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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?

Genital herpes salt_marsh 5 months ago 3 replies

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Chlamydia and I have an IUD. Will they take it out?

Diagnosed this week. Worried the answer is that the coil has to come out and I go through the whole insertion again.

Chlamydia salt_marsh 5 months ago 3 replies

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Do they carry anything?

Head lice apparently do not spread disease. Is that the same here?

Pubic lice back_porch 5 months ago 3 replies

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Why can I not get an oral HPV test?

Worried about throat cancer and I cannot find anywhere that will test my mouth for HPV.

HPV plain_paper 5 months ago 3 replies

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Only oral sex. Do I need testing?

Nothing else happened. I assumed a screen was unnecessary and now I am not sure.

Gonorrhea back_porch 5 months ago 3 replies

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Fourth episode this year. Is it resistance?

Treated four times since January. Same symptoms, same result each time. I am starting to think the drug does not work on mine.

Trichomoniasis blue_hour 5 months ago 3 replies

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What is a chancre supposed to look like?

Asking so I recognise it rather than because I have one. Descriptions I find are vague.

Syphilis low_ceiling 5 months ago 3 replies

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Do I need the HPV vaccine as well?

Living with HIV. HPV vaccination was mentioned in passing at a clinic appointment. I am in my thirties and assumed I was past it.

HIV low_tide 5 months ago 3 replies

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What actually counts as exposure?

Genuinely unsure where the line is. Does everything count, or only certain things? I do not want to waste an appointment and I do not want…

General questions low_tide 5 months ago 3 replies

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Can I use a wart remover from the pharmacy?

There are products on the shelf for warts and verrucas and they are far cheaper than a clinic. Is there a reason not to?

Genital warts grey_morning 5 months ago 3 replies

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Cannot stop checking myself

Diagnosed three months ago. I look at myself with a mirror several times a day and I have started finding things that turn out to be…

Genital herpes evening_ferry 5 months ago 3 replies

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Chemist product or clinic prescription?

Can buy something today or wait a week for an appointment. Is the shop version inferior?

Pubic lice low_tide 5 months ago 3 replies

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Why did I not get a test of cure?

Everyone here seems to have had one. I was treated and sent away with nothing except a retest date months later. Is my clinic cutting corners?

Chlamydia low_tide 5 months ago 3 replies

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Is reinfection common?

Second time this year. Starting to wonder whether something is wrong with me rather than with my luck.

Gonorrhea west_pier 5 months ago 3 replies

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Does trich affect cervical cancer risk?

Saw this mentioned somewhere and could not tell whether it was a real association or internet noise.

Trichomoniasis low_tide 5 months ago 3 replies

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Do condoms help at all with warts?

If it transmits skin to skin, is there any point at all?

Genital warts blue_hour 5 months ago 3 replies

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Told I have old treated syphilis and I never knew

Routine blood test for something else. Results suggest previous infection, treated at some point. I have no memory of any of this.

Syphilis slate_roof 5 months ago 3 replies

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Is there any treatment for the virus itself?

Everything on offer treats what the virus has done. Is there genuinely nothing that targets the virus?

HPV slate_roof 5 months ago 3 replies

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Screening before trying for a baby

We are planning to start trying next year. Is there a sensible set of tests to do beforehand, or is this something people overthink?

General questions kite_and_string 6 months ago 3 replies

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The mental health part of this

Physically I am fine. Medication is working, numbers are good. I am not fine in any other sense and nobody at the clinic has asked.

HIV slate_roof 6 months ago 3 replies

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Does herpes affect getting pregnant or fertility treatment?

Starting to think about IVF. Does a herpes diagnosis complicate any of that?

Genital herpes low_tide 6 months ago 3 replies

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Positive after eight years together and neither of us has strayed

I believe him and he believes me and yet here we are. I cannot make the timeline work and it is eating both of us.

Chlamydia grey_morning 6 months ago 3 replies

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How do I know they are actually gone?

Treated twice, nothing visible, itch nearly gone. I keep checking and I would like a way to close this off.

Pubic lice wool_coat 6 months ago 3 replies

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Told I had it years ago and nothing was done

Going through old records for something unrelated and found a positive trich result from four years ago. I have no memory of being told and certainly…

Trichomoniasis oak_table 6 months ago 3 replies

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HPV positive after menopause

Late fifties, one partner for twenty years, and a positive high risk result. I genuinely do not understand how.

HPV greytide 6 months ago 3 replies

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