Patient's question:
I had high-risk sexual contact half a month ago. Now I feel some discomfort in my genital area, and the discomfort has been a bit worse. Also, I've had a cold these past two days. I don't know if it's related to this. Other than that, there's nothing else!!!Doctor's answer:
This friend, I hope my answer can be of some help to you. First, because your description of your illness is not very detailed, the analysis of your illness can only be a rough one. First and foremost, it can be confirmed that you definitely have a sexually transmitted disease. What needs to be clarified now is which one so that treatment can be targeted. The situation you mentioned about extending the incubation period with medication does exist. My advice is: 1. You can first stop taking the medication for a few days and then go to the hospital to have a culture of your secretions plus drug sensitivity testing once the disease manifests clearly. This can allow for very direct and targeted medication. Because all sexually transmitted diseases are curable now, except for AIDS. 2. If you don’t want to stop taking the medication, you can also go to the hospital to have a culture of your urethral secretions plus drug sensitivity testing. However, the diagnosis may not be clear enough due to insufficient sample volume of secretions. If it really doesn’t work, you can take urine for culture and drug sensitivity testing. Since bacteria can cause urethritis, drug sensitivity testing should be done to target the medication.