1. I am embarrassed to seek professional help, how can you help me?

If you doubt you have STD, do not let shame, embarrassment, fear or guilt stop you from seeking medical opinions. Many STDs can be treated and cured in their early stages, or repressed to manageable levels. Our doctor and health consultant are highly professionals to make you feel easy and comfortable during the consultation. Your privacy and confidentiality are always respected. Feel free to call our health consultant for further information if you still feel not comfortable for a consultation.

2. Can I use some over the counter medications to treat STDs by myself without proper medical examination?

Self-prescription should be strictly avoided because this would defer the diagnosis of STDs and make subsequent treatment more difficult.

3. If I have no symptoms, will that mean I have no STD and need not to have a STD check?

You are not necessarily free from STD infections even if you have no symptoms. Common STDs such as high-risk HPV, AIDS, Syphilis and many others often have no signs or symptoms (asymptomatic). If you are sexually active, you are already at risk for STD infections. Getting a STD check with your partner regularly is therefore a necessary precaution.

4. What are the differences among DNA, antigen and antibody STD screening?

n order to test STD, blood taking for antigen and antibody detection is commonly used in the market. Unlike such traditional practice, MHS provides comprehensive DNA screening for STD. Compared with antigen and antibody tests, DNA detection not only offers a higher sensitivity and accuracy, but also shortens the testing time.
Importance of DNA testing:

  • Require little STD pathogens, avoid the time for culture
  • Accuracy and sensitivity higher than ag/ab test
  • Detect over 10 STIs simultaneously
  • Provide rapid result

Demonstration of sensitivity for different tests using required viral load in blood as example:

  ANTIBODY TEST ANTIGEN TEST DNA TEST
Required viral load in blood for STD detection 100,000 copies/ml 100,000 copies/ml 100 copies/ml
Sensitivity Lowest Comparatively low Highest

(Above number is only used as example which is not the required viral load in real situation)
Moreover, DNA test can detect common STDs which cannot be detected by antigen and antibody tests, such as Mycoplasma Homins, Mycoplasma Genitalium, Ureaplasma Urelayticum and Ureaplasma Parvum. These are the main cause of men’s urethritis. DNA test can also detect STDs which are usually transmitted to male from female including Candida Albicans and Gardnerella Vaginalis, which cannot be detected by antigen and antibody neither. On this account, STD DNA can be more costly than antigen and antibody tests.

5. If I am diagnosed to have STDs, should my partner be treated as well if he / she does not have any symptoms?

Once an infection is detected, it is important that sexual partners are tested as well, even if they do not have any symptoms. If only one partner is treated, the chance for re-infection is high, since a large percentage of the population is asymptomatic.

6. What should I do if I have STDs?

If you are diagnosed with STD, inform your partner right away so he or she may be tested and treated as well. Treatment for STDs will be started instantly after the options of treatments are discussed with our doctor.

7. What do I need to prepare to take a STD test?

You need to stop visiting the bathroom 2 hours prior to your appointment because we may need your urine for sampling and testing purposes.

8. Can STD be transmitted through kisses?

A few STDs can be transmitted through kisses, but not many. Herpes of the mouth, also called oral herpes or cold sores can be transmitted through kissing. Herpes does not need an exchange of saliva, only skin-to-skin contact or closed-mouth kissing would suffice.

9. Is it possible for men to get STD from receiving oral sex?

Yes, it is possible to transmit STD from the mouth to the genitals. Both gonorrhea and herpes are sexually transmitted diseases that can be transferred from the mouth to the genitals via oral sex.

10. Is it possible to contact herpes from a toilet seat after a person with herpes uses the toilet?

The chances of contacting herpes from a toilet seat after someone with herpes uses the toilet seat is incredibly low. It is because the following person may not come into direct contact with the infected area, as could happen during sexual activity. You can always take extra precautions by using disinfectant or a disposable seat protector on the toilet seat.