Chlamydia and gonorrhoea are common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that can affect both men and women, often without causing noticeable symptoms, yet they can still be transmitted. Left untreated, both infections can lead to serious complications, including reduced fertility. Chlamydia can infect the urethra, cervix, rectum, anus, throat, and eyes, while gonorrhoea commonly affects the genitals, rectum, and throat, particularly in young adults aged 15–24.
This urine test measures:
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the bacteria which causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea. Gonorrhoea is usually easily treated but can cause severe reproductive and health problems if left untreated.
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in Australia. Diagnosing and treating chlamydia is very important to prevent long-term complications and spread of the infection to others.
Syphilis is a bacterial infection usually spread by sexual contact. The disease starts as a painless sore — typically on your genitals, rectum or mouth. Syphilis spreads from person to person via skin or mucous membrane contact with these sores.
The test is looking for evidence of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. It is easily treated but can cause severe health problems if left untreated.
Hepatitis may be caused by infection, viruses, chemicals, alcohol, drug use and other factors. Chronic hepatitis means ongoing inflammation of the liver, irrespective of the underlying cause. There are various forms of viral hepatitis which include: – Anyone can be infected if they come in direct contact with the hepatitis A virus through food, drinks or objects contaminated by the faeces of an infected person. – Hepatitis B virus is spread when blood, semen, vaginal secretions or other body fluids from someone infected with hepatitis B enter the bloodstream of someone who is not infected with hepatitis B. – Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus that is spread when blood from a person with hepatitis C enters another person’s bloodstream. In Australia, the most common way it is transmitted is through sharing unsterile injecting drug equipment.
Hepatitis A is a contagious liver infection characterised by inflammation and enlargement of the liver. Hepatitis A is spread through food or water contaminated with the virus or by coming in contact with an infected person. This test detects hepatitis A antibodies in the blood.
The presence of anti-HBc indicates previous or ongoing infection with hepatitis B virus in an undefined time frame.
A negative result indicates that a person has never been infected, or has recovered from acute hepatitis and has rid themselves of the virus. A positive (or reactive) result indicates an active infection but does not indicate how infectious an infected person is to others.
Hepatitis C is a virus that can infect and damage the liver. In most cases, it is contracted through exposure to blood (usually from sharing contaminated needles while injecting drugs or, before 1990, through a blood transfusion) and it can be passed from mother to baby.
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