ADVICE – Help! I Think I’ve Got A STD – Auntie Aura's Confessions Corner

Troubled teen Sasha asks Aunty Aura for advice, fearing she has caught a Sexually Transmitted Disease.

DEAR AUNTY AURA,

I have been seeing my present boyfriend for almost two months and recently I’ve noticed a creamy yellow discharge from down below. When I told my boyfriend he said that “whatever I caught”, wasn’t from him and must be from my ex, as the symptoms take a while to show and he’s never caught anything before.

I’m too embarrassed to go to a sex clinic and even more horrified to talk to my doctor. My friend said it sounds like I’ve got gonorrhoea and she knows someone who can gets pills to treat it. Can you really buy medication without seeing a doctor? And my boyfriend says it’s safe for us to have sex with a condom, but I don’t feel comfortable with all this stuff coming out of me.

Sasha, 18, West Midlands, UK.

Image from a medical journal showing symptoms of gonorrhea

AUNTY AURA SAYS: Sasha, you need to get yourself to a sexual health clinic ASAP. Your symptoms may sound like gonorrhoea but you need someone medically trained in STDs to confirm it. It won’t go away on its own and popping pills from a friend could make you ill, as well as not clear the infection. Ten minutes of embarrassment is a far deal better than a lifetime of misery.

I hate to say it, but your boyfriend sounds like a plonker. Whether he passed this “STD” to you or not, if you weren’t using condoms at the start of your relationship, its pretty likely he has it too. Also, why on earth would he want to continue sex whilst your infected and uncomfortable? Any decent boyfriend would’ve supported you and escorted you to the clinic. You’re a young adult and probably love his socks off, but I think you should re-evaluate your relationship. But please, please get yourself checked out by a professional. The quicker you do, the quicker you can get back to normality.

And WHEN you do get treated, do not have sex again with your boyfriend until he himself gets checked and treated as the infection will only spread back to you again. The doctors and the nurses will also give you any further advice you need. It’s free, so use it.