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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Can I catch them from someone with no symptoms?
Partner has nothing and no itching at all, but I have been diagnosed. Does that mean it did not come from them?
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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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Do I re-treat if I cannot find any live ones?
Treated a week ago. I have gone over everything in good light and I cannot find anything moving, though there are still things attached to the…
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How do I know if it has become PID?
Treated last week, still not right. Someone mentioned PID and now I do not know what I am watching for.
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Given a single dose but I read women should get seven days
Treated with a single dose. Afterwards I read that a longer course is recommended for women and now I am wondering whether I got the right…
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Do I have to give my real name at the clinic?
I want to be tested but I do not want my name in a system that could follow me around. Is anonymous testing actually a thing…
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They mentioned a lumbar puncture and I panicked
Doctor raised the possibility of testing spinal fluid. I did not take in the reason and left more frightened than when I arrived.
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Is a confirmatory blood test worth chasing?
Positive on a type specific blood test, no symptoms ever. I have read that some positives near the cutoff should be confirmed with a different test.…
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Swab came back negative but the sore looked exactly like herpes
Had a sore, went in, they swabbed it, negative. I am relieved but not convinced, because it healed the way everything I have read describes. Can…
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Are these the same HPV types that cause cancer?
Diagnosed with genital warts last month and I have gone down a very bad internet hole about HPV and cancer. Nobody at the appointment mentioned cancer…
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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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Outbreaks every month since the diagnosis
Diagnosed five months ago and I have had something every single month. Everything I read says they become less frequent. Mine are not.
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Joint pain a few weeks after chlamydia. Connected?
Treated about a month ago. Since then one knee has been swollen and sore, and my eyes have been irritated. Probably unrelated but the timing bothers…
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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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Do I have to tell people I dated before I knew?
I have been given a diagnosis and the clinic asked how far back my partners go. I have two people from the last few months. One…
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Why does PrEP need regular blood tests?
Started PrEP and the monitoring schedule is more than I expected. What are they actually checking?
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Partner tested positive, I tested negative. Do I still get treated?
My partner was diagnosed. I went in the next day, tested, and mine came back negative. They offered to treat me anyway and I did not…
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Blood test says HSV-1 positive but I have never had a sore
Had a full panel done because a new partner asked, and HSV-1 came back positive. I have never had a cold sore or anything genital that…
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Treated twice and still itching
Two rounds of treatment a week apart and I am still itching. I cannot tell any more whether I still have them or whether I am…
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Kept getting told it was thrush for months
Months of symptoms, three rounds of thrush treatment that did nothing, and it turned out to be trichomoniasis. I'm relieved to have an answer and quietly…
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Why retest at three months if I was cured?
Test of cure was negative. Told to come back at three months anyway. What is that looking for?
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