Chlamydia Test

DID YOU KNOW

• Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI)
• 1 in 10 active under 25 year olds will have Chlamydia without having any signs or symptoms
• 70% of women and 50% of men who have Chlamydia have no symptoms.
• You can have Chlamydia for weeks, months or years without knowing it
• It is easily treated with antibiotics
• If left untreated Chlamydia can lead to infertility in both men and women.

HOW TO TEST

• Its free
• No embarrassing examinations
• Just a simple urine sample – kits available from the surgery

WHERE TO TEST

• Chlamydia screening is available at the Surgery and through the Cambridge University College Nurses
• Centre 33, Clarendon St, Tel: 01223 316488 Wednesday 3:30 – 5:00pm
• Lime Tree Clinic, Brookfields Hospital, Cambridge, Tel: 0300 300 3030 Mon-Fri and Saturdays 9am-12 noon (appointment only)

For more information, please go to:

http://www.icash.nhs.uk/

SAFER SEX – ALWAYS WEAR A CONDOM

The NHS guide to sexually transmitted infections:

https://www.fpa.org.uk/about-us

http://www.mariestopes.org.uk/