All about STIs Chlamydia Prevention Screenings Our advices Questions ? The best way to protect yourself from HIV and other STIs is to use a male or female condom ... Read more STIs are spread very easily. There are not always visible signs. To know whether or not you have an STI, it is important to get tested. Read more Prevention, advice, treatment ... Discover the good habits to adopt to avoid any risk of infection. Read more ✖ This site uses cookies for audience measurement purposes. Find out more

All about STIs Chlamydia Prevention Screenings Our advices Questions ? Gonococcal gonorrhea Hepatitis B Genital herpes Mycoplasmas and trichomoniasis Papillomaviruses Syphilis HIV / AIDS Gonococcal or "hot-piss" gonorrhea Possible signs: burns and / or yellow discharge from the penis, vagina or anus, fever, pain in the lower abdomen, even sore throat. Appearance of signs: 2 to 7 days after contamination. Diagnosis: by local sample. - for women, this sample, which does not hurt, is done at the entrance to the vagina using a kind of large cotton swab; - for men, this sample is taken at the end of the penis. A urinalysis may also be sufficient. Serious complications if not treated: risk of infection of the joints, sterility especially in women. Treatment: antibiotics associated with local treatment (creams, eggs). Sexual partners should be treated at the same time to avoid re-infecting each other afterwards. No vaccine Gonorrhea and HIV / AIDS Like all STIs , gonorrhea weakens the mucous membranes and considerably increases the risk of infection with the AIDS virus. Conversely, if you have the AIDS virus , this STI can be more serious and complicate treatment. ✖ This site uses cookies for audience measurement purposes. Find out more

All about STIs Chlamydia Prevention Screenings Our advices Questions ? Protect yourself from STIs STIs are not inevitable, there are simple actions to avoid them and stop their transmission. 1 / To protect yourself and the other, use a condom for each sexual intercourse and with each partner whose status in terms of contamination by HIV or other STIs is unknown. Warning: taking contraception (pill, spermicides, IUD, etc.) does not protect against STIs. 2 / Get tested for STIs such as HIV on a regular basis when you have several partners and each time you want to stop using a condom with a new regular partner (especially because many STIs do not have or few symptoms ...) Also, always keep in mind that most STIs are easily treatable. So, when you discover that you are infected, you should: 3 / Take the treatments prescribed by the doctor and follow them to the end. 4 / Notify his or her partner (s) so that he or she (s) can also be tested and treated if necessary. For some STIs (hepatitis B, Papillomavirus), it is possible to be vaccinated . Talk to a doctor. ✖ This site uses cookies for audience measurement purposes. Find out more