Gonorrhoea Home Test Kit
Gonorrhoea is one of the commonest sexually transmitted bacterial infections which affects both males and females.
The bacteria causing the infection called gonococcus, is passed on through unprotected sexual intercourse. Not everyone who catches Gonorrhoea will have symptoms but if you have an infection you may experience pain when passing urine and notice a creamy / white discharge (from the penis or vagina). If you have unprotected sex with someone who has gonorrhoea you run the risk of being infected.
In women, symptoms, if present are often clear, including change in vaginal discharge which is often heavier and more strking than usual, pain on passing urine and spotting between periods or bleeding after sex. Sometimes women get pain in the lower abdomen, indicating possible pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)which is caused by Gonorrhoea.
Symptoms in men range from an obvious discharge the urethra (pipe) in the penis and / or severe pain on passing urine, to very mild irritation at the end of the urethra. Men can suffer from swollen testicles as a result of this infection (epididymitis, or epididymo-orchitis).
This test kit includes: A plastic pouch with two pockets, (one containing the postal tube, the other the client infomation form). There is a snap top seal, which will be used to seal the pouch before sending it to the laboratory. A cardboard postal tube, lined with an absorbent material in case of leakage, with plastic covers on each end. Inside the tube is a urine sample collection bottle with a screw top.