They are in my eyebrows as well
Found them in the eyebrows. Do I use the same lotion higher up?
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Cleared it, now positive again. Reinfection or reactivation?
Negative two years running, now positive for a high risk type again. I have had one partner in that time.
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Rectal gonorrhoea and no symptoms whatsoever
Positive rectal swab. Nothing at all in the way of symptoms and I would never have known. Slightly unnerved by how close I came to never…
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How long have I had this? We are long term
Together six years, both of us faithful as far as I know, and I have just been diagnosed. Where does that leave us?
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Rectal chlamydia and I have never had anal sex
Positive rectal swab, negative everywhere else, and I genuinely have not had anal sex. I feel like I am being disbelieved before I even say anything.
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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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What does undetectable actually require of me day to day?
Newly on treatment. U equals U keeps being mentioned. What am I actually meant to be doing to hold onto it?
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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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Pregnant and just diagnosed with a first outbreak
First outbreak, and I am in the last stretch of pregnancy. I have an appointment but not for days and I am frightening myself reading.
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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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The cream burned. Is that supposed to happen?
Second night of the treatment I was given and the area is raw and sore. I cannot tell whether this is the treatment working or me…
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Home treatment or clinic treatment, how did you choose?
Offered a cream to use at home or appointments to have them treated in clinic. No strong steer either way and I cannot work out how…
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Does a urine test pick up everything?
I gave a urine sample and that was the whole appointment. Reading here it sounds like other people had swabs taken as well. Did I get…
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Penicillin allergy. What are the options?
Diagnosed, and I have a penicillin allergy on my record from childhood. The clinic did not seem as concerned as I expected.
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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 doxycycline now instead of the single dose?
Treated years ago with a single dose and it was done in one go. This time I have been given a week long course of something…
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How long do people stay on suppressive treatment?
Started daily tablets after a bad run of outbreaks. Nobody mentioned an end point and I am not sure whether this is a year or a…
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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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Do I need a test of cure if it was genital only?
Treated for genital gonorrhoea. No follow up swab was offered and after reading here about throat retests I wondered whether I should be asking for one.
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Does my male partner need testing?
I am HPV positive. He wants to get tested and I cannot find anywhere that offers it.
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The smell has not gone
Finished the course. Discharge improved, the smell has not. Do I need retreating?
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Should I be worried about oral HPV and throat cancer?
Read about throat cancers linked to HPV and now I am examining my own throat daily. Is there a test I should be asking for?
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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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Fourth generation test at six weeks. Is that it?
Negative at six weeks on a lab test. I have read four weeks, six weeks, twelve weeks and ninety days in various places and I cannot…
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Can I get gonorrhoea from kissing?
Question came up after a throat diagnosis in a friend group and nobody could answer it confidently.
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