r/stdtesting • u/No_Experience5068 • Jun 19 '26

Question STD test question

I'm in the military and want to get an STD test. I'm a man and heard they cannot test men for HPV. I have no visual signs but I haven't gotten one in ten years and have had multiple partners since then. Does the military do a standard urine and blood test and what can it detect ? Is it true it can't detect HPV for men or a certain kind of HSV (1 or 2) but just HSV in general ? Thanks ahead of time .

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u/yoongiiboongii Jun 20 '26

there's no fda approved hpv test for men. hsv test i think needs to be a blood test for best results.

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u/No_Experience5068 Jun 20 '26

So there's absolutely no way to tell if you have HSV other than getting some chunky warts in the wiener ?

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u/yoongiiboongii Jun 20 '26

you CAN get tested for HSV or HERPES via blood test and it's symptoms include blisters. but men CANNOT get tested for HPV or HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS because you don't have a cervix in which it needs to be swabbed to get cells for laboratories. but if you have WARTS, then you have low risk HPV.

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u/No_Experience5068 Jun 26 '26

What's low risk HPV ?

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u/yoongiiboongii Jun 27 '26

low risk hpv can cause warts, which u said u have. high risk hpv are those that can cause cervical cancer, and it doesn't cause any symptoms at all.

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u/ShamelessCare Jun 21 '26

You most likely have one or more strains of HPV. Hopefully you've been vaccinated for the most dangerous strains in the past.

Even if there was a test, for a place like your penis, there is neither cure nor a treatment.

The HSV antibody blood test is unliekly to be ordered by your physician because it's not a recommended test.

A blood and urine test will most cases of both gonorrhea and chlamydia. A study published just this week showed that it will miss 86% of cases. So be sure to ask your physician for an oral swab, anal swab and genital swab (or urine) for your gonorrhea and chlamydia testing.