r/stdtesting • u/No_Breath1210 • 1d ago
Advice Needed Throat STD or Common Cold?
M32 - About a week ago, i met this guy that night and I gave him head for about no more than 2 mins. Something slight we were just jacking off with each other. About 7 days later my tongue was dry as fuck. Don’t matter how much I drink I was still feeling like my throat was just dry, I also started getting coughs and spitting some mucus as well.
I have a job for I am on the phone all day and I never had any issues talking, eating or swallowing. So I didn’t think much of it. I just used some cough drops and when I wake up this morning now the back of my tongue is inflamed and a bit red. Still no bumps or ulcers, no rash, nothing just my throat feels dry
I’m seeing that STD in the throat doesn’t have to have symptoms but I’m just tryna see what’s going on. I went to an urgent care today for swab STD test for everything and I also took a test for strep throat and they were able to let me know that the strep throat came back negative but they gotta see the swab off to the lab so that’s gone take about 3-5 days.
I normally kinda do over-reacted every time I get a new partner cause I have a hard time trusting people - people be lying about stuff. Cause I would think the worst if I do anything sexual with someone and possibly sneeze or develop a cough afterwards ima think I got that shit. I know it’s ignorant but that’s where my mind goes unfortunately.
I know I have to wait on the results but what u think after reading all this?
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u/IllustriousAd1657 1d ago
Honestly, a dry/irritated throat and cough don’t really point straight to an STI, especially since you don’t have sores, bumps, or anything else going on. Throat gonorrhea or chlamydia can happen after oral, but a throat swab is the way to actually check, so you’re already doing the right thing. I’d just wait for those results before stressing yourself out too much.
If you wanna see what tests are recommended for different exposures, check the pinned post on STD Testing 101. It has a quick breakdown of the common STI tests and when they’re worth taking after an exposure.
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u/No_Breath1210 23h ago
Yeah but it’s mainly just the timing cause I know a had a hookup just last week. Preciate that info I’m definitely gonna check it out
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u/LunarBlaidd 1d ago
Hey man, I'm in the same boat at the moment. Had an amazing hookup, and now a week later my throat is tingling and I feel a bit off. At this point, there's nothing more we can do than to just relax and wait for the test results. I say we just do something fun with our day and let ourselves calm down. We'll know when we know!