Responses on: "What would happen to you if you get a sexually transmitted disease?"

Informant #74457: I would freak out and feel really dirty for the rest of my life and never have sex again.

Informant #81507: I'd treat it as best I could, and hopefully notify my partners.

Informant #81651: try to fight it, learn to accept/cope with it

Informant #81652: bad things. green discharge

Informant #81653: i'd freak out and go get treated then tell my partner

Informant #81654: I would seek the best treatment out there from UHS or another doctor.

Informant #81656: get medication, tell all partners

Informant #81660: I would do everything possible to treat it, and if it was something serious, I would try to spread awareness to prevent someting like that from happening to anyone else

Informant #81662: I would have a sexually transmitted disease. I would be disappointed in myself, however, I would accept the role chance played in the occurence.

Informant #81665: Take care of it, deal with it, tell my partners.

Informant #81669: I will be dissapointed in myself. Knowing what i know i shouldn't have put myself in harms way by having unprotective sex..

Informant #81673: I'm not really sure, I would seek out treatment, of course. I think I would be more careful about my safe sex practices.

Informant #81674: I would do whatever it takes to get it treated as quickly as possible.

Informant #81675: I'd take medication to suppress it, and let and sex partners know in advance.

Informant #81692: I would be scared...I don't know what I would do.

Informant #81740: i would have a STD and it depending would probably suck

Informant #81859: I would have to deal with the consequences of my actions and either take antibiotics and get rid or it or live with whatever I had.

Informant #82064: depends on disease

Informant #82143: Depending on what i get i will explore my what my treatment methods are... and i will feel a bit upset at my self but it will;l be a lesson if i am able to get rid of it.

Informant #93458: take medicine

Informant #222254: I would panic.

Informant #268828: It would depend if it were treatable or not. If so, I would get it treated by a doctor. If not, I would inform partners up front about it and do everything to protect them.

Informant #280173: I would get antibiotics + checkups if it's curable, or I would be somehow unhappy if it's uncurable, but I'm willing to take the small risk... crossing street is more dangerous, if you practice safer sex.

Informant #433381: Oh god my parents would kill me...