Originally posted by chance
i'm gettin' a little paranoid here. i sure as hell don't want this disease... looks like i'll have to be mr. detective when a girl gets naked infront of me and search her for some weird lookin' warts.
Good luck with that... with some diseases like HIV, genital warts, and herpes, you can catch it even if there are no visible symptoms. So I hope your detective work includes doing a blood test on them in a laboratory setting.
This is one reason why the "Playa" lifestyle of going out and just banging the hell out of every girl you see is so dangerous. Condoms and other forms of safe sex help but they aren't the end-all. You can still catch sh*t.
The good news is that SOME of the "incurable" diseases aren't as bad as they sound. Hearing that you have herpes, for example, might sound awful... but people who have it don't outbreak that often... some never outbreak. That's why lots of people don't know they even have it. And except for the initial outbreak which makes you sick like the flu, and subsequent outbreaks (which are not as bad and can also be suppressed by drugs), herpes has no real ill-effects on you. They're basically like having a cold sore on your stick.
Genital warts... they can cause complications during pregnancy and very rarely they can lead to cervical cancer. But unless you get pregnant or grow a cervix, you're probably fine. The warts aren't even painful and often go away on their own. Often, you can't even see the things. Girls with HPV can let their doctor know so they can be careful during pregnancies and can get regular checks to make sure there's no cervical cancer. So that's not too bad of a deal either.
I'm just saying, try to protect yourself and not get these kinds of STDs. But if you're careful and you still get them (it can happen), take the gun barrel out of your mouth. It ain't the end of the world.
