STD Test Help

LegacyUser

Hey, can anyone tell me where one would go for an STD test in Limerick please? Would I have to go the hospital?? And how much would it cost??

I know this might get more answers in the Limerick forum but I want to stay anonymous.

Thank you guys.

xsiborg

you can book a clinic appointment too in Nenagh Hospital if you like, im from Limerick myself and i usually prefer to go to Nenagh, you are also anonymous in the clinic too, only being given a reference number, my point being i reckon you could book an appointment in any clinic for a check up or if you might be worried about something more specific.



Limerick STI Clinic
Limerick Regional Hospital
Dooradoyle
Limerick
Tel: (061) 482382
Clinic Times: Tues & Thurs 9am - 5pm (Appointment only)




Tipperary STI Clinic
Nenagh General Hospital
Nenagh
Co Tipperary
Tel: 061 482382
Clinic Times: Wednesdays 2 - 5pm (Appointment only)


forgot to add: it's free too by the way.

easychair

WorriedGuy532 wrote: »

Hey, can anyone tell me where one would go for an STD test in Limerick please? Would I have to go the hospital?? And how much would it cost??

I know this might get more answers in the Limerick forum but I want to stay anonymous.

Thank you guys.

Hve you not tried your GP? Or if not, have you considered going to another gp?

L1011

Most GPs do STI testing now. Its not free, expect to pay about €120 although I've seen as low as €85.

Hospital would be free.

easychair

Some GP's still test for chlamydia and gonorrhea by inserting what is often a painful (especially for a couple of days afterwards) implement directly into the eye of the penis.

Ask your GP if this is what they do, and if the answer is "yes" I'd advise you don't consult them for STI tests. Chlamydia is testable as a blood test, and gonorrhea has very obvious symptoms, and plenty of other GP's can carry out the tests without causing you the pain of having this done in the surgery, and the high probability of added pain when you urinate for some days afterwards.

xsiborg

easychair wrote: »

Some GP's still test for chlamydia and gonorrhea by inserting what is often a painful (especially for a couple of days afterwards) implement directly into the eye of the penis.

Ask your GP if this is what they do, and if the answer is "yes" I'd advise you don't consult them for STI tests. Chlamydia is testable as a blood test, and gonorrhea has very obvious symptoms, and plenty of other GP's can carry out the tests without causing you the pain of having this done in the surgery, and the high probability of added pain when you urinate for some days afterwards.

scaremongering much?

it's a small swab spoon, its not a case where they jam it up there, its uncomfortable maybe for half an hour afterwards and it stings when you go for a wee only because they've taken a microscopic scraping of skin from inside the penis, the very same as a papercut on your finger that it stings if you wash it, you wont even feel it the next morning.

it's never a good idea to tell someone NOT to consult their GP, seriously, what a nonsense post!

LegacyUser

Basically I found what I think might be a chancre near the bottom of my penis and I am worried that it might be syphilis. There was something similar looking to it a couple of months back but I just let it go but and it disappeared. Now around the same area another red painless spot has appeared (not so much a spot but you know what i mean). I don't know if its not disappointing because it actually is syphilis or because i might be irritating it by going at it, i'm very conscious of it so i'm always looking at it and poking it.

I just want to get it looked at. Really embarrassed about going to get tested though, I know doctors have seen these things hundreds of times but still.

Davyhal

I went to the one in Galway hospital 3 weeks ago, it was free, walk in clinic, and the Chlamyddia test was only sore for a few hours after, and even at that it wasn't bad pain, just a weird feeling.

easychair

xsiborg wrote: »

scaremongering much?

it's a small swab spoon, its not a case where they jam it up there, its uncomfortable maybe for half an hour afterwards and it stings when you go for a wee only because they've taken a microscopic scraping of skin from inside the penis, the very same as a papercut on your finger that it stings if you wash it, you wont even feel it the next morning.

it's never a good idea to tell someone NOT to consult their GP, seriously, what a nonsense post!

Whatever it is, many men experience considerable pain urinating for some days after, to say nothing of the pain of the procedure. Many GP's consider it unnecessary for the reasons stated.

If you read that I was telling someone not to consult their GP, then you have misread what I said.

I said that they should enquire if they carry out this unnecessary procedure. If they do, then we can avoid the unnecessary pain by finding a GP who does a blood test for chlamydia, and a test for gonorrhea is usually unnecessary due to its very obvious symptoms.