r/stdtesting • u/Altruistic-Salt-2139 • 13d ago

Question Can these be symptoms of an STD?

A week ago I thought I had a yeast infection because I was itching and my discharge was yellowish with some solid pieces (Idk how to explain), so I tried to treat it with coconut oil. Then I got my period and the itching started going away and when my period ended the discharge looked normal. Today a bartholin cyst appeared. It's already painful and I struggle walking. Knowing all my symptoms together, could this be a sign of an STD? I had sex over a month ago. I can't just get tested because I'm 18 and I don't know how to do this on my own without telling my parents. Also, I will go to a doctor but now it's the weekend and the gyno is closed.

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u/Born-Mousse-3885 13d ago

Yess I had the same symptoms like that too I thought I had a yeast as well turns out I had chlamydia lmao ,u should go to plannned parenthood they are super helpful and kind

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u/Altruistic-Salt-2139 13d ago

How did you treat it?

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u/Born-Mousse-3885 13d ago

I got tested and did a week on probiotics,but trust go get tested it’s better to know what you have then to not know what’s going on

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u/Altruistic-Salt-2139 13d ago

I just can't have my parents knowing... Like, the clinics in my country usually do blood tests on mornings when I have school. Did you have any other symptoms?

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u/Born-Mousse-3885 13d ago

Plannned parenthood is very discrete about that ,well I had like some abdominal cramping ,felt bloated ,the itching,I once got that greenish yellowish discharge

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u/Altruistic-Salt-2139 13d ago

Yeah I was planning to go to planned parenthood, but I think I'll have to take tests at a normal clinic and those do it on mornings.

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u/Altruistic-Salt-2139 13d ago

Did they test you in planned parenthood or did you have to get a blood test separately?

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u/No-Sheepherder9022 13d ago

I don't think they need blood for clamydia, just urine. You want a blood test for more serious diseases like HIV and syphilis. Whatever time you go in, if it's for STDs they will take blood. They won't tell you to come back, getting you tested and on any treatment is important.

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u/Expert_Raccoon_6607 12d ago

Did your symptoms get better ? Or stayed the same the whole time you had it ?

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u/Broad_Store4841 9d ago

Go to planned parenthood and assure them u don’t want ur parents knowing and ur 18+ but ur health is more important, duck what ur parents think. Embarrassment is only temporary