Sexual Health & STDs: Tests & Diagnosis

  • Viral Tests

    Medical Test
    06/12/08, Healthwise

    A viral test is done to find infection-causing viruses. Viruses grow only in living cells. Viruses cause disease by destroying or damaging the cells they infect, damaging the body's immune system, changing the genetic material (DNA) of th

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  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test

    Medical Test
    07/02/08, Healthwise

    A human papillomavirus (HPV) test is done to find a high-risk HPV infection in women. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). An HPV test checks for the genetic material (DNA) of the human papillomavirus. Like a Pap test,

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  • Herpes Tests

    Medical Test
    01/13/09, Healthwise

    Herpes tests are done to find the herpes simplex virus (HSV). An HSV infection can cause small, painful sores that look like blisters on the skin or the tissue lining (mucous membranes) of the throat, nose, mouth, urethra, rectum, and

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  • Chlamydia Tests

    Medical Test
    01/09/09, Healthwise

    Chlamydia tests use a sample of body fluid or urine to see whether chlamydia bacteria (Chlamydia trachomatis) are present and causing an infection. Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the Unite

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  • Gonorrhea Test

    Medical Test
    05/09/07, Healthwise

    Gonorrhea tests involve testing a sample of body fluid or urine to determine if gonorrhea bacteria (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) are present and may be the cause of an infection. These tests are used to screen for or confirm a gonorrhea inf

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  • Syphilis Tests

    Medical Test
    10/02/07, Healthwise

    Syphilis tests detect antibodies to the bacterium that causes syphilis (Treponema pallidum) in blood, body fluid, or tissue. The tests are used to screen for or to confirm a syphilis infection.

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  • Vaginal Wet Mount

    Medical Test
    07/15/08, Healthwise

    A vaginal wet mount (sometimes called a vaginal smear) is a test to find the cause of vaginitis, or inflammation of the vagina and the area around the vagina (vulva). See a picture of female genitalia.

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