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Signs and symptoms

Sometimes you can have an STI but there are hardly any noticeable symptoms, or maybe even none at all. Or they are so vague that they don’t bother you. Women in particular often don’t notice when they have an STI. If there are complaints, they usually involve:

• Discharge or pus coming from penis, vagina or rectum. In women, there is often more discharge than usual. The discharge may be watery, milky, have a yellowish or greenish colour and smell different;
• A burning sensation, irritation, pain during or after urination or frequently having to pass small amounts;
• Ulcers, warts, blisters or lesions on penis, vagina, rectum or in the mouth;
• Itch in the pubic hair, on the tip of the penis, vulva or rectum;
  Swollen glands in the groin;
• Pain in one or both testicles or epididymis;
• Pain in the lower abdomen;
• Pain during sex, or irregular or abnormal loss of blood - for example, after sex or in between two periods.

These complaints can also be symptoms of other infections.