"Diagnosing
and treating Sexually Transmitted
Diseases is very challenging in our sexually active society. There
are so many different diseases which could get transmitted sexually.
A Physician who diagnoses and treats
STDs must have experience, read and be
up-to-date in this field. We could
not eliminate but
we
could minimize patient risk by encouraging
safer sex. STD screening testing is
helpful,but we still could not be
100% sure as it is not practical to
test for every single STI, however, being careful of choosing partner,
protection, rejecting risky behavior
could have significant impact. After
all prevention is better than treatment.
Unfortunately, there have been growing
numbers of different Internet venders for laboratories that test for certain
STDs without any physician evaluation. In order to gain financially,
they put the patient at risk of being very mislead by inacurate
test order, interpertation and false
hope. Evaluating
a patient with STD is very much an
art and it is not that stright forward. If patient gets evaluated by STD clinic/doctor
which is available to public included public health with respect to CDC
and certain guidelines then he /she
will be more confident about his/her
sexual health.
Most
STD patients are anxious and feel
guilty. They think about their spouse or partner(s). This makes them
very different from other patients.
We understand these pressures and we
do our best to help you in our institution
with quick service, answering your questions
and concerns and helping with your
relationship(S) as well. Although
STD is common, because you don't hear
your friends and family talking about their
STD infections, you think you are
the only one who got it in the world!
We assure you that you
are not, and our considerable experience will be invaluable
to you."
Siavash
Arani, M.D.
PUBLIC
HEALTH, CA link
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