Doing an STI test
Are you at risk of catching a venereal disease, also known as a sexually transmitted infection (STI)? If you are, you can visit the GGD for a test and treatment, confidentially and free of charge. In principle, an appointment is private. Young people and people with a mental handicap can choose to have a parent of guardian accompany them during a consultation. If you want to find out what an STI test involves, watch this film.
People aged up to and including 24 years can visit the GGD once a year for a STI-test ‘just to be sure’. If you have done a STI-test this year and you aren’t warned for a STI, don’t have any symptoms and don’t have an increased risk at getting a STI, you cannot make an appointment.
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When can you contact us for a test?
When can you contact us for a test?
The GGD will test you if you have been exposed to an increased risk of an STI. This applies to the following groups:
- Young people aged up to and including 24 years;
- Men who have sex with other men;
- If you are a woman and your sex partner has sex with men;
- If you are paid for sex;
- If you are warned by a sex partner who has an STI;
- If you have had an STI in the past year;
- If you have symptoms that could indicate an STI;
- If you are (or were) the victim of sexual violence;
- If you or your sex partner comes from a place where STI's are endemic: Surinam, the former Dutch Antilles, Turkey, Africa, South America, Asia or eastern Europe.
You can still contact us if you do not belong to one of these groups; together with you, we will look at the possibilities. Sometimes we may have to refer you to your GP or an approved online provider.
Questions about sex
Questions about sex
Many people have questions about sexuality or encounter problems. Young people aged up to and including 24 years can contact the GGD for a consultation, for example, about experiencing pain during intercourse, or problems relating to erection or orgasm. You can also contact the GGD with questions about, e.g., contraception, your sexual orientation and girl circumcision. All conversations are confidential.
Do you still find it difficult to contact the GGD? Every day, on www.sense.info you can chat anonymously with a GGD nurse.
Risk of HIV?
Risk of HIV?
If you have had unsafe sex with a person who is (or may be) infected with HIV, then you too are at risk of being infected with HIV. A course of treatment would reduce your chance of being HIV-positive. This course is known as PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis). PEP involves four weeks of treatment with HIV-inhibitors.
Starting quickly is important: within 72 hours after you had unsafe sex.
Do you think you are eligible for PEP? If so, contact us immediately by phone. Unable to reach us? In that case, contact the nearest emergency care department, preferably one with an HIV treatment centre. In the Limburg region, this is Maastricht University Medical Centre.
Urgent questions about PEP or sexual violence?
If you have urgent questions, please contact us at:
088 - 880 50 72
Monday - Friday 8.00 - 12.15 hours
Monday and Wednesday 13.30 - 15.30 hours
We can't be reached?
In that case, contact the nearest emergency care department or GP out-of-hours surgery.
Contact MUMC Emergency Department
043 387 67 00 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 IX Maastricht
For help with sexual violence contact Centrum Seksueel Geweld.