The tests we carry out depend on your individual symptoms and circumstances and will always be explained to you.
Below are some the infections we might test you for. Click on a link for more information about that infection, how it is diagnosed and treated. These links go to either the NHS website or the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) website.
- Chlamydia
Chlamydia – The NHS website and Chlamydia – BASHH - Gonorrhoea
Gonorrhoea – The NHS website and Gonorrhoea – BASHH - Trichomonas
Trichomonas Vaginalis (TV) – BASHH - Trichomoniasis
Trichomoniasis – the NHS website - Genital herpes
Genital herpes – The NHS website and Genital herpes – Herpes simplex virus – BASHH (pdf) - Bacterial vaginosis (BV)
Bacterial vaginosis – The NHS website and Bacterial vaginosis (BV) – BASHH - Thrush (candida)
Thrush in men and women – The NHS website - Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) – The NHS website - Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU)
Urethritis – The NHS website and Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) – BASHH - HIV
HIV and AIDS – The NHS website - Syphilis
Syphilis – The NHS website and Syphilis – BASHH - Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B – The NHS website - Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C – The NHS website
There are also STIs which cannot be ‘tested for’, but that we can diagnose by examining you:
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Pelvic inflammatory disease – The NHS website and Pelvic inflammatory disease – BASHH - Epididymo-orchitis
Epididymo-orchitis – BASHH - Warts
Genital warts – The NHS website and Genital warts – BASHH - Molluscum
Molluscum contagiosum – The NHS website and Molluscum contagiosum – BASHH - Pubic lice
Pubic lice – The NHS website - Scabies
Scabies – The NHS website and Scabies – BASHH