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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Started PEP at around hour 60. Is that too late for it to work?
Possible exposure Friday night, got to a clinic Monday morning, started PEP roughly 60 hours after. They took me seriously and started it but I keep…
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replies 2 months ago
The smell has not gone
Finished the course. Discharge improved, the smell has not. Do I need retreating?
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replies 2 months ago
Missed two doses. Do I start the whole course again?
Busy few days and I lost track. Two doses missed, not consecutive. Do I carry on, extend by a day, or start over?
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replies 2 months ago
Hair falling out in patches
Diagnosed with secondary syphilis last month. Now losing hair in odd irregular patches. Is that connected or is this stress?
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replies 2 months ago
Treated a week ago and eggs are still attached
Nothing moving that I can see, but there are still small pale things stuck to the hairs. Has the treatment failed?
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replies 2 months, 1 week ago
Both gonorrhoea and chlamydia. One treatment or two?
Positive for both. Given an injection and a course of tablets. Is that two treatments or one treatment split up?
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replies 2 months, 1 week ago
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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replies 2 months, 1 week ago
Does shaving make outbreaks worse?
Noticed my worst episodes follow a few days after shaving. Coincidence or actually a thing?
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replies 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Is the vaccine worth it if I already have HPV?
Late twenties, recently found out I have HPV. Someone suggested getting vaccinated anyway and I can't work out whether that makes any sense given I already…
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replies 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Partner has no symptoms. Does he really need treatment?
I was diagnosed, he feels completely fine and thinks he does not need anything. I do not know how hard to push.
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replies 2 months, 2 weeks ago
I froze at the clinic and did not mention oral sex. Should I go back?
Went in for a screen, they asked what kind of sex I had had, and I just said the minimum. I was embarrassed and I wanted…
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replies 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Titre stuck at a low number for a year. Is this the serofast thing?
Treated well over a year ago. The number dropped and then stopped at a low level and has not moved across two tests. My doctor used…
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replies 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Do I still need screening after a hysterectomy?
Hysterectomy last year. Assumed screening was over and now I have received an invitation.
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replies 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Can we keep passing it back and forth if we were both treated?
We were both treated, same week, same prescription. Now I am reading about couples reinfecting each other in a loop and I cannot work out whether…
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replies 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Same high risk type two years in a row. What does persistent actually mean?
Third screen, same type detected each time, cells still normal. They have used the word persistent and I do not know how alarmed to be.
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replies 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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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replies 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Positive chlamydia result and I had no symptoms at all
Tested as part of a routine screen with no symptoms whatsoever, and it came back positive. I keep going back over the last few months trying…
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replies 3 months ago
Can I use a gel instead of tablets?
I have had a vaginal gel before for something similar. Could that work here and spare me the tablets?
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replies 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Towels, toilet seats, swimming pools
I know the answer is supposed to be no. I would still like to hear it from people who live with this rather than from a…
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replies 4 months ago
Pregnant and need treatment
Diagnosed and pregnant. The packet warnings have made me nervous about using anything.
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replies 4 months, 1 week ago
What exactly is disseminated gonococcal infection?
Term came up in a previous thread here and I want to understand it properly rather than half understand it.
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replies 4 months, 1 week ago
Do I need to tell my dentist or my doctor?
Getting a filling next month and now wondering whether this is something medical staff need to know.
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replies 4 months, 1 week ago
Titre went up instead of down
Treated four months ago. The number at my last test is higher than it was before treatment. I am trying not to panic.
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replies 4 months, 1 week ago
Do I need to do anything about sex toys?
Diagnosed and treated. Nobody mentioned this and I feel silly asking, but do I need to bin things or is cleaning enough?
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replies 4 months, 2 weeks ago