Is this a recurrence or something new?
Diagnosed eight months ago. Something has appeared that does not look like what I had the first time, and I cannot tell whether this is my…
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How often should I actually be getting screened?
Every page I read says something different. Once a year, every three months, only when you change partner. I want a rule I can actually follow…
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Trich and bacterial vaginosis at the same time
Diagnosed with both. Am I being treated twice for the same thing, since it looks like the same drug?
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HPV positive but the cells were normal
Result says high risk HPV detected, cytology normal, come back in a year. I do not understand what I am waiting for.
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Early latent or late latent. Why does the label matter?
My letter says late latent. I had assumed latent just meant no symptoms.
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How long do they survive away from a person?
Trying to work out how paranoid to be about the flat.
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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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The other cream is taking forever
Six weeks of the immune type cream and they are smaller but still there. I was expecting them to be gone by now.
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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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Still HPV positive after treatment
Had the procedure, margins clear, and the follow up test still shows the virus. What was the point?
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Outbreaks every month since the diagnosis
Diagnosed five months ago and I have had something every single month. Everything I read says they become less frequent. Mine are not.
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We had sex before his treatment finished
Both treated but the timing overlapped badly. Have we undone the whole thing?
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Second application. How many days apart?
Told to repeat it but I have lost the leaflet and I cannot remember the interval.
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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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Can you get syphilis from kissing?
Sounds far fetched but a sore in the mouth was mentioned in another thread here.
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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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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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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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Does smoking affect clearing HPV?
Told at my colposcopy appointment to stop smoking. Assumed it was general advice attached to any hospital visit.
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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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Testicle ache that started after I finished the course
Dull ache on one side, started a few days after the last tablet. Treatment finished so I assumed this was over.
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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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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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