Taking a Home STD Test is more important than ever. A 2007 Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance report by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that among women in all 50 states in the United States, the overall rate of reported chlamydial infection was 543.6 cases per 100,000 females. This figure was about three times higher than the men’s rate.
The conclusion drawn from this statistic is that more women are screened for chlamydia than men. Furthermore, the report found that the chlamydia infection rate in men increased by 42.9% from 2003 to 2007. In this same time period, there was a 17.3% increase in women.
Chlamydia is just one of many STDs, and it’s often called “the silent epidemic” because so many people don’t realize they have it. It can be treated with antibiotics, but if left untreated there can be very serious health consequences.
Other sexually transmitted diseases the Home STD Test may screen for include Syphilis, a bacterial infection that if left untreated can eventually cause damage to the body’s organs. It also screens for genital herpes, a virus that causes recurrent, periodic outbreaks of sores in the genital region. The Home STD Test may also screen for Hepatitis A, B and C. It has been estimated by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that at some point in their life, as many as one-third of the population of the United States becomes infected with Hepatitis A.
Countless people may have an STD without knowing it simply because they aren’t getting tested with a Home STD Test, or any other STD test. For people who are sexually active, it is imperative to take a Home STD Test and get screened for STDs regularly.
HealthCheckUSA offers a Home STD Test that doesn’t even require a doctor’s prescription. With so many lab locations across the country, it has never been easier to get tested.
HealthCheckUSA is the nation’s leader in low cost, direct-to-consumer blood and lab testing and provides people the ability to access all types of blood tests without a physician’s referral and at half the price.
HealthCheckUSA has packages that make it simple for consumers to measure, monitor, and improve their health by being able to order their own lab tests without a doctor’s order. HealthCheckUSA serves customers without insurance, have high deductible insurance plans, and taking control of their health because their doctor won’t order the test.
The blood tests available through HealthCheckUSA are the same medically accepted lab tests ordered by doctors for their patients. The blood tests are analyzed by an accredited medical reference laboratory. The results are confidential, and are available by fax to you or your doctor, or by mail to you (please allow 10 working days for mailing). Results are also available on the HealthCheckUSA Web site within 3-4 business days. An information sheet with an explanation of each test, including normal reference ranges, accompanies all results.