Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea Test Kit

A gonorrhoea test allows you to find out whether you have been infected with this common sexually transmitted infection. After chlamydia, gonorrhoea is the most common STI, with over 44,500 reported cases in 2017 alone.

Getting tested is important if you've had unprotected sex or if you've been experiencing symptoms like discharge from the penis or vagina. If you know that a previous partner has received a positive gonorrhoea test result or if you know that your partner has had unprotected intercourse with other partners you may also wish to do a gonorrhoea test to make sure it has not been passed onto you.

It's particularly important to consider a test if you are pregnant or trying for a baby. Gonorrhoea can be passed from mother to baby during childbirth, so it's important to know whether an infection is present. Since the infection does not always result in symptoms, a gonorrhoea test is often the only way to be sure you are healthy and to prevent an existing, unnoticed infection from spreading to other parts of the body.

Both infections are very common and people often get both at the same time.

They are passed on in the same way, can both be symptomless and can both cause complications like infertility if they go unnoticed.

If you use our gonorrhoea test kit, we can also text for chlamydia, so you won’t need to take an additional test. If you feel you should get tested for other STIs you may want to take our extended STI test.

We offer two types of test kits, a urine test for men and a swab test kit for women. Urine tests are slightly less accurate in women, which is why women are advised to use the swab test instead. Both test kits are easy to use and you will be able to collect your sample within minutes.

The gonorrhoea test for men requires a sample of your urine. The test kit contains a leaflet with instructions as well as two plastic containers, one of which is used to collect your urine. It is important that you use the label included in the package and affix it to you sample, otherwise the lab will not be able to analyse your specimen.

The gonorrhoea test kit for women consists of a swab test, used to gather a sample from the vagina. It is as quick as the urine test and requires you to use a cotton swab. You should avoid using vaginal creams or treatments prior to collecting your sample. Gonorrhoea can be found in the bodily fluids present in the sexual organs. If you have gonorrhoea, the analysis of your urine sample or swab show a positive result.

The test kit is not suitable for gonorrhoea testing in the throat or rectrum. If you've had unprotected oral or anal sex, you should visit your local GUM clinic to get tested.

The test may not detect an infection which has occurred within the past few days and the test should ideally be carried out 2 weeks after the episode of unprotected sex that you are worried about. If left untreated, the infection may spread. By the time you experience symptoms of gonorrhoea, you may be suffering from complications and you may have passed the disease on to your partner.

If you test positive for gonorrhoea, you will need to be treated. The infection is very easy to treat with antibiotics, which you can get from your local sexual health clinic or GP.

If your result is positive for either chlamydia or gonorrhea, you many need to get in touch with your sexual partners to let them know they may also have the infection:

• You should tell all sexual partners you've had in the last 6 months
• If you haven't had any sexual partners in the last 6 months, you should contact your most recent sexual partner to let them know

Any sexual partners you tell should talk to a doctor about treatment or getting tested.

If you test positive for chlamydia you may be able to get treatment through our service. Just answer a few simple questions in our questionnaire, place an order and, if it is appropriate, one of our doctors will prescribe and issue treatment for you.

You can avoid infection by using a condom every time you have sex regardless of whether you are having oral, anal or vaginal intercourse. You should ideally only have unprotected sex if you and your partner have both tested negative for STIs.

If you've received a negative test result but keep getting symptoms, you should get help from a doctor. False test results are rare, but no test is 100% accurate and on rare occasions you can get a negative result even when an infection is present