Texas is ranked 11th out of 50 states with the highest rates of reported STDs

The rates of sexually transmitted diseases in Bexar County have never been higher, according to the most recent data available from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Experts agree that this is the result of poor access to STD Testing facilities and inadequate federal funding — two factors that are prevalent across most of the nation. But also affecting Bexar County and the state of Texas in particular is a lack of accurate sex education.

One study found that 83% of all Texas public schools teach abstinence-only sex education, or don’t teach sex ed in their schools at all. It’s an indisputable fact that waiting to have sexual contact until marriage, and only having it with one partner, is the most effective way to prevent the spread of HIV and STDs. However, for many high school students, this is not a choice they make. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), revealed that in 2015, 35.7% of 10th graders reported having sexual intercourse. For these students who choose not to abstain, lack of sexual education can put them at a much greater risk for becoming infected with STDs and HIV. And because many STDs carry no symptoms, it may not even occur to these young people and adolescents that they are infected, meanwhile they inavertently contribute to the epidemic by infecting their sexual partners.

Besides abstinence, the two best ways to prevent the spread of STDs are proper use of a condom and getting tested regularly. Private Testing Center aims to make testing for STDs affordable, easy and discreet. We maintain over 2,000 locations across the United States, including 19 locations within a 50 mile radius of San Antonio, TX. Same Day appointments are usually available, and the test itself is over and done in 15 minutes.

You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to get tested for HIV and STDs. Most STDs are treatable and many are curable. Don’t take the chance of leaving them undiagnosed and untreated. Schedule a test with us today.