STI treatment

If you think you may have an STISTISTI means sexually transmitted infection: an infection that is usually only transmitted by…Read more, ask your general practitioner or _W_municipal public healthHealthFeeling physically, mentally and socially well in your environment. Health is more than…Read more service_W_ (GGD) for help. STIs should be treated to avoid negative effects on your health. Talk to  your general practitioner or the health professional at the health centre of the asylum seekers’ centre so that he/she can give you the right treatment. 

Follow the treatmentTreatmentCare and/or follow-up by a professionally trained person. Treatment can be given with…Read more in the way that the doctorDoctorSomeone who is trained to cure sick people. Doctors can prescribe medicines. A…Read more tells you. Continue the treatment even when the symptoms have disappeared.

There are different types of STIs. These do not always have symptoms. Ask your general practitioner or the health professional at the health centre of the asylum seekers’ centre for advice. Every STI is treated differently.

Treatment for bacterial STIs

STIs caused by bacteria, include:

• chlamydiaChlamydiaCommon infection caused by bacteria. Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and is…Read more;
• gonorrhoeaGonorrhoeaInfection of the urethra (men) or vagina (women). The most common symptom of…Read more; and
• syphilisSyphilisInfection caused by bacteria. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). First, a…Read more;.

Bacterial STIs can be treated with antibiotics. You need a prescriptionPrescriptionSmall paper on which the doctor writes which medicines you have to take. With…Read more from the doctor. Then you can buy the medicines at a pharmacyPharmacyShop where you can get medicines with a prescription from your doctor. Read more.

During treatment, avoid sexSexAll acts that can sexually arouse you. Sex is more than sexual intercourse.…Read more while you still have symptoms or use a condom to lower the riskRiskPossibility that something unpleasant may happen, for example a disease.Read more of infecting someone else.

Treatment for viral STIs

STIs caused by a virusVirusVery small particle that can invade the body. It multiplies easily in the…Read more:

• HIV;
• hepatitis BHepatitis BInfection of the liver caused by a virus. A vaccination can prevent hepatitis…Read more;
• herpesHerpesInfection caused by a virus. The symptoms of herpes are blisters on or…Read more; and
• genital wartsGenital wartsWarts or lumps on or around the sexual organs or the anus. Genital…Read more.

Some viral STIs cannot be cured, but the symptoms can be treated.

• Hepatitis B: get enough rest. If necessary, the doctor can prescribe you medicines.
• Herpes: if necessary, the doctor can prescribe medicines for treating the blisters.
• Genital warts: the doctor can prescribe a cream to apply to the warts. If necessary, the doctor removes the warts by cutting them away or freezing them.

Treatment for parasitic STIs

STIs caused by a parasiteParasiteVery tiny animal that lives in a person's body, feeds on it and…Read more:

• scabiesScabiesAn infection of the skin caused by very tiny animals (mites). Scabies causes…Read more;
• trichomoniasisTrichomoniasisSexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by a parasite (very tiny animal). Trichomoniasis often…Read more; and
• pubic licePubic liceParasites (very tiny animals) in the pubic hair. Pubic lice suck blood. They…Read more.

Scabies:

• The doctor can prescribe a cream to apply to your skin.
• Wash your underwear, clothes, pyjamas, bed linen and towels every day at a temperature of at least 60°C.

Trichomoniasis:

• Can be treated with antibiotics.
• You need a prescription from a doctor to get the medicines.

Pubic lice:

• The doctor can prescribe a cream to apply to your skin in the places where you have lice.
• Wash your underwear, clothes, pyjamas, bed linen and towels every day at a temperature of at least 60°C.