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If you are worried about STIs you can call us and talk to our nurse, all advice and information is free, however if you have to come to visit us for a consultation or any tests there will be a charge for this and any subsequent treatment. These costs are shown in the Pricing section on this site.

Most STIs are initially diagnosed when you experience symptoms, however many people don’t notice symptoms when they have an STI, including most women with chlamydia. If it’s left untreated, chlamydia can affect your ability to get pregnant.

Also around 50% of women and 10% of men with gonorrhoea don’t have symptoms.

However If you have any of the following symptoms, get tested.

In women and men:

•  Pain when you pass urine.
•  Itching, burning or tingling around the genitals.
•  Blisters, sores, spots or lumps around the genitals or anus.
•  Black powder or tiny white dots in your underwear (this could be droppings or eggs from pubic lice).

 

In women:

•  Yellow or green vaginal discharge.
•  Discharge that smells.
•  Bleeding between periods or after sex.
•  Pain during sex.
•  Lower abdominal pain.

In men:

• Discharge from the penis.
• Irritation of the urethra (the tube where urine comes out).

These symptoms don’t necessarily mean that you have an STI, but it may be worth while making an appointment at our clinic so that you can find out what’s causing the symptoms, and treat it. For example, it’s possible to get thrush without having sex, but it can cause STI – like symptoms, such as soreness, itching and discharge.

Other STIs are difficult to diagnose as often there are no symptoms when a person is first infected. These include chlamydia, gonorrhoea and genital herpes. Because of this you should get tested for STIs if:

• you have had unprotected sex with a new partner recently
• you or your sexual partner have had unprotected sex with other people
• your sexual partner has symptoms
• you are planning a pregnancy and have been at risk of infection