How often should I actually be getting screened?
Every page I read says something different. Once a year, every three months, only when you change partner. I want a rule I can actually follow…
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Twice yearly injection for prevention. Who is it for?
Read that a twice yearly injectable prevention option was approved. Daily tablets have not worked well for me. Is this something I could realistically get?
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Prodrome. Is it real or am I inventing it?
I get a tingling and a heavy feeling in my thigh a day before anything appears. Sounds like something I could easily be imagining into existence.
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Will the antibody test stay positive forever?
Treated last year. Told one of my tests will be positive for life. What do I say when a future doctor sees it and reacts?
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Does it affect future pregnancy even if it was treated?
Diagnosed and treated last month. I am not trying for a baby yet but I want to know whether I have damaged something permanently.
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How long between exposure and warts appearing?
Trying to work out who to be upset with and I suspect the answer is nobody, but I would like to understand the timing.
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They are in my eyebrows as well
Found them in the eyebrows. Do I use the same lotion higher up?
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Cleared it, now positive again. Reinfection or reactivation?
Negative two years running, now positive for a high risk type again. I have had one partner in that time.
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How long have I had this? We are long term
Together six years, both of us faithful as far as I know, and I have just been diagnosed. Where does that leave us?
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Can I get gonorrhoea from kissing?
Question came up after a throat diagnosis in a friend group and nobody could answer it confidently.
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Is a vaccine or cure actually close?
Every year there is an article saying a breakthrough is coming. Is any of it real or is this permanent hope management?
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Negative six months ago and positive now
Routine test in the spring was clear. Positive now. Trying to make sense of the window.
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Realistic life expectancy on treatment
Newly diagnosed. I have read that life expectancy is near normal and I cannot tell whether that is true or whether it is what people say…
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Do I need to tell everyone I have slept with?
It feels like a much less serious thing to raise than an infection, but also they would probably want to know.
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Bleeding between periods since the diagnosis
Been spotting mid cycle for a few weeks. Started around the time I tested positive. Related, or am I connecting two unrelated things?
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Can I use a gel instead of tablets?
I have had a vaginal gel before for something similar. Could that work here and spare me the tablets?
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Should my son be vaccinated?
Vaccination was offered at school and my husband thinks it is only relevant for girls.
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Why did they ask about what kind of sex I have?
Found the intake questions intrusive and I said less than I should have. Now I am wondering whether that affected what they tested.
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Partner has nothing after two years
I have had recurring warts for two years. He has never had one. He is starting to think I am the problem and honestly so am…
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Can it get into joints?
Read something alarming about gonorrhoea and arthritis. Is that a real complication or a historical curiosity?
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Pregnant and need treatment
Diagnosed and pregnant. The packet warnings have made me nervous about using anything.
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HPV and fertility treatment
Starting IVF and had a positive HPV result last year. Does one affect the other?
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How long does follow up go on for?
Bloods at three months, six months, twelve months. Is there an end to this?
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Testing my partner after my diagnosis
Diagnosed last week. My partner needs testing and I do not know how to raise it or what to expect from the answer.
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Why is herpes not in the standard screen?
Asked at my last appointment and was told it is not routinely tested. That seems like a strange omission for a sexual health service.
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