Chlamydia screening
A new screening service involving a simple test is being offered to young people under 25 living in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to find out whether they have chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted infection in Britain today.
If left untreated, chlamydia, which often has no symptoms, can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and can leave both men and women infertile. However, it can easily be treated with a free short course of antibiotics.
The test can be done at home by simply peeing in a special pot and sending off the sample free of charge to a laboratory.
Testing kits and further information about chlamydia are available from the website www.checkyourbits.org or by calling 0191 265 7014.
