If you've ever been sexually active, you should have been tested for STIs.

Many infections cause non-specific symptoms or no symptoms at all! Untreated STIs increase your risk of contracting other STIs and developing chronic health problems. If you have an STI, with or without symptoms, you can still transmit it to your partner(s). We understand it's complicated, but the only way to know for sure is to get tested. That's why health professionals recommend all sexually-active individuals undergo a routine STI screening test at least once per year.

Don’t delay getting tested if you think you have trichomoniasis (i.e. you or your partner(s) have any of the above symptoms, your partner tells you they have an STI, or you had unprotected sex with someone new, etc). You can get tested for trichomoniasis at any time, though you may be advised to repeat the test 2 weeks after the date of potential exposure, as trichomoniasis can take up to 2 weeks from the time of exposure to show up positive in tests. Unless you have symptoms, we recommend that you wait 2 weeks from the time of exposure to test for trichomoniasis.

Importantly, if you are pregnant or suspect you may be pregnant, and are concerned you may have trichomoniasis, you should seek immediate attention and/or advice from a medical professional.

Those with penises will need to provide a urine sample, whilst those with vaginas will need to provide a vaginal swab sample.

Your Yoxly test kit will contain all the information and collection materials you need to collect your samples, as well as a simple, step-by-step guide.

Yes! However, we understand that collecting your own samples can be daunting, and so each Yoxly kit includes detailed instructions taking you step-by-step through the process. Our users tell us that by following these instructions, taking the test is relatively easy and straightforward.

Your test kit will arrive via First Class Royal Mail in discreet packaging which fits through a standard letterbox. It does not require a signature upon delivery. Depending upon the time you place your order, you should receive it within 2 business days.

It is important your sample reaches our lab soon after you take it. Therefore, you must take your sample on the same day it can be posted (e.g. not after the post has been collected, or on a bank holiday or a weekend).

Yoxly's partner laboratory is one of the UK's leading providers of pathology testing, and is accredited by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Yoxly understands the anxiety that can accompany sexual health testing, and only partners with laboratories which ensure maximum accuracy.

Trichomoniasis is treated with a course of antibiotics. If left untreated, trichomoniasis infection can increase your risk of other health problems.

If you test positive for trichomoniasis, you should not engage in sexual activity (e.g. vaginal sex, genital contact, use sex toys) until after you and your partner(s) have completed. Ideally you and your partner(s) should receive treatment at the same time. When you can resume sexual activity is dependent on the type of treatment you receive, but usually it's 7 days after you and your partner(s) have completed treatment.

If you test positive for trichomoniasis, it’s important that your most recent sexual partner(s) are also tested and treated. This includes anyone you are currently having sex with, anyone you’ve had sex with in the last 4 weeks, and your last sexual partner. You can provide their details to certain confidential services (e.g. GUM clinics), which will contact them to let them know they may have been exposed to an STI and suggest that they go for a check-up. These services will not tell past or present partners your name, so your anonymity is protected.

If you test positive for trichomoniasis and take the antibiotic treatment correctly, you may not need to be re-tested for trichomoniasis immediately afterwards, to make sure the infection has gone (e.g. also known as a “test of cure” or “TOC”). However, we do recommend that you have another trichomoniasis test if:

· You had sex before you or your partner(s) finished treatment

· You or your partner(s) forgot to take the medication, or didn’t take it properly

· Your symptoms didn’t go away