If you’ve had sex without a condom, you do need to have an STD check-up as essential protection for your health, fertility and happiness. Sexual health expert, Jamie Hardie, reveals a few essential clinic don’ts.
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Most women are tested for STDs by having a couple of swabs taken from their cervix using a cotton bud or a small plastic loop. It’s not painful, just uncomfortable, like a smear test. If you’ve had unprotected sex, yes, that area may be swabbed, too. Other infections can be screened from urine samples and blood tests. |
