The Life Store in Middlesbrough are handing out free tests for the under 25s in the hope that this will expose infection and encourage safer sex.  What more can we do about the spread without following the youth of today around with condoms and chlamydia tests. This is exactly what we have resorted to and from Middlesbrough to the medics on the party circuit looking to spread the message of safe sex by handing out tests and taking names, the information is out there and surely cannot be ignored. Doctors were literally scouring London clubs on Valentine’s night asking for vaginal swabs and urine samples. I don’t know if this came to fruition but if it did, these clubbers will have their results posted within the week. Perhaps no step is a step too far in the name of ridding the country of its most dangerous and preventable diseases.

Some chlamydia tests will only take 24 hours to complete and do not even require a swab.  Leaving chlamydia alone can cause serious health issues but all it takes is a one dose antibiotic to be rid of this sneaky infection. All men and women will experience a range of symptoms or no symptoms at all with chlamydia and the rate at which these symptoms develop also differs from person to person.

One in four women who have chlamydia and do not treat it will develop a condition known as PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) which is known to cause serious problems with fertility. The spread of chlamydia can reach the womb, fallopian tube and ovaries and cause PID which damages the tubes increasing the risk of infertility and of having an ectopic pregnancy.

Sexual health testing has never been more private, accessible and inexpensive. The latest chlamydia SELF check product in the UK can provide a positive or negative result within just 10 minutes. This test will be available in English GUM clinics, pharmacies and local supermarkets shortly providing no excuse for walking around with a dangerous STI.

In an attempt to encourage people to get a chlamydia test, a new ‘sex calculator’ has been launched that has helps people work out the total number of indirect sexual partners they have had over their lifetime.

According to the average number of sexual partners Britains have – 9 for men and 6.3 for women, producing an overall average of 7.65 – sexually active adults have apparently had indirect sexual contact with over 2.8 million people.

The researchers claim that due to unprotected sex, people are potentially coming into contact with sexually transmitted infections carried by hundreds of thousands of other people. The developers, Lloyd’s Pharmacy, say they hope that when people realise how easy it is to catch a sexually transmitted disease, they will be encouraged to get an STD test or go for a chlamydia test.

According to figures released by the Health Protection Agency, there was a rise last year in the number of people infected with a sexually transmitted disease, bringing the total up to 399,738. There was an 8% increase in the number of people carrying chlamydia.

However it is likely that the real figures are far higher, as many STIs do not present symptoms meaning that people are less likely to go for an STD test.

It has been estimated that 1 in 10 under-25s carry the chlamydia virus, but only a very small percentage of that age group go for chlamydia screening or get a regular STD test. Doctors recommend that anyone who is sexually active and has multiple partners should get an STD test as least once a year.

The government’s Chlamydia Screening Program recommends that Primary Health Care Trusts should be aiming to get 15% of the age group but many are falling far short of the target. Officials say there are a variety of reasons for the low chlamydia test rates, with embarrassment and ignorance key problems health chiefs need to tackle.

The calculator has been nicknamed ‘Sex Degrees of Separation’ and works by basing the calculations on data gathered from 6,000 British adults. The user enters the number of sexual partners they have had so far and the age of each partner and the calculator works out the average number of partners for each age range. The results are then multiplied for further five ‘generations’ of partner.

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