Home Test — sti testing

Prostatitis, an enlarged prostate gland is a something that effects many Australian males, especially those over the age of 50. Often it is a complicated pathway that leads to the condition and hopefully the cure but it can also be as simple as an undiagnosed sexually transmitted infection. Bacteria such as Chlamydia and others can go undetected and become chronic infections in males as well as females. You will find very useful information about prostate conditions at https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2013/april/prostatitis/ and if you are concerned your condition may be caused by an undiagnosed infection such as Chlamydia or Gonorrhoea then you can...

But 1st what is PrEP. Extract from https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/prep.html Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is when people at very high risk for HIV take HIV medicines daily to lower their chances of getting infected. PrEP can stop HIV from taking hold and spreading throughout your body. It is highly effective for preventing HIV if used as prescribed, but it is much less effective when not taken consistently. Daily PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by more than 90%. Among people who inject drugs, it reduces the risk by more than 70%. Your risk of getting HIV from sex can...

Sadly the rate of infection of STIs/STDs in Australia is on the increase. Logically the infected are aware they have been at risk yet have decided to not test. This neglect of duty, possibly through fear or lack of symptoms and education, of course, leads them to infect others. So the strapline is an individual is infected with say Chlamydia or HIV from another individual who could have and should have tested but decided not to. So what can we do to get them to decide to test? More testing, easier testing without barriers. Home testing in private with self-testing STD/STI kits puts...