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After you complete your order, you should receive the test kit within 7 to 10 days.
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Once samples are received through the mail, results should be available in 3 to 5 business days.
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No. We are not able to provide anonymous testing. However, our testing is highly confidential. We are required by the State of Colorado to report positive cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea, but this is done in a highly confidential way and is only used to track and control these infections in the state. None of this information is available to the public.
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Stripe is a third party application that we use to collect payment for tests if you do not qualify for free testing. This is a confidential and private application. Please see Stripe’s link regarding security measures:
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Your privacy and confidentiality are important to us. Creating an account ensures we can provide all the security precautions necessary to protect your information. Your test results will only be visible to you when you log into your account.
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We need to know this information so that we can recommend the best tests for you.
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When you create your account, you will be able to choose your preferred method of contact. You can choose for us to send you a confidential text message or a confidential email. Please be sure to give us a phone number or email that only you have access to. We will never include test results in a text message or email. The messages that come from us will simply let you know that your results are ready, and that you should log into your account to view them.
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We need either an email address or mobile phone number so that we can verify your results, let you know when your results are available, and remind you when you are due for follow-up testing.
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Yes. Our lab cannot process your samples if it has been more than 60 days since your test kits were mailed to you. Please collect your samples and return them as soon as possible.
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The State of Colorado requires us to confidentially report positive chlamydia and gonorrhea results. We need to be sure that the information that we report is accurate and represents the person that was tested. Once your ID is verified by Denver Public Health staff, it is purged from our system. We do not keep any record or copies of IDs submitted to us.
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A photo ID with a clear picture and your name is acceptable. An ID that includes your date of birth is preferred. Examples of acceptable IDs are a passport, driver’s license, state ID card, or government issued ID from outside of the United States.
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Our STD Clinic staff will attempt to verify your ID within 2 business days.
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Information collected through this website is only used for testing purposes. We do not sell or share your information with third parties. We are required by the State of Colorado to report positive cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea, but this is done in a highly confidential way and is only used to track and control these infections in the state. None of this information is available to the public. Please see Denver Health’s Privacy Statement for more information.
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| FREEOne free test every 12 months. If you would like more frequent HIV testing, please visit Care Near You, or talk to your health care provider. |
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You should contact our HIV Linkage to Care staff (303-602-3652) or the Denver Sexual Health Clinic (303-602-3540) if you need more information or help getting additional testing.
If you have a negative home HIV test, you probably don’t have HIV, but it can be hard to detect HIV early after you get it, especially in the first 3 months. If you have been exposed to HIV in the last 3 months, you should consider getting a lab HIV test and talking to a health care provider.
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You should contact our HIV Linkage to Care staff (303-602-3652) or the Denver Sexual Health Clinic (303-602-3540) if you need more information or help getting additional testing.
Keep in mind: HIV is treatable. People living with HIV can live full, long lives. When HIV medications are used as directed, they can lower the HIV virus levels to undetectable in the blood. When a person has an undetectable virus level on HIV medications, there is no risk of passing HIV to sex partners (undetectable=un-transmittable, U=U).
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To protect yourself from mpox, you should avoid skin-to-skin contact by avoiding crowded locations or wearing covering clothing, limiting your number of sexual partners or avoiding kissing and sex, talking to your partner about symptoms, and avoiding sharing towels, sex toys, sheets or toothbrushes. For more information review Safe Sex and Mpox.
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The illness may begin with:
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle aches
- Backache
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Chills
- Exhaustion
*Within 1 to 3 days (sometimes longer) after the appearance of fever, the patient develops a rash, often beginning on the face then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash can also be located near the genitals or anus. The rash can start as red bumps then progress to blisters or pustules (pus-filled blisters). Some people may develop rectal pain. The illness typically lasts for 2−4 weeks.
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- Contact your medical provider to determine if you should be tested for mpox.
- If you do not have a medical provider, contact the Sexual Health Clinic at 303-602-3540 to talk with a medical provider.
- Avoid close contact to people.
- If you are around people wear a mask and wear clothing or bandages that covers the skin or rash.
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- You should be tested if you have a pustular rash (pus-filled blisters) or rash and one of the features below
- Within the last 21 days:
- You have had contact with a person with a similar rash or a person who has been diagnosed with mpox
- You had close or intimate contact with someone who is part of a group affected by mpox such as cisgender men who have sex with men
- You traveled outside the US to a country with mpox
- You had contact with a dead or live animal or exotic pet that is an African species
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- Isolate at home until rash or sores are completely gone, scabs have fallen off and new skin has grown over any sores, usually between 2-4 weeks.
- Notify individuals that you have had intimate personal contact with.
- You can work closely with the State Health Department to notify partners with whom you have had close contact. They will assist with getting partners tested and/or provided with a vaccine.
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You can also contact the Denver Sexual Health Clinic at 303-602-3540 to schedule a vaccine appointment.
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- Center for Disease Control - Mpox | Poxvirus | CDC
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - https://cdphe.colorado.gov/diseases-a-to-z/monkeypox