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You do not only get anal warts from anal sex. Read how to tell them apart from haemorrhoids, and what an STI test can an...
Vaginal warts come from low-risk HPV. The cervical smear looks for high-risk HPV, so it does not find them. Read what th...
Genital warts on the penis often sit on the shaft, the glans or the foreskin. There is no routine HPV test for men. Here...
Genital herpes cannot be cured, but it can be managed well. Read what antivirals realistically achieve, what they cannot...
Genital warts are soft, skin-coloured bumps that often grow in clusters. Here is what they look like, and how to tell th...
Jaundice is a signal, not a diagnosis. Which causes can be behind it, when it points to hepatitis, and when to see a doc...
A hepatitis test is a small prick with a lot of clarity. How it works, when to wait out the window, and how to get check...
Genital warts come from HPV, usually type 6 or 11. An STI test does not find them. Read how to recognise them, how you g...
You catch hepatitis B through sex and blood, not from a toilet seat or a glass. Which routes carry risk, and how to prev...
Hepatitis C is now curable in most cases. How the treatment works, how long it takes, and what a cure actually means.
Hepatitis C often causes no symptoms for a long time. Which symptoms are possible, how fast they appear, and why a test...
HSV-1 stopped being a lip-only virus long ago. Read what separates HSV-1 from HSV-2, why the old split broke, and what t...