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| Genitourinary medicine clinics. In the UK, genitourinary medicine clinics are listed in the Business and services section of your phone book under Venereal diseases, Sexually transmitted diseases or Sexual health. 'Condom Essential Wear' website website is funded by the UK government Department of Health. It has information about how to use a condom, and about all types of genital infections. It also has a ‘Where to get help’ section, where you can locate a genitourinary medicine clinic.
Society
for Sexual Health Advisers has a website for health advisers who work in genitourinary medicine clinics, informing and counseling patients. The site has information about all types of genital infections, with photographs. But be warned – the pictures are explicit, and not for the squeamish. Leeds
University website has pictures of the Candida yeast. Health
Protection Agency is a UK government organization that monitors infection,
including sexually transmitted infections.
If you are interested in the latest statistics about genital
infections, look in the ‘Topics A–Z’ section
of their website. Herpes
Viruses Association is a UK not-for-profit organization. It publishes an excellent
booklet called Herpes Simplex – The Guide. American
Social Health Association provides information about sexually transmitted infections. Its website is very informative, and has detailed Q&A sections on each of the main infections, and a section on how to discuss infection with your partner. (look in the section ‘How to use a condom’, and click on ‘Condom negotiation’.)It has a National Herpes Hotline for the USA. Tel (USA): 919 361 8400. It has a hotline for questions about genital infections: (USA) 1-800-227-8922 Or write to: PO Box 13827, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a US government organization that has information about sexually transmitted infections on its website. It also sponsors the USA National STD Hotline, which gives advice about sexually transmitted infections. Tel (USA): 800-227-8922. Pharmaceutical
companies' thrush websites. The Canesten websites are sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Bayer. Bayer makes Canesten thrush treatment, so the sites promote this treatment. They also have information about symptoms. Clinical Knowledge Summaries is a UK National health Service website that provides information about thrush in one of its patient information leaflets.
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