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VD Testing, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG)
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Summary
VD Testing, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG) @vd.sg: Venereal disease (VD) symptoms in men/women. Full/total/complete screening/diagnosis, testing/check, treatment clinic, Singapore - Private and confidential service. Definitions, references, and latest news.
Topics
Full/Total/Complete STD Testing / STD Check / Sexual Health Screening packages (price includes consultation fees): - Men who practice insertive sex SG$497/=
- Women who practice vaginal sex SG$737/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test)
- Either sex practicing anal sex SG$697/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA test)
- Other variations - discuss with the doctor.
Basic package includes: - Clinical History
- Physical Examination - Consider trimming your pubic hair with a scissors to about 1mm length. It will be easier to see and treat any disease. Do not shave. Shaving cuts the skin, and may spread any existing disease.
- Laboratory Testing - When you arrive at the clinic, do not go to the toilet. Should we need to sample your urine for testing, it is recommended that the urine be retained in your bladder for 4 hours or more.
Optional tests: - OraQuick® Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test SG$60/=. Results in 20 minutes.
- Digene® HPV DNA test SG$200/=, or
- Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test (females only) SG$240/=
Sexual risk (of STD/HIV/pregnancy), and what you can do before and after exposure. | Timeline | Event / Available resources | | Before exposure | | | STD / HIV exposure | Unsafe sex / unprotected sex: | | 0-72 hours | | | 2 weeks | | | 1 month | | | 3 months | - Rapid HIV test will be positive in 97% of infected individuals
- HIV test cost is SG$60/= (HIV test only)
- Oral fluid or finger prick blood sampling.
- Results in 20 minutes.
- STD testing
| | 6 months | | | Anytime | - Full/total/complete STD testing:
- Men who practice insertive sex SG$497/=
- Women who practice vaginal sex SG$737/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test)
- Either sex practicing anal sex SG$697/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA test)
- Other variations - discuss with the doctor.
- Hold your urine in your bladder for at least 4 hours.
- STD treatment when STD symptoms appear.
- Genital warts treatment/removal/cure
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References
Latest News
Sexually transmitted disease rates rise among elderly: Why?
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:59:04 +0100 | Health News: CBSNews.com
STD rates have doubled among 50 to 90-year-olds over past 10 years, according to editorial (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Has Komen Shot Itself In The Foot?
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women's lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage. By announcing a few days ago that it would stop awarding funds to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization; it found itself in the middle of an enormous public outcry. Many say this single act might well have been a self-inflicted kiss of death. Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Baby Boomers Getting More Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
Baby boomers in the leading three English-speaking economies, the USA, UK and Canada, are being diagnosed at progressively higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), according to a report written by researchers from King's College London, and Thomas' Hospital London, in the Student British Medical Journal. The authors Dr. Ranjababu Kulasegaram, and final year medical student Rachel von Simson, explain that a significant number of older adults appear not to be practicing safe sex... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
STDs in baby boomers increasing
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:39:58 +0100 | Health News - UPI.com
LONDON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S., Canadian and British baby boomers are not practicing safe sex and as a result are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Lay Health Workers and HIV Care in Rural Lesotho: A Report from the Field
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:02:23 +0100 | ---- Patient Care and STDs
---- Patient Care and STDs , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: ---- Patient Care and STDs)
A lonely heart can make you sick: Middle aged divorced women vulnerable to contracting HIV
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:09:09 +0100 | ScienceDaily Headlines
Newly divorced middle aged women are more vulnerable to contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to new research, because they tend to let their guard down with new sexual partners and avoid using protection since they are not afraid of getting pregnant. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Liberia: No Time for Complacency in HIV Fight
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:42:28 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[allAfrica.com]
Monrovia -
Smartly seated behind his computer, crunching out numbers and making calls to colleagues, Anthony*, a 38-year-old father of three, is amongst those looking to check the spread of HIV in Liberia. He received confirmation of his own positive status after testing in 2007. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)
National Briefing | Health: Officials Recommend the HPV Vaccine for All Boys
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:07 +0100 | NYT
Federal health officials recommended on Thursday that all boys be routinely vaccinated against infection with human papillomavirus, or HPV. (Source: NYT)
Susan G. Komen Starts U-Turn After Planned Parenthood Cut-Off
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
After announcing that it was going to cut funding for Planned Parenthood's breast screenings, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer foundation, today announced that it is changing its funding criteria, meaning it will probably resume funding to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization. The public outcry regarding alleged reasons for Planned Parenthood being dropped as a grantee by Komen appears to have taken the breast cancer charity by surprise... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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