Did he give me an STI?

LegacyUser

I was dating a man earlier in the year for a few months & he was due to go travelling in the summer which he did. HE was away for 5 months but we stayed in contact & decided to give it a go on his return. I picked him up from airport on the 29th & today Ive started seeing symptoms of what I think could be and STI.

Obviously I am going to see a GP this week. Id like to have some idea of what I'm dealing with before I go in there.I get checked once a year or so which I did in September & got all clear. In the past 11 months he's been my only sexual partner & all clear was after he'd left. This means I would have contracted this in past few days even though we've been using condoms. Do STIs even incubate that quickly?

The whole situation is embarassing & I'm not sure how to even approach it with him? Should I wait until I see a Dr or ask him beforehand?

Any advice would be appreciated ?

Tokyo

Hi OP,

Seeing that you have already made the appointment, I would recommend that you wait until you have seen your doctor before confronting your boyfriend. There's a good chance that your suspicions are spot on, but being able to turn around to your partner with facts from the doctors office will give him a lot less wiggle room to argue if you turn out to be right, and it saves you an embarrassing (and possibly relationship damaging) situation if it turns out to be something else. Your doctor will also be able to tell you with a degree of certainty whether you caught it from your partner, or whether there were other possible sources of the STI, if it does tun out to be true.

(Obviously unprotected sex is out of the question until you've seen your doctor)

R.D. aka MR.D

Definitely see the doctor first. It might not be what you think.

Matteroffact

You could just be allergic to the condoms and have developed thrush.

daisybelle2008

Go to your Doctor before contacting him and before jumping to any conclusions. For example somthing like Cystitis (uti) can happen if you have very rigorous sex even with a condom and doesn't mean he 'gave' you an STI. If you haven't seen him in a while that could have been the case. Def get checked ASAP.

Wompa1

Even if you got an STI, it's impossible to tell if he gave it to you or not. Some STI's can remain dormant in your system for years and can go undetected in screenings.