DIAGNOSIS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES – HISTORY
The following aspects of the patient’s sexual history should be explored:
What recent sexual contacts including regular partners, casual partners, prostitutes etc. has the patient had?
Has the patient ever had homosexual contacts?
If contacts have included homosexual encounters, what form did the encounters take?
Have there been sexual contacts in overseas countries (e.g. South East Asia, other tropical or third world countries or the United States)?
If oral or anal sex was involved, did the patient take an insertive or receptive role?
Have condoms and other appliances or apparatus been used?
Information about contacts is sought to identify the source contact and to identify people to whom the infection may have been spread. Patients are often incorrect in attributing the source of infection. Remember to enquire specifically about sexual contact with the spouse or regular partner subsequent to infectioa
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