Travelling with my medication
First trip abroad since diagnosis. Worried about customs, about labels, and about running out.
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How much do condoms actually reduce the risk?
Reading around, the answer seems to be somewhere between quite a lot and not much, depending on who wrote the page.
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Could I have got them from a hotel bed?
Trying to account for it without an obvious source. Is bedding a realistic route?
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Irritation continued but the retest was negative
Treated, retested a month later, negative. Still irritated and uncomfortable. Where does that leave me?
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They tested me for HIV at the same time
Went in about a sore, came out having been tested for several things. Is the HIV test routine or is it because of the syphilis specifically?
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Immune suppression and HPV
On medication that suppresses my immune system for an unrelated condition. Does that change my HPV situation?
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Can I have children?
Diagnosed two years ago, undetectable. My partner does not have HIV. Is a pregnancy realistic without putting anyone at risk?
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Will they come back after the baby is born?
Warts appeared in pregnancy and I have been told they often improve afterwards. Is that real or is it something people say to pregnant women?
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Rash and aching joints a week after diagnosis
Treated ten days ago. Now have a few spots on my hands and both wrists ache. Probably unrelated but I have read the other threads here.
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Do I tell someone I only had oral sex with?
Going through the notification list and stuck on one person. Nothing penetrative happened. Does that count?
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Trans and dreading the intake form
I need testing and I keep not booking it because of the paperwork and the conversation that follows. Has anyone found a way through this that…
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Are tablets really as good as the injection?
Following on from the shortage thread. I would genuinely prefer tablets. Is the injection better or just traditional?
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Gonorrhoea found in pregnancy
Picked up at an antenatal screen. Told it is treatable but I am struggling to stop worrying about the baby.
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Breastfeeding and the treatment
Diagnosed while breastfeeding. Conflicting advice about whether I need to interrupt feeding.
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Do I tell a new partner I have HPV?
I have a persistent high risk type. No warts, no symptoms. Unsure whether this is a disclosure situation.
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I have HSV-1 genitally and he gets cold sores
Diagnosed with HSV-1 in the genital area. My partner has had cold sores since childhood. Are we passing the same thing back and forth?
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Chlamydia and I have an IUD. Will they take it out?
Diagnosed this week. Worried the answer is that the coil has to come out and I go through the whole insertion again.
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Do they carry anything?
Head lice apparently do not spread disease. Is that the same here?
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Does trich affect cervical cancer risk?
Saw this mentioned somewhere and could not tell whether it was a real association or internet noise.
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Told I have old treated syphilis and I never knew
Routine blood test for something else. Results suggest previous infection, treated at some point. I have no memory of any of this.
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Screening before trying for a baby
We are planning to start trying next year. Is there a sensible set of tests to do beforehand, or is this something people overthink?
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HPV positive after menopause
Late fifties, one partner for twenty years, and a positive high risk result. I genuinely do not understand how.
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Ongoing discomfort months after treatment
Treated in the spring, test of cure negative, and I still get a vague ache and occasional discomfort. Everyone tells me it is cured and I…
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Warts diagnosis and now I am worried about my throat
Read about HPV and throat cancer and now I am examining my own tonsils in a mirror. Is there a connection with the types that cause…
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Insurance, employment and disclosure
Trying to work out where I actually have to disclose and where I am simply worried. Job applications, travel insurance, mortgages.
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