Is there a single dose option that is not the usual drug?
I cannot face a week of tablets that make me feel awful. Someone mentioned there are other single dose options.
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Clinic offered tablets because of a penicillin shortage
Diagnosed this week. Told the injection is in short supply and offered a course of tablets instead. Am I getting a second rate treatment because of…
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Warts or skin tags? I cannot tell and I am too scared to ask
Two small flesh coloured bumps. They could be anything. I have been looking at pictures online for three weeks, which has helped nobody.
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Do I have to shave everything off?
First instinct was to shave. A friend says that does nothing and makes the skin worse.
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HPV positive but the cells were normal
Result says high risk HPV detected, cytology normal, come back in a year. I do not understand what I am waiting for.
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Can I be tested while I am on my period?
Appointment is booked and the timing has turned out badly. Do I need to move it, or does it not matter?
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replies 1 month, 3 weeks ago
My HSV-2 result came back low positive
Blood test, positive for HSV-2, and there is a number next to it that is only just above the cutoff. No symptoms ever. The nurse said…
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What does undetectable actually require of me day to day?
Newly on treatment. U equals U keeps being mentioned. What am I actually meant to be doing to hold onto it?
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replies 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Missed two doses. Do I start the whole course again?
Busy few days and I lost track. Two doses missed, not consecutive. Do I carry on, extend by a day, or start over?
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replies 2 months ago
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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replies 2 months ago
What does reactive mean? My result does not say positive
Result came back marked reactive and I have been staring at that word for an hour trying to work out whether it means positive or not.
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replies 2 months, 1 week ago
Does shaving make outbreaks worse?
Noticed my worst episodes follow a few days after shaving. Coincidence or actually a thing?
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replies 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Does chlamydia ever clear on its own?
Read somewhere that a proportion of infections clear without treatment. If that is true, why treat at all?
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replies 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Can it be picked up on a smear test?
My smear result mentioned trichomonas. I did not think that test was looking for infections.
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Does having warts mean I am more infectious?
My partner has HPV somewhere in the background according to a smear result, but no warts. I have warts. Am I the dangerous one in this…
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replies 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Blue grey marks on my skin
Small slate coloured marks on my thighs and lower abdomen. They do not itch and they were not there before this started.
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replies 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The sore did not hurt so I ignored it
Had a sore months ago that was completely painless. Assumed it was an ingrown hair and it healed on its own. Now diagnosed and feeling stupid.
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replies 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Vaccinated as a teenager and still got HPV
Had the full course at school. Now HPV positive. Feels like it did nothing.
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replies 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Can I stop PrEP and restart later?
Not sexually active at the moment and it feels pointless to keep taking it. Can I just stop and pick it up again?
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replies 3 months ago
Positive throat swab and my partner is negative everywhere
I have throat gonorrhoea. He has been tested at every site and is negative. One of us is confused and I think it might be both…
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replies 3 months ago
Cryotherapy left a pale mark
Wart gone, but the skin there is noticeably lighter than the rest. Is that permanent?
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replies 3 months, 1 week ago
Still itching two weeks after treatment
No live lice that I can find. The itch has not gone. Do I treat again?
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replies 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Allergic to that class of antibiotic
Told the standard injection is in a class I react to. What happens now?
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replies 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Does it affect fertility?
Diagnosed and now reading things that have frightened me about long term effects.
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replies 3 months, 3 weeks ago
My screening interval changed and nobody explained
Used to be every three years. New letter says five. It feels like a cut.
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replies 3 months, 3 weeks ago