Funny Headline, Serious Bottom[1] Line

[marnanightingale]

‘One in ten men thinks chlamydia is a flower’

Last year men made up only a fifth of the 150,000 people under 25 who were tested. Women are much more likely to take part in the voluntary screening, and publicity has focused on the risks chlamydia infection can pose to female fertility.

But men can also be infected, and can pass on the infection to their partners. The infection can cause pain in the testicles and there is evidence that it may also damage male fertility.

So go get tested. Yeah, you. And you. You too, while I'm, thinking of it...

[1] Yes, of COURSE I meant to do that.

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Aw, bless! It's really rather sweet them thinking that....

Well, to a point...

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

I'd rather none of them brings ME flowers. As t'were.

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

My test results from late September indicated I am currently clear of STDs, including chlamydia. Estel's early October test results were also clear.

[soapbox] Test early. Test often. Talk about your tests with your sexual contacts. Talk about your tests with your potential sexual contacts. Ask your contacts, both current and potential, about their test results.

We can change this ignorance. [/soapbox]

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

*admires your soapbox*


Yay for regular testing! Though I confess, it's also a matter of learning the self-confidence to INSIST with caregivers who don't routinely test.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

I am shocked by the number of English women of recent generation (including one well-known rock musician) who were named "Candida", presumably by parents who thought it sounded pretty but had no idea what it was.

[amazon-syren.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. I think there's a song about that. :-P