{"id":3390,"date":"2017-01-14T07:45:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T07:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2024-02-22T17:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:27:06","slug":"national-sti-test-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/national-sti-test-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is National STI Test Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Happy National STI Test Day! Although this may be one day that the greetings card makers have yet to make cards for, today is National STI Test Day. &nbsp;It is two weeks after New Year, which is the recommended incubation or window period for a number STIs. &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\/lab-test-1-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7664\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are reading this, the chances are that you are considering an STI test, you probably know people who should also get tested. &nbsp;However we suspect it is not something you will discuss with your friends and colleagues, and do we really do enough to encourage each other to get tested? &nbsp;If you knew someone with a toothache, you would suggest a dentist and maybe recommend your own dentist, but do we take the same care of our sexual health?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks is the perfect time to get tested for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Chlamydia<\/li><li>Gonorrhoea<\/li><li>Syphilis<\/li><li>Herpes 1 and 2 (if you have symptoms)<\/li><li>Hepatitis B (Early Detection)<\/li><li>Hepatitis C<\/li><li>HIV (Early Detection)<\/li><li>Ureaplasma<\/li><li>Gardnerella<\/li><li>Mycoplasma<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We make getting tested as easy and efficient as possible. &nbsp;We do not ask you any embarrassing questions, and we do not need your real name to book. &nbsp;All we need to know is where and when you want to get tested. &nbsp;You can always speak to a doctor if you do test positive, so that we can help you to get the treatment that you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you know anyone who needs a test, remind them in is National STI testing day, it shows you care, and reminds them they are not alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy National STI Test Day! Although this may be one day that the greetings card makers have yet to make cards for, today is National STI Test Day. &nbsp;It is two weeks after New Year, which is the recommended incubation or window period for a number STIs. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[14,19],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[841,1960,1943,776,755,1709,571,731,706,705],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390"}],"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=3390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7665,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions\/7665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3390"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}