How long is scabies contagious?
Scabies is contagious from roughly one to two weeks after transmission until twelve hours after treatment starts. The it...
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How do you get pubic lice? And does shaving help?
You get pubic lice almost always through direct pubic-hair-to-pubic-hair contact. A toilet seat is not a risk, and shavi...
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Is scabies an STI? What scabies is and is not
Scabies is not a classic STI, yet it appears in the Dutch STI guideline. The difference lies in transmission: any prolon...
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Pubic lice treatment: what permethrin does and does not do
Over-the-counter permethrin kills pubic lice reliably, but some nits survive. That is why the second round after a week...
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Pubic lice symptoms: spotting crabs and nits
Itching in the pubic hair that builds over a few weeks and worsens at night is the best-known symptom of pubic lice. The...
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Pubic lice (crabs): how to recognise, treat and get checked
Pubic lice cause itching in the pubic hair and treat well. An STI test does not find the lice themselves, which is exact...
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Safe sex: 8 ways to lower your risk of an STI
Safe sex lowers the chance of an STI without making it zero. We list 8 ways and show, for each one, what it covers and w...
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LGV: the STI a normal chlamydia test misses
LGV is an aggressive chlamydia variant that needs a longer course of treatment. Read why a standard test does not see th...
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Herpes around the anus: how to recognise it and get checked
Herpes around the anus is often mistaken for a fissure or haemorrhoids. Read how to tell them apart, which test works he...
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Anal itching: causes and when it is an STI
Anal itching usually is not an STI. Read the causes, why night-time itching means something else, and when getting check...
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STIs in the anus: which ones sit there and how you test
An STI in your anus needs a different sample than a genital test. Read which STIs occur there, which test each one needs...
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Anal chlamydia: symptoms, testing and treatment
Anal chlamydia usually causes no symptoms and does not show up in a urine test. Read how it is detected and what a posit...
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