Is there a tablet for this?
The lotion is messy and I have a lot of hair. Is there an oral option?
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Pregnant with chlamydia and doxycycline is out
Found at a routine antenatal test. Told the usual treatment is not used in pregnancy. What happens instead, and is the alternative as good?
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Does smoking make recurrence more likely?
Read in passing that smokers have a harder time with warts. True, or one of those things that gets said about everything?
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Vaccinated as a teenager and still got HPV
Had the full course at school. Now HPV positive. Feels like it did nothing.
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Does gonorrhoea affect a smear test?
Diagnosed last week and my cervical screening is due next month. Do I move it?
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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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Children in the house, do I need to worry?
Diagnosed and now anxious about my kids, sharing a bathroom and sofas and so on.
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Warts inside the urethra
Found at the opening and apparently extending inside. Told this needs a different approach. What does that actually involve?
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Notifying someone from over a year ago
Look back period apparently goes back further than I expected. I have to contact someone I have not spoken to since last spring.
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Cryotherapy round three and they keep coming back
Third freezing session and new ones have appeared each time about a fortnight later. It is starting to feel pointless and the appointments are wearing me…
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Can I stop PrEP and restart later?
Not sexually active at the moment and it feels pointless to keep taking it. Can I just stop and pick it up again?
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Does having HPV mean I will get cancer?
High risk type detected. I understand the connection to cancer exists but I cannot tell whether I am being sensible or hysterical.
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HSV-1 or HSV-2 genitally, does the type change anything day to day?
Diagnosed genitally and told it is HSV-1 rather than HSV-2. Everyone talks about them as if they are interchangeable but nobody has told me whether it…
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Partner tested negative, do I still need testing?
He got a full screen last month, all clear. We are exclusive. Feels like me getting tested is duplicating the same information.
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Reinfection or treatment failure, how do they tell?
Titre went down after treatment and has now gone up again. How do they work out which of the two it is?
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What do I do with things I cannot wash?
Bedding and clothes are dealt with. What about a duvet that does not fit my machine, and a couple of things that would be ruined by…
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Allergic to metronidazole. What else is there?
Reacted badly to metronidazole years ago. Now diagnosed with trich and unsure what happens.
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Is a vaccine or cure actually close?
Every year there is an article saying a breakthrough is coming. Is any of it real or is this permanent hope management?
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How soon can I retest after treatment?
Finished treatment, symptoms gone. When is retesting actually meaningful rather than just picking up leftovers?
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Partner tested positive, I tested negative. Do I still get treated?
My partner was diagnosed. I went in the next day, tested, and mine came back negative. They offered to treat me anyway and I did not…
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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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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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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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Fourth generation test at 4 weeks, how worried should I be?
Had a possible exposure, tested at four weeks with what the clinic called a fourth generation test, negative. They told me to come back for a…
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What are the symptoms in men?
My partner has been diagnosed. I have nothing at all. Is there something I should be looking for?
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