Symptoms of STIs

If you're a boy:

• Gunk or blood coming out of the end of your penis - think gonorrhea, non-specific urethritis or chlamydia.
• Warty lumps on your penis or near it - think genital warts.
• Painful sores or blisters on your penis or near it - think herpes.
• An itchy penis with a red tip - think thrush.
• Itchy scrotum and pubic hair - think crabs.

Remember - if you have one STI you could have others as well, as they tend to hunt in packs. Watch out for Chlamydia, as 25% of boys who have it don"t know that they have got it. And always be wary of AIDS.

If you're a girl

• If your vaginal discharge goes thick, gooey, smelly, itchy, a different colour, or into overdrive then you might have thrush or trichomoniasis.
• If it hurts to pee, then think cystitis, but it could be thrush or gonorrhoea or trichomonas
• If you get warty lumps around your vagina - think genital warts.
• If your vagina itches or gets sore - think thrush.

Remember - if you have one STI you could have others as well as they tend to hunt in packs. Watch out for Chlamydia, as 90% of women who have it don't know. And always be wary of AIDS. And then think: "Who did I get that from and how do I tell them to see a doctor about it?"