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What is actually in a standard screen where you are?

Curious how much this varies. The list I was given seems shorter than what people describe in other countries.

west_pier 4 months ago

NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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far_field 4 months ago

It varies a lot. The common core almost everywhere is chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis. Beyond that it depends on local prevalence and on what the service is funded to do.

Some places add hepatitis B and C routinely, some only for particular groups. Trichomoniasis is routine in some services and only on symptoms in others.

spare_room 3 months ago

Mycoplasma genitalium is the one that surprises people. Several guidelines specifically advise against screening for it without symptoms, because treating it unnecessarily drives resistance, and it is already a difficult organism to treat.

low_tide 3 months ago

Ask for the list in writing. Mine was on the results letter and answering this question for myself took about ten seconds once I actually read it.

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