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Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic (STD CLINIC)

STD clinics are held every Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm at the Trott Access Center, First Floor, 1001 11th Street, Niagara Falls, New York 14301, with the exception of holidays when the county offices are closed. Services are available for anyone 12 years of age and older. No appointment is necessary and clinics are free and confidential.

Confidential testing and treatment is offered for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.  Treatment is provided as indicated by examination results for genital warts, genital herpes and other conditions such as crabs and scabies.  Clients qualifying as a high-risk are also screened for Hepatitis C.  Immunization against Hepatitis A and B are offered at the STD clinic for clients 18 years of age and older.

Confidential or Anonymous HIV testing is done at the request of the client.  Post-test counseling and referrals are available for all clients tested for HIV.

DID YOU KNOW?

Yearly physicals or gynecological exams do not routinely include STD or HIV testing.

Having a STD can increase your chance of getting HIV if exposed to the virus.

Most women and 50% of men have no symptoms.

All STD’s are treatable and most are curable.

Untreated STD’s can cause life long problems, including:

• Chronic abdominal (lower belly) pain
• Unable to have children
• Harmful effects on pregnancy and newborn babies
• Causes Arthritis
• Can affect the heart or brain
• Can even cause death
  

WHO SHOULD GET TESTED?

Anyone who has had any form of sexual activity with a person whose STD or HIV status you did not know.

Anyone in a new relationship; before starting a new sexual relationship, you and your partner should both be tested and treated if necessary prior to having sex.

HOW TO HELP PREVENT INFECTION:

• Wash genitals after sexual relations.
• Use a water-based lubricated latex or polyurethane condom with each sex act.
• Do not share drug equipment.
• Limit your number of sex partners. Having only one sexual partner whom is uninfected who only has sex with you is safest.
• Do not have sex with a partner who has symptoms.
  

For more information about the STD clinic, call (716) 278-1900.