination items include blood routine, urine routine, secretion smear test, nucleic acid test, etc. For example, testing for syphilis antibodies in the blood can determine whether you are infected with syphilis ； Nucleic acid testing can accurately detect whether you are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), etc.

　　Special examinations: For some complex STDs, special examinations may be required. For example, for patients suspected of having genital herpes, tests such as viral culture and antigen testing may be required ； There is doubt about AIDS Patients need to undergo HIV antibody preliminary screening and confirmatory tests.

Pay attention to systemic symptoms

　　Fever: Some sexually transmitted diseases may cause systemic symptoms after infection, and fever is one of them. For example, in the acute stage of AIDS, fever, sore throat, night sweats, vomiting, diarrhea , rash and other symptoms； Secondary syphilis may also cause general discomfort symptoms such as low-grade fever, headache, and joint pain. When a girl has an unexplained fever and is accompanied by other discomforts, the possibility of sexually transmitted diseases should be considered.

　　Swollen lymph nodes: Some STDs can cause local or systemic lymph node swelling. For example, syphilis, AIDS, etc. disease All may cause swollen lymph nodes in the groin, neck and other parts of the body. If a girl is found to have unexplained swollen lymph nodes, further investigation is needed to determine whether she is infected with a sexually transmitted disease.

Pay attention to past medical history

　　Impact of other diseases: If a girl has some other diseases in the past, it may affect the body's immunity, thereby increasing the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. For example, girls with chronic diseases such as diabetes and malignant tumors have relatively weak body resistance and are more susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases. Moreover, the symptoms of some diseases may be similar to those of sexually transmitted diseases and need to be carefully identified.

　　Previous infections: It is also important to know whether a girl has ever been infected with sexually transmitted diseases. If you have been infected with an STD and it has not been completely cured, you may relapse or become infected again with other types of STDs. At the same time, previous treatment conditions will also have an impact on subsequent judgment and treatment.

Pay attention to living environment

　　Public health conditions: Public health conditions in the living environment are also related to STD infections. If girls frequently use public facilities such as public bathrooms, swimming pools, and toilets, and the sanitary conditions of these facilities are poor, they may be infected with sexually transmitted diseases through indirect contact. For example, genital wart virus can be spread through contaminated towels, bath towels, etc.

　　Personal Hygiene Habits: A girl’s personal hygiene habits can also affect her chances of contracting STDs. Bad hygiene habits such as not paying attention to vulva cleaning and not changing underwear frequently can easily breed bacteria and viruses and increase the risk of infection. Good personal hygiene habits can help prevent the occurrence of STDs.

　　To determine whether a girl has an STD, we can start from many aspects such as observing symptoms, understanding the history of sexual behavior, conducting professional tests, paying attention to systemic symptoms, paying attention to past medical history, and paying attention to the living environment. Through comprehensive judgment, we can make a more accurate preliminary assessment of whether girls are infected with sexually transmitted diseases. But the final diagnosis still needs to rely on professional medical institutions and doctors.