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slate_roof 2 months ago

The same is true of the throat. Between them, the two silent sites are the reason a urine only screen misses so much.

slate_roof 2 months ago

Protecting the surrounding normal skin with a barrier ointment before applying was suggested to me and it made a real difference. Worth asking whether that applies to what you are using.

slate_roof 2 months ago

Ask for a proper assessment rather than a repeat prescription over the phone. Several different things produce the same symptom and guessing between them wastes weeks.

slate_roof 2 months ago

Eggs are a bit more durable but they still need the warmth of a body to hatch and the young still need to feed quickly. Nothing is building a colony in your carpet.

slate_roof 2 months ago

The wait for the confirmatory result is horrible and there is no way to make it not be. What helped me was knowing the second test is a different kind of test, not a rerun of the same one, so it genuinely can come back different.

slate_roof 3 months ago

Ring and say bleeding after sex specifically. Those words move you into a different queue in most systems and you should not have to fight for it.

slate_roof 4 months ago

Secondary syphilis rashes can come and go on their own regardless of treatment, which is part of why they are a poor guide to anything.

slate_roof 4 months ago

The factor that decided it for me was not the count but the anticipation. Episodic meant I was watching for symptoms constantly. Daily tablets ended that, and the mental relief was bigger than the clinical benefit.

slate_roof 4 months ago

Mention the recent diagnosis when you go, including if you end up somewhere that is not the sexual health clinic. It changes what they think about first.

slate_roof 5 months ago

Which means it is often found late, if at all. You have actually been diagnosed, which puts you ahead of a lot of people in your position.

slate_roof 5 months ago

Had it for a cluster that would not shift. Done under local anaesthetic, the procedure itself was quick, and the sore period afterwards was about a fortnight with the first few days being the worst.

The advantage was clearing everything in one go rather than another three months of creams.

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