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STI Clinics in Ireland (list in first post updated 10/08/2010)

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  • #722
    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    St. James's screens for everything except HPV and Herpes as far as I know.

    Cork GUM is the same, they do a visual inspection for evidence of Herpes lesions but I don't think they test for it.

    Depending on how urgent your need for a test is, there is probably no need to pay. It's a lot of money when you could just wait 3 weeks (that's the waiting time in Cork)


  • #723
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    hey, so whats the deal, rock up to st james at 9pm? or should i be there earlier? when they say allocate ticket, does it tell you how long youll have to wait? also is the swab test still carried out on men? Thanks!


  • #724
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    I haven't been in about three years, but you'd probably want to be there 8ish, you have no idea really how long you will have to wait, and they did the swab on me. It's grand.


  • #725
    IRL_Sinister
    Registered Users Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭IRL_Sinister


    Hello,

    Please forgive my ignorance but I want to get a test. My mates went to free clinic in James's at like 8AM to get a test and said they got seen to relatively quickly. I don't particularly want to make a trip into the city if I don't have to. Can a test be carried out by my GP?

    If not, I'm guessing James's is the best place?


  • #726
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    IRL_Sinister wrote: »
    Can a test be carried out by my GP?

    Unless they're a STI specialist of some sort, I'd advise against it.

    The doctors at James' etc. see everything every day, so they are less likely to misdiagnose or miss something.

    Make the trip. :)


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  • #727
    IRL_Sinister
    Registered Users Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭IRL_Sinister


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    Unless they're a STI specialist of some sort, I'd advise against it.

    The doctors at James' etc. see everything every day, so they are less likely to misdiagnose or miss something.

    Make the trip. :)

    Okay, thank you.

    So how does it work in James's then? Do you have to go in really early to be seen on the spot or can you go in at any time and get seen? I close at a restaurant most nights so the thought of getting up at 6AM does not appeal to me.


  • #728
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    Unless it has changed since I last went there, a few years ago, you want to be there around 8 in the morning. There will be loads of people there. You will probably get seen some time before noon, so bring a book or have your phone on a full charge...


  • #729
    IRL_Sinister
    Registered Users Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭IRL_Sinister


    Wonderful :<

    EDIT: Can only go Mon, Tue and Wed mornings?


  • #730
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I am new to Dublin and due an STI check. My previous one was in Galway hospital, which was a free clinic. I wonder if people could give me some information about the clinic at St. James' Hospital.

    I know a general location and times of the clinic, but not how much it costs. Like Galway, is it free? Someone did mention to me before (though I'm not sure if it's true or if they were serious) that it is free for gay men. I'm straight, but if I had to pretend to be gay for a free check, I'd be up for that.

    If they charge, can someone give me an idea of how much I'd have to pay?

    Also, would they do the full range of tests? I would prefer that; the swab and bloods taken.


  • #731
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    just looking for some advice, in a long term relationship but hasnt been doing well for a while now, lonely and had protected oral and vaginal sex with a escort,
    thing is i performed oral on her without protection, it was 2 weeks ago, havent got any symptoms but just worried, internet a scary place for this kind of thing.
    from googling looks like its too soon to get tested yet but am freaking out, what are chances've catching something from oral on her, she was very clean (looking) but who's to know


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  • #732
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    unregistered panicker wrote: »
    just looking for some advice, in a long term relationship but hasnt been doing well for a while now, lonely and had protected oral and vaginal sex with a escort,
    thing is i performed oral on her without protection, it was 2 weeks ago, havent got any symptoms but just worried, internet a scary place for this kind of thing.
    from googling looks like its too soon to get tested yet but am freaking out, what are chances've catching something from oral on her, she was very clean (looking) but who's to know

    You haven't caught HIV.

    The chances are theoretical, just like getting trampled by a donkey and struck by lighting at the same time could happen, theoretically.

    HIV is difficult to catch, even if the person is HIV+ and you don't use a condom during sex.

    Stop worrying, you are OK.

    Get tested in three months and you will see you are fine.


  • #733
    Uriel.
    Registered Users Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »

    You haven't caught HIV.

    The chances are theoretical, just like getting trampled by a donkey and struck by lighting at the same time could happen, theoretically.

    HIV is difficult to catch, even if the person is HIV+ and you don't use a condom during sex.

    Stop worrying, you are OK.

    Get tested in three months and you will see you are fine.

    Hmmm yes practically zero chance of HIV but there's a plenty more than HIV.

    Though the poster should be happy in the knowledge that's he's unlikely to have caught anything.

    The protected parts of his encounter require no further thought. Condoms work.

    However he may well have exposed himself to HSV type 2 from preforming oral sex. Type 2 in the oral cavity is unlikely to produce long term issues but he does run the risk of transferring it to his long term partner should he perform oral sex on her in the next few weeks.


    HPV is also a high possibility but it is highly unlikely to produce any symptoms or longer term problems so the poster should not be concerned.

    There are some other minor possibilities. Most will never cause him a problem but could be transferred to his partner's genitals.

    The best course of action for the poster is to get an oral swab done anytime and to avoid oral sex with his partner in the mean time. HIV testing would not be warranted at all for this incident. However, sexually active people with a number of different partners per annum should consider full testing including HIV as a run of the mill health check every year or two


  • #734
    bourkestephen
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭bourkestephen


    We've pulled together www.sticlinic.ie featuring a simple map listing 96 clinics across Ireland. This list is not exhaustive... a lot of family GPs will be able to carry out basic tests. Also, prices vary quite a bit from *free* to very expensive so its worth shopping around.


  • #735
    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Morag


    The problem with going to your gp is when an insurance company asks you for permission to talk to your dr they will ask if you have had an sti test and specifically a hiv test and if the answer is yes they can load your premium.


  • #736
    bohsboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭bohsboy


    Any decent doctor will not leave it in your records. There's things insurance companies dont need to know.


  • #737
    Uriel.
    Registered Users Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    bohsboy wrote: »
    Any decent doctor will not leave it in your records. There's things insurance companies dont need to know.

    Not sure of the legal position in Ireland but in Australia GPs are bound by law to keep sufficient records and under general code of practice can't delete records or part thereof even at the request of the patient.

    I am not sure of the legal position in Ireland but ethically I would suspect that GPs would have to record all information and for good reason too. It would have potential to undermine insurance and some employment related processes. Every health or life insurance claim might otherwise end up in the courts.

    Leaving a side medical records, of you suspect the potential of an STI you should be going to Gum clinic for expert consultation and health management


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