Home test came back reactive. What happens now?
Took a home test on impulse and it showed reactive. I have not told anyone. I do not know whether this is a result or not.
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Will this show up on my insurance or my parents plan?
I am on a family health plan and I need testing. My worry is the statement that gets posted home afterwards listing what was done and…
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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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Why do they want a throat retest but not a urine one?
Treated for gonorrhoea at two sites. They booked me back for a follow up throat swab and said nothing about retesting anywhere else. It seems inconsistent.
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Treatment failed twice. Is resistance a thing?
Two rounds of the same over the counter treatment, applied properly, and I am still finding live ones. Do these things stop working?
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Sore, sticky eye a few days after a diagnosis
Diagnosed and treated, then developed a very sore eye with a lot of discharge. Is this connected or am I joining dots that are not there?
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Can chlamydia cause an eye infection?
Red, gunky eye that will not settle, and my partner was recently treated for chlamydia. Feels like a strange connection to make but a pharmacist raised…
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Anal warts, is treatment different?
Diagnosed with warts in and around the anus. Slightly different appointment from what friends described and I want to understand why.
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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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Titre has not dropped as fast as they wanted
Treated a few months ago, went back for follow up bloods and was told the number hasn't come down as much as they'd like and they…
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Diagnosed in pregnancy and terrified
Routine antenatal bloods came back positive. I have an appointment but the wait is unbearable.
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Can men be tested for this reliably?
I was diagnosed, my partner went in, and he was told testing in men is unreliable and he would just be treated. Is that a real…
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Does HPV ever actually go away?
Told I have high risk HPV but normal cells, and I've been put on more frequent screening. Nobody could tell me whether it will clear or…
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Do they test the rectum automatically or do I have to ask?
Booked a full screen and assumed full meant everywhere. Reading here it sounds like the sites they swab depend on what you tell them. Is a…
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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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How long should I wait after exposure before testing?
Two weeks ago something happened that I regret, and I want to get tested, but every page I read gives a different number of days. Some…
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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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Throat swab positive, no symptoms, completely blindsided
Went in for a routine check, asked for all sites to be swabbed because a friend told me to, and the throat one came back positive.…
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