Taking care of your sexual health during festival season

It’s Glastonbury time!  The start of the summer holidays and with plenty more festivals to come, the Better2Know team are looking forward to the music and parties.  With the excitement, new people, party atmosphere, booze and more, it is lose track of your normal self and engage in new activities.  When it comes to sex, most festival organisers recommend people bring condoms with them.  

We get a number of calls from patients every year who have had a new partner with an unknown sexual history at musical festivals or on their summer holidays.  When you do not know who else your partner has been sleeping with, the best thing to do is to get tested.  Many people will have a fling or flings over the summer. It is fun, and what you do in the heat of the moment.  Better2Know are here to help you to get tested, so that you can carry on having fun.  Safe in the knowledge that you are looking after your health.

We suggest you choose the Full STI Screen if you do not know which tests to choose.  This gives results for seven common STIs:

• HIV
• Chlamydia
• Gonorrhoea
• Syphilis
• Hepatitis B
• Mycoplasma
• Ureaplasma

If you also injected drugs, or your new partner did, we suggest you have a Hepatitis C test.

With over 200 clinics across the UK and a nurse service that goes Everywhere, we will be able to get you tested quickly. Call us today to book your test.