Quiz time – answer 4

Question

• What happens at a sexual health check?

Answer

• If the person attending has no symptoms and they have a vagina:
  • They will be offered a vaginal self swab to carry out in the toilet
  • They will be given instructions on how to do this
• If the person attending has no symptoms and they have a penis, they will be asked to give a urine sample in a pot.
• If the person is having anal sex or giving oral sex, they may be offered swabs from the bottom and the throat too.
• These swabs and urine samples are tested for gonorrhoea and chlamydia which can both be present without showing any symptoms.
• The person will also be offered a test covering HIV and syphilis where a little blood is taken from the arm.