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STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™
168 Bedok South Avenue 3 #01-473
Singapore 460168
Tel: (+65) 6446 7446
Fax: (+65) 6449 7446
Web: STD Check, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG)
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 9 am to 3 pm, 7 pm to 11 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 7 pm to 11 pm
Public Holidays: Closed
Walk-in clinic. Appointments not required.
Bring NRIC, Work Pass or Passport for registration.

STD Check, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG)

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STD Check, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG) @singaporestd.com: Sexually transmitted disease (STD) symptoms in men/women. Full/total/complete screening/diagnosis, testing/check, treatment clinic, Singapore - Private and confidential service. Definitions, references, and latest news.

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Full/Total/Complete STD Testing / STD Check / Sexual Health Screening packages (price includes consultation fees):
  • Men who practice insertive sex SG$497/=
  • Women who practice vaginal sex SG$737/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test)
  • Either sex practicing anal sex SG$697/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA test)
  • Other variations - discuss with the doctor.
Basic package includes:
  • Clinical History
  • Physical Examination - Consider trimming your pubic hair with a scissors to about 1mm length. It will be easier to see and treat any disease. Do not shave. Shaving cuts the skin, and may spread any existing disease.
  • Laboratory Testing - When you arrive at the clinic, do not go to the toilet. Should we need to sample your urine for testing, it is recommended that the urine be retained in your bladder for 4 hours or more.
Test Sample Results in
Gonorrhoea PCR urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
Chlamydia PCR urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
Gonorrhoea culture urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
NSU (Non-specific urethritis) culture
  Ureaplasma urealyticum
  Mycoplasma hominis
urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
General culture
  Lancefield group B streptococcus
  Candida
urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
Microbiology - direct smear
  Yeast cells
  Trichomonas vaginalis
  Gram-negative intracellular diplococci
  Clue cells
urine (male) / vaginal swab 2-3 days
Urinalysis - chemistry / microscopy urine (male) 2-3 days
Syphilis (VDRL/ TPHA) blood 2-3 days
Candida Antibody blood 2-3 days
Chlamydia IgG Antibody blood 2-3 days
Herpes Simplex Type 1 IgG Antibody blood 2-3 days
Herpes Simplex Type 2 IgG Antibody blood 2-3 days
Hepatitis A IgG Antibody blood 2-3 days
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) blood 2-3 days
Hepatitis B Surface Antibody blood 2-3 days
Hepatitis C Antibody blood 2-3 days
HIV blood 2-3 days

Optional tests:

  • OraQuick® Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test SG$60/=. Results in 20 minutes.
  • Digene® HPV DNA test SG$200/=, or
  • Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test (females only) SG$240/=

Sexual risk (of STD/HIV/pregnancy), and what you can do before and after exposure.

TimelineEvent / Available resources
Before exposure
STD / HIV exposure Unsafe sex / unprotected sex:
0-72 hours
2 weeks
1 month
  • HIV p24 antigen test
3 months
  • Rapid HIV test will be positive in 97% of infected individuals
    • HIV test cost is SG$60/= (HIV test only)
    • Oral fluid or finger prick blood sampling.
    • Results in 20 minutes.
  • STD testing
6 months
Anytime
  • Full/total/complete STD testing:
    • Men who practice insertive sex SG$497/=
    • Women who practice vaginal sex SG$737/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test)
    • Either sex practicing anal sex SG$697/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA test)
    • Other variations - discuss with the doctor.
    • Hold your urine in your bladder for at least 4 hours.
  • STD treatment when STD symptoms appear.
  • Genital warts treatment/removal/cure

References


Latest News

Has Komen Shot Itself In The Foot?
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women's lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage. By announcing a few days ago that it would stop awarding funds to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization; it found itself in the middle of an enormous public outcry. Many say this single act might well have been a self-inflicted kiss of death. Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Baby Boomers Getting More Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
Baby boomers in the leading three English-speaking economies, the USA, UK and Canada, are being diagnosed at progressively higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), according to a report written by researchers from King's College London, and Thomas' Hospital London, in the Student British Medical Journal. The authors Dr. Ranjababu Kulasegaram, and final year medical student Rachel von Simson, explain that a significant number of older adults appear not to be practicing safe sex... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

STDs in baby boomers increasing
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:39:58 +0100 | Health News - UPI.com
LONDON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S., Canadian and British baby boomers are not practicing safe sex and as a result are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)

Lay Health Workers and HIV Care in Rural Lesotho: A Report from the Field
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:02:23 +0100 | ---- Patient Care and STDs
---- Patient Care and STDs , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: ---- Patient Care and STDs)

Liberia: No Time for Complacency in HIV Fight
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:42:28 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[allAfrica.com] Monrovia - Smartly seated behind his computer, crunching out numbers and making calls to colleagues, Anthony*, a 38-year-old father of three, is amongst those looking to check the spread of HIV in Liberia. He received confirmation of his own positive status after testing in 2007. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)

National Briefing | Health: Officials Recommend the HPV Vaccine for All Boys
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:07 +0100 | NYT
Federal health officials recommended on Thursday that all boys be routinely vaccinated against infection with human papillomavirus, or HPV. (Source: NYT)

Susan G. Komen Starts U-Turn After Planned Parenthood Cut-Off
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
After announcing that it was going to cut funding for Planned Parenthood's breast screenings, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer foundation, today announced that it is changing its funding criteria, meaning it will probably resume funding to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization. The public outcry regarding alleged reasons for Planned Parenthood being dropped as a grantee by Komen appears to have taken the breast cancer charity by surprise... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0100 | WHO news
3 February 2012 -- Current WHO guidelines call on health service providers to remind patients, that neither hormonal contraceptives nor intrauterine devices known as IUDs offer protection against HIV or other sexually transmitted infections. Protection against both unwanted pregnancy and STIs including HIV is called "dual protection" and condoms are the mainstay of dual protection. (Source: WHO news)

Acute Genital Ulcers in Nonsexually Active Young Girls: Case Series, Review of the Literature, and Evaluation and Management Recommendations
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Pediatric Dermatology
Abstract:  Acute genital ulcers rarely occur in nonsexually active young girls. When present, they can cause significant physical and emotional distress for the patient and her parents, and prompt an evaluation for sexual abuse and sexually transmitted diseases. With this review, we aim to further characterize acute genital ulcers in nonsexually active young girls by reviewing the medical records of patients with this disorder and to offer an approach to the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of acute genital ulcers based on our understanding and knowledge of this condition. We retrospectively review our understanding and knowledge of acute genital ulcers in nonsexually active girls at a pediatric hospital. A review of the recent literature on acute genital ulcers and a multidisciplina...