Treatment
Treatments from a GUM clinic are free and usually given before you leave.
You’ll be told how to take the medicines, and not to have any sex with anyone until told by the clinic that the infection has gone.
It’s very important to finish the whole course of tablets - even if the symptoms go away (never give your tablets to anyone else).
Depending on the treatment, the clinic might want to see you again. Sometimes the treatment doesn’t work and the infection is still there - even if it seems it’s cleared up.
Telling others
The clinic may talk to you about the other people you’ve had sex with. If you don’t know their details, just say so. If you feel okay about people being contacted, you can do it yourself or the clinic can do it for you anonymously. It’s your choice. You don’t have to give anyone else’s details.
If you test for HIV and get a ‘positive’ result, the clinic may talk to you about other people you’ve had sex with.
This article was last reviewed on: 21/10/11
Date due for next review: 21/10/13
