{"id":3296,"date":"2016-06-24T17:26:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T17:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2024-02-22T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:36:25","slug":"festivals-and-sexual-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/festivals-and-sexual-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking care of your sexual health during festival season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s Glastonbury time! &nbsp;The start of the summer holidays and with plenty more festivals to come, the Better2Know team are looking forward to the music and parties. &nbsp;With the excitement, new people, party atmosphere, booze and more, it is lose track of your normal self and engage in new activities. &nbsp;When it comes to sex, most festival organisers recommend people bring condoms with them. &nbsp;<\/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\/relationship-4-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7683\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/relationship-4-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/relationship-4-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/relationship-4-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/relationship-4-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/relationship-4-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We get a number of calls from patients every year who have had a new partner with an unknown sexual history at musical festivals or on their summer holidays. &nbsp;When you do not know who else your partner has been sleeping with, the best thing to do is to get tested. &nbsp;Many people will have a fling or flings over the summer. It is fun, and what you do in the heat of the moment. &nbsp;Better2Know are here to help you to get tested, so that you can carry on having fun. &nbsp;Safe in the knowledge that you are looking after your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We suggest you choose the Full STI Screen if you do not know which tests to choose. &nbsp;This gives results for seven common STIs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>HIV<\/li><li>Chlamydia<\/li><li>Gonorrhoea<\/li><li>Syphilis<\/li><li>Hepatitis B<\/li><li>Mycoplasma<\/li><li>Ureaplasma<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you also injected drugs, or your new partner did, we suggest you have a Hepatitis C test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 200 clinics across the UK and a nurse service that goes Everywhere, we will be able to get you tested quickly. Call us today to book your test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Glastonbury time! &nbsp;The start of the summer holidays and with plenty more festivals to come, the Better2Know team are looking forward to the music and parties. &nbsp;With the excitement, new people, party atmosphere, booze and more, it is lose track of your normal self and engage in new activities. &nbsp;When it comes to sex, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[20,14,19],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[700,800,1200,1256,776,1253,755,1184,1217,704,655,2809,1203,2455,706,705],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296"}],"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=3296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7684,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296\/revisions\/7684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3296"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}