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It also matters for blood donation, travel medicals and some immigration processes in various countries. Having the documentation ready turns a potential problem into paperwork.

It is also one of the least tested for infections. It is not in the standard screen in a lot of services, so neither of you would have been checked for it unless you had symptoms.

It is debated rather than settled. There is research suggesting throat to throat transmission through deep kissing is possible and may be more common than previously assumed, particularly in populations with high throat infection rates.

It is not established the way oral to genital transmission is, and you will find clinicians who consider it plausible and clinicians who are unconvinced.

It also tightens the notification list to that window rather than a year or more. One negative result doing a lot of useful work.

It is a much easier conversation than the ones people have here about other things. It is treatable, it is not dangerous, and most people respond with mild embarrassment rather than anything worse.

The gel you had before was probably for bacterial vaginosis, where topical treatment is a legitimate option. Same drug, different infection, different answer.

There is also no test for him. There is no approved HPV test for men in most places outside specific anal screening settings, so he cannot resolve this by going and getting checked.

The combination that should send someone in is joint pain and swelling with a rash and feeling generally unwell, particularly around or after a gonorrhoea diagnosis.

The part of you that knows it is too soon is right. Four days is inside the window for essentially everything on a standard screen. What you have is a picture of where you stood before that night.

That is still worth having. It is just not the answer to the question you were asking.