At home self collection kit. Is it as good?
There is now a kit you can use at home and post back. I have avoided screening for years because of the examination. Is this a…
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The clinic tested me for four things and I assumed it was everything
Got my results back, all negative, felt enormous relief. Then I looked at the paperwork properly and it lists four infections. I had assumed a screen…
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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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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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What is doxyPEP and would I be a candidate?
Someone mentioned doxyPEP to me and I had never heard of it. From what I can work out it is an antibiotic you take after sex…
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Can I give myself genital herpes from a cold sore?
I get cold sores. Someone told me I could transfer it to myself and now I am paranoid about touching my own face.
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Do I have to disclose if I have never had an outbreak?
Found out through a blood test, not through symptoms. Never had anything appear. It feels strange to disclose something I have never experienced.
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Why do they want a throat retest but not a urine one?
Treated for gonorrhoea at two sites. They booked me back for a follow up throat swab and said nothing about retesting anywhere else. It seems inconsistent.
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Do I need to burn my bedding?
Half of what I read says wash everything on the hottest setting and half says it barely matters because they don't survive off a person for…
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Blurred vision and a recent diagnosis
Diagnosed a fortnight ago, treated. Vision in one eye has gone blurry over the last two days.
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Treated but symptoms came back after a few weeks
Finished treatment, everything cleared, and about three weeks later it's back. Same symptoms. I'm assuming this means the treatment didn't work?
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Sore, sticky eye a few days after a diagnosis
Diagnosed and treated, then developed a very sore eye with a lot of discharge. Is this connected or am I joining dots that are not there?
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Partner has no symptoms. Does he really need treatment?
I was diagnosed, he feels completely fine and thinks he does not need anything. I do not know how hard to push.
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Retest at three months came back positive again
Treated in the spring, retested last week as advised, positive again. I have been with the same person the whole time and now I don't know…
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Do I really need to avoid alcohol during treatment?
Week long course, a wedding on Saturday. Pharmacist did not mention alcohol, the internet is split. Straight answer?
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Found one on an eyelash. Can I use the same lotion?
Being thorough after treating and found one on my lashes. Can I just apply the same lotion carefully?
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Still had symptoms a week after the injection
Treated eight days ago and there's still discharge, less than before but definitely there. I don't know whether to wait it out or go back.
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Telling a new partner I am positive and undetectable
On treatment, undetectable for over a year. Someone new. I know the science and I still cannot work out how to say it.
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How do you tell someone new?
Been seeing someone for about six weeks and it is heading somewhere. I have had genital herpes for four years. I have rehearsed this conversation so…
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Partner is undetectable. Trying to understand what U=U really means
My partner has been on treatment for a few years and is undetectable. He has explained U=U to me and I believe him, but I notice…
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Does smoking make recurrence more likely?
Read in passing that smokers have a harder time with warts. True, or one of those things that gets said about everything?
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Notifying someone from over a year ago
Look back period apparently goes back further than I expected. I have to contact someone I have not spoken to since last spring.
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HSV-1 or HSV-2 genitally, does the type change anything day to day?
Diagnosed genitally and told it is HSV-1 rather than HSV-2. Everyone talks about them as if they are interchangeable but nobody has told me whether it…
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