Prevent, Test, Treat

Knowing your risk and status is vital for any sexually active person. As part of our Healthy Women for Life Program, Adagio Health and our partners are offering no cost, rapid STI testing for women. Walk-ins welcome!

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At Adagio Health, you can get simple, quick, and judgment-free testing and treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) or Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).

What is an STI?

A disease or infection that can be spread from one person to another through sexual activity. Sexual activity can include intercourse (vaginal sex), anal sex, oral sex, and skin to skin contact.

How do you know if you have an STI?

The most common symptom of an STI is NO symptom at all. Most people that have an STI do not know it. Don’t wait for symptoms to appear. If you are sexually active getting tested by a health care provider regularly is the best way to find out if you have an STI.

How can you prevent STIs?
  • Keep a monogamous relationship. That means you and your partner agree to only be sexually active with each other.
  • Use latex condoms the correct way every time for every type of sexual activity.
  • Talk with your partner or partners consistently about STIs and other sexual health topics.
  • Before starting a sexual relationship with a new partner, you both should get tested for STIs.
  • Have a check-up at least once a year with a health care provider if you are sexually active.

Did you know pregnant women can be affected by STIs too? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 2016 to 2022, the rate of maternal syphilis has increased 222%. Your health care provider should test for STIs, including syphilis, during your prenatal care appointments to prevent complications during pregnancy or even passing a syphilis infection to your baby.

Chlamydia is one of the most common STIs and affects people under age 25 at a high rate. Most women and men who catch it don’t have symptoms so they don’t know they have it and infect other people. It can cause serious problems like pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infertility, and tubal pregnancy. Women under age 25 and men who have sex with men (MSM) should be tested at least yearly for it.

TREATMENT: Treatable with Antibiotics

Does the CLAP sound familiar? That’s Gonorrhea’s nickname. Women usually don’t know they have gonorrhea as it is often symptomless. Most people with vaginas who get gonorrhea don’t have any symptoms. If they do, gonorrhea symptoms show up within about a week of being infected. These include:

  • Pain or burning feeling when you pee
  • Abnormal discharge from the vagina that may be yellowish or bloody
  • Bleeding between periods

Women under age 25 should be tested at least yearly for Gonorrhea. Like Chlamydia, it can cause serious problems, like PID, tubal pregnancy, and infertility.

TREATMENT: Treatable with Antibiotics

Most of the time people (especially males) don’t know they have Trichomoniasis. When symptoms do show up it is usually in women and it can cause vaginal discharge that might be a yellow-green color. Trich is spread by unprotected sex, so the best way to prevent it is by using condoms during sex, and getting regularly tested.

TREATMENT: Treatable with Antibiotics

Syphilis is a bacterial infection that’s commonly transmitted through sexual contact. It’s curable with antibiotics, but if left untreated, it can cause serious health issues.

Syphilis shows symptoms in Four Stages:

  1. Primary: Single, painless sore that lasts 3-6 weeks
  2. Secondary: Up to 180 days after the first sore, can cause skin rashes, lesions in the mouth, vagina or anus
  3. Hidden Stage: This is caused when someone does not seek treatment and shows no additional symptoms
  4. Late Stage: This stage is dangerous and can cause damage to internal organs, including the brain.

TREATMENT: Treatable with Antibiotics

HIV is spread through blood or bodily fluids of infected individuals, through shared drug needles, and/or from mother-to-baby during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. In its initial stages, iy can cause severe flu-like symptoms. Treatment is important! Without treatment, HIV is the virus that can lead to AIDS.

TREATMENT: Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Medication

Hepatitis C (HCV) is a viral infection that can cause serious liver damage. 2.4 million people have HCV in the United States, most aged 20-39, and 40% of them don’t know they have it.

It is recommended that all adults ages 18 to 79 years old be screened for HCV. If you test positive after a simple blood test, treatment is as simple as taking one pill a day for 12 weeks – along with brief, periodic check-ins with your provider. When used correctly, this treatment offers a 98% overall cure rate.

Take the guesswork out of your health care.
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