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STI symptoms are often vague or absent. Recognise the signs in men and women, see which complaint fits which STI, and know when a check is sensible.
A swimming pool, a toilet seat, a towel: the questions always return. We list per route what the research actually says.
Most men with trichomonas notice nothing. That makes the infection easy to miss and easy to pass on. Here is how testing...
Yellow-green, sometimes frothy discharge is the classic picture, but many women with trichomonas notice nothing. How to...
Gardnerella vaginalis often shows up in a lab result with no explanation. It is not an STI, but the bacterium that takes...
Thin greyish white discharge with a fishy smell is the classic picture. We explain what each symptom suggests, what it f...
Three causes of changed discharge that look alike, but only one is an STI. We compare smell, colour, itch and acidity, a...
A throat STI usually goes unnoticed. Read why a throat infection often runs without symptoms, how you still pass it on,...
Testing for a throat STI needs a throat swab, not urine or blood. Read how a swab works, why urine or blood skips your t...
From kissing alone you rarely get an STI. Read per STI whether transmission through kissing is possible, from herpes and...
You almost never notice chlamydia in the throat. Read which symptoms sometimes go with it, how you catch it, how a throa...
A sore throat from an STI is rare, yet the throat is exactly the spot a normal test misses. Read how to tell a throat ST...
An oral or throat STI often goes unnoticed. Read which STIs can sit there, how to tell them apart, and what a throat swa...