Your Honest-to-God Guide to STDs

brocode · #1 30-11-2012, 07:06 PM

Very good article to share with bros here
http://postmasculine.com/std-guide

But as I learned more, got tested more, spoke to more doctors and did more research, I realized that the truth STD’s are more complicated than previously assumed, and that getting them is a far more benign experience than I ever imagined. For instance, there are over 100 strains of HPV, and only four of them lead to most cervical cancers in women… assuming it’s left untreated for a period of years… and assuming she hasn’t already been vaccinated… and even if she does get cervical cancer it’s very unlikely to be fatal. So what I assumed was my cancer-laden pee-shooter in my pants, actually had something like a 1/100 x 1/100 x 1/2 x 1/100 chance of actually causing serious health problems in a girl.

The more I learned about STD’s, the more I encouraged men to relax a little bit about them. Wear a condom. Get tested periodically. Stay away from the crackwhores and dirty needles. Do that, and you’re going to be fine. Seriously.

For instance, the chance that any particular woman has syphilis in the United States is about 1 out of 10,000. The chance of being struck by lightning in your lifetime is 1 out of 8,434… just to give you some perspective. And the difference is syphilis can be cured with a little penicillin, lightning can’t.

Ztan · #2 02-12-2012, 10:56 AM

I have read this article before, it does take some STD information are statistics into a more relatable light. As to put the risks into a more easily understandable figure rather than us trying to draw our own conclusion what a 1:10000 chance of contracting STD X is like. Very good read