Is this a recurrence or something new?
Diagnosed eight months ago. Something has appeared that does not look like what I had the first time, and I cannot tell whether this is my…
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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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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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Why an injection and not tablets?
Everything else I have ever had was tablets. This one involved a needle in the backside and nobody explained why.
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Trich and bacterial vaginosis at the same time
Diagnosed with both. Am I being treated twice for the same thing, since it looks like the same drug?
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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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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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The cream burned. Is that supposed to happen?
Second night of the treatment I was given and the area is raw and sore. I cannot tell whether this is the treatment working or me…
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How long do people stay on suppressive treatment?
Started daily tablets after a bad run of outbreaks. Nobody mentioned an end point and I am not sure whether this is a year or a…
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Fourth generation test at six weeks. Is that it?
Negative at six weeks on a lab test. I have read four weeks, six weeks, twelve weeks and ninety days in various places and I cannot…
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Urine test positive, swab negative. Which one is right?
Two samples, two different answers, same appointment. Nobody explained which one they are going by.
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Does trich cause problems in pregnancy?
Diagnosed at twenty weeks. Told it is treatable and not told much else.
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Can I have sex during treatment?
Nobody said either way. There is cream involved and lesions involved and I do not know what the rules are.
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Partner refuses treatment because he is not itching
He says if he had them he would know. I do not want to go through this twice.
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Still HPV positive after treatment
Had the procedure, margins clear, and the follow up test still shows the virus. What was the point?
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Discharge stopped but the burning did not
Ten days since treatment. Discharge gone within two days, burning when passing urine still there.
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Can I breastfeed?
Diagnosed during pregnancy. Nobody has said anything about afterwards and I am now inventing worries.
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We had sex before his treatment finished
Both treated but the timing overlapped badly. Have we undone the whole thing?
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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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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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Untreated for months. What is the damage?
Looking back I think I have had symptoms on and off since the spring and ignored them. Now being treated. How worried should I be about…
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Would bleaching or dyeing kill them?
Seen this suggested in a few places. Sounds like it would hurt.
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Doxycycline and my contraceptive pill
Vaguely remember being told antibiotics stop the pill working. Is that still the advice or is it out of date?
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Missed doses. How bad is it actually?
Missed two days in a row when I was away. Panicking about resistance.
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