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Infected with a sexually transmitted disease? Contact previous partners

When you are infected with a sexually transmitted disease, you can help stop the infection from spreading to more people by notifying current and former sex partners to get tested. Infection detection is an important part of the preventive efforts against sexually transmitted diseases.

Kontakt din tidligere partner, hvis du er smittet med en sexsygdom.

Du kan være med til at bremse smitten, ved at kontakte tidligere partnere.

Together with a doctor or adviser, you can assess where the infection may originate, as well as which persons may be infected and who it would be relevant to be encouraged to be examined. Infection detection is a voluntary matter. You are not obliged to disclose your sexual contacts.

You can contact your current and former partners yourself, but you can also get help with this from your own doctor or at a sexually transmitted disease clinic. For example, the doctor discreetly sends a letter.

How far back do you have to go?

When assessing who may be the source of infection and who may have been infected, the following time frame can be used:

Gonorrhea: 3-4 weeks (possibly up to 3 months)

Chlamydia: 6-8 weeks (possibly up to 6 months)

Condylomas: 3-6 months

Syphilis: 3-4 months (primary syphilis), 6-12 months (secondary syphilis)

In the case of other sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes, HIV and hepatitis B, it can be difficult to set a fixed time limit, and it will be individual how far you want to go back and inform any partners.