I am 15 years old, and I am pretty sure I have an STD.?

The thing is I believe I have had this for awhile now. When i was 5 I was forced into sex by a kid that lived near me. I lived in a rural town so there weren't many people I could hang out with so I agreed to keep the friendship. I've had the symptoms for awhile now, but I didn't realize that it was an STD until Health class this year. I haven't told my parents any of this yet. I could go to a planned parenthood, but I can't drive and the closest one is 15 miles away. Any suggestions?

Are you sure it's an STD? And 10 years seems like a LOOONNGGG time to have an STD and not know it.
Anyway, tell your parents.
You're still under age.
It may be something else.

Can you talk to a counselor at school or do you *think* you might be able to talk to your parents about the situation? There's a lot of concerns beyond the terrifying fact that you suspect you have an STD. A support system would be REALLY beneficial. I cannot imagine that you'd feel comfortable turning to one of your peers (at age 15), but if you DO have a very close friend that you can look to for support, that would be helpful too.

Best of luck and I am sorry that you had to bear such abuse.

Try talking with your school nurse, health teacher, or local health department.

You should definitely talk to your doctor. You may have something else going on. Many other problems have similar symptoms. Waiting will only make it worse and harder to treat, no matter what you have.

Get to your doctors or tell your health teacher about it and let her help you. Obviously there is something wrong and the longer you leave it the worse it will get.

I am strongly suspicious if you tell a school counselor, they will confide your information to your parents which I am sure you do not want to happen.
I think you should call the local Planned parenthood and find out if they know of any services to help you arrange transportation to their clinic. Then take it from there.
Good luck.

(1) Bacterial STDs are curable, viral STDs are not.
(2) Women are more vulnerable to infection by STDs and the consequences are greater (infertility, life threatening pregnancies, fetal death, cancer).
Please see the web pages for more details on STDs.