How Porn Stars Prevent Sexual Diseases
Transmission of venereal disease or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are very vulnerable to happen on a porn star who often change partners and most do not perform safe sex. How do porn stars prevent the transmission of sexual diseases?
Two porn star Dylan Ryan and Danny Wylde had just started working together for the making of a film in Los Angeles. Previously they did a private meetings that was a little awkward. In a small conversation for an hour they tried to get to know each other.
“When I work with new partners, I am a little nervous because I do not know if they would like me, interested or not interested in me. It’s sort of a first date situation,” Ryan said.
There is some anxiety from a porn star when they get new colleagues. One thing that usually worries them is getting a sexually transmitted disease from their new colleagues, so both have been tested for STDs at least once a month.
“Before you ‘work’, you should see the test results of others. Or sometimes on the location (filming), before beginning they have to show the results of the tests on paper,” said Wylde.
“The STDs (sexually transmitted disease) test is a good idea for anyone who have sex with a new partner, even if you are not a porn star. I think it really works,” said Dr. Craig Strafford, director of clinical research at the Holzer Clinic in Gallipolis, Ohio, according to CNN.
According Sixto Pacheco, president and CEO of Talent Testing Service, which performs the STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) tests for adult movie stars, porn stars are routinely tested for HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhea.
In addition, some players chose to test additional panels such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and syphilis.
Ryan and Wylde said they had a routine STD test (STDs) when working together. Ryan said that in eight years as an adult movie star, who has about five professional sexual partners in a month, he had never suffered from sexually transmitted diseases.
Ryan admitted when interacting sexually with men outside of work she always uses condoms. But unlike Ryan, Wylde says about once a year he has to see the doctor with a case of chlamydia or gonorrhea.
Although the STD testing is not easy, this will lower the risk of STD infection. Combining the use of condoms and regular STD testing will be better.
HIV testing is included as very complicated, because it probably will show a negative result when samples were taken too soon after a person has HIV.
This is because most people do not produce enough antibodies to be detected until about one month after infection. Some people take three months or more to be able to detect antibodies.
“I think of this (STD testing) all the time. This is the biggest risk in this industry and I think this is one thing that gives me comfort. Small comfort is that the people who worked with me have very strong and safer sex practices, because what they do is to live, “explains Ryan.
While Wylde said that he is not too worried about contracting HIV because he only had sex with women (heterosexual), but he knew that he still has at least a small risk.
“There are risks in many jobs, such as professional athletes also have risks. When starting a new relationship, many people want to know what diseases they have to test. This is a very common question, both men and women,” said Strafford.
Both the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the American Social Health Association has a list of sexually transmitted diseases that should be tested if someone has sex for the first time.
But after discussions with various PMS experts, here are some list of sexually transmitted disease tests that many doctors recommends:
1. Chlamydia
Usually testing is done with urine samples. Chlamydia is a STD caused by bacteria. Complications are rare, but in women can cause chronic pelvic pain, infertility and ectopic pregnancy. The disease can be easily treated and cured with antibiotics.
2. Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea testing is also done with a urine test. Some men have no symptoms of gonorrhea, but there are some who experience symptoms such as pain when urinating or unpleasant smell of the penis.
Antibiotics can treat the disease, but if left untreated gonorrhea can cause infertility in men and women and can be life threatening if it spreads to the blood or joints.
3. Syphilis
Diagnosis of syphilis is done by a blood test. The disease is easily treated in its early stages, but if left untreated it can cause blindness or even death.
4. Hepatitis A and B
“Men who have sex with men (homosexuals) should talk with their doctors to get tests for hepatitis A and B, and also should be vaccinated against the disease,” said Dr. Hunter Handsfield, a professor of clinical medicine at the University of Washington Center for AIDS and STDs.
5. HIV
People can be HIV positive during the past few weeks or months before results of blood tests showed positive results.
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