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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How long until I am not contagious?
Treated yesterday. Partner, gym, shared house. When am I safe to be around people normally?
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Cleared six months ago. Do I still tell a new partner?
No visible warts since the spring. New relationship starting and I do not know whether this is still something I have to raise or whether it…
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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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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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Cryotherapy round three and they keep coming back
Third freezing session and new ones have appeared each time about a fortnight later. It is starting to feel pointless and the appointments are wearing me…
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What do I do with things I cannot wash?
Bedding and clothes are dealt with. What about a duvet that does not fit my machine, and a couple of things that would be ruined by…
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Do I need to tell everyone I have slept with?
It feels like a much less serious thing to raise than an infection, but also they would probably want to know.
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Abnormal smear and high risk HPV. Waiting for colposcopy
Letter said abnormal cells and high risk HPV detected, referred for colposcopy in three weeks. I have read the leaflet four times and I still feel…
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Newly diagnosed and terrified. What actually happens next?
Diagnosed on Tuesday. I have a first appointment with a specialist team next week. Right now my head is full of things I absorbed years ago…
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Do I retest every site or only the positive one?
Positive at two sites, treated. Told to come back. Unclear whether everything gets repeated.
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replies 3 months, 1 week ago
Is trich even in a standard screen?
Had several screens over the years and never been tested for this. Was that an omission?
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Do I have to tell my dentist?
Dental appointment coming up and the form asks about medical conditions and medication. I am torn between honesty and self protection.
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Is stress really a trigger or is that folklore?
Everyone says stress. It sounds like the kind of thing people say about everything.
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replies 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Can I have got this from oral sex?
The only thing in the relevant window was oral. I had assumed that was essentially safe for chlamydia.
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replies 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Am I spreading them by shaving?
I shave regularly and new ones keep appearing in a line along where the razor goes. That cannot be a coincidence.
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replies 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Missed the second injection by a week
Three weekly injections, I missed the middle one and went a week late. Does the course still count?
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replies 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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 go to work?
Diagnosed yesterday. Feeling like I should be quarantining and aware that might be ridiculous.
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Trich after menopause
Sixty two, diagnosed last week, and every piece of information I find seems to be written for women in their twenties.
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replies 4 months, 1 week ago
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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replies 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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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replies 4 months, 3 weeks ago
PEP finished. When is the final test?
Completed the course. Nobody was very specific about follow up testing and I want to know when I can stop thinking about this.
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replies 4 months, 4 weeks ago
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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replies 5 months ago