{"id":1240,"date":"2013-02-15T09:24:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T09:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:49:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:49:56","slug":"how-common-are-chlamydia-and-gonorrhoea-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/how-common-are-chlamydia-and-gonorrhoea-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"How common are Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chlamydia was found in 3 out of every 100 young people aged 15 to 24 in the free Chlamydia national screening programme, and was highest (up to 9 out of every 100) outside London.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bacteria-8-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7752\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bacteria-8-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bacteria-8-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bacteria-8-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bacteria-8-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bacteria-8-2048x1037.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gonorrhoea was found to be 1 in 200 in young people aged 15-24 in the UK in a community study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gonorrhoea testing is not part of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme, and so is often not looked for in NHS testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better2Know does not need to report its positives or numbers tested to any authority so your tests do not form part of these statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/page\/std-sti-testing\">Chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing<\/a> at any of our national STD testing clinics on their own, together or as part of our platinum, full or peace of mind screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chlamydia and gonorrhoea can be tested in urine, of by a swab of the vagina, rectum (if you have received anal sex) and throat (if you have given oral sex).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also choose to buy one of our home sample collection tests so you do not have to see a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results take just two days from when the sample is received in the laboratory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chlamydia was found in 3 out of every 100 young people aged 15 to 24 in the free Chlamydia national screening programme, and was highest (up to 9 out of every 100) outside London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[3,4,14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1445,1246,850,800,925,1230,1566,1709,655,2544,933,625,2552,705,735,797,1116,1674],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7913,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions\/7913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}