Have YOU got it??

Chlamydia

Healthy Gay Hampshire are having a push on Chlamydia Screening and are working with our friends at the local Chlamydia Screening Programme to provide you with a free and easy way of testing.

As you may know Chlamydia is the most common Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) in young people under 25 and is dead easy to pick up but also dead easy to treat as well.

It is a naughty little STI as more often than not  there are no symptons so you might not even know you have got it! It hangs around in your bits and can increase your chances of picking up another STI such as HIV; it can cause a thing called epididymitis, which is where your balls swell up like citrus fruit!! In women it can cause eptopic pregnancy and infertility.

We are trying to screen as many young people between the age of 16 and 25 so if you are in this age group please go to our condom ordering page and order a test online or check out www.haveyougotit.nhs.uk. We will even provide you with a funky pair of Chlamydia pants if you order through our website.

If you are over 25 you can access a Chlamydia test from your local sexual health service where you can also screen for other sexually transmitted infections including HIV.

Posted: February 22 by Andrew (updated April 7)