STI testing has always been a touchy subject, but it's vital to talk about it. The too high level of infections suggests that these sexually transmitted infections are one of the main and most important problems of modern medicine, which in recent years has become quite actively investigated. In our time, scientists have discovered about 30 such diseases. And some of them can lead to serious consequences.
STI testing has reached extraordinary heights these days. The main method of examination is laboratory diagnostics. However, when testing for STIs, the patient should remember that there is no one method of examination suitable for all people, or it has not yet been found. Each method produces two-faced results. Not every positive result really is such, and vice versa. Therefore, not only the tests themselves are necessary, but also consultations with a dermatovenereologist. Only an experienced doctor, a true specialist in his field, can compare all the data and make the correct diagnosis.
Therefore, a doctor's consultation is an integral part oftesting for STIs, as only a specialist:
- Pre-evaluates complaints and symptoms. Then makes a guess (just a guess) about the nature of your affliction;
- referring to get tested for STIs.
Further in the laboratory, his colleagues take over. They:
- directly do the collection of the study material;
- test him for STIs.
And again, the tests go to the attending physician. He already reports the results of a laboratory study, thereby closing this chain.
There is also a DNA diagnostic method that allows you to test for STIs. It detects the DNA of the pathogen in the test material. This diagnosis is carried out in two ways - LCR (Ligation Chain Reaction) and PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction). Please note that this method has nothing to do with the study of human DNA for various purposes. The only thing that connects them is only the object itself with which they have to work.
During PCR and LCR, some actions are carried out, during which the infection itself is detected (if, of course, it was in the test material), and it, in turn, is repeatedly “multiplied”. High-precision equipment will find it, in whatever quantities it may be in this material. The accuracy of this method exceeds 95%, which is an excellent result in our time.
STI testing is now possible by detecting the presence of antibodies in the human body. For this study, a blood test is taken. In herdetermine the presence of certain antibodies. Sometimes this method is used to control during treatment.
Also widely used is "smear examination". It can be performed at any time, but this study gives the most accurate result only if the infection was recently “caught” or became completely obvious.
Remember: in order to get reliable information about the presence of STIs in the body, you need to undergo several different examinations.
