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1 HOW TO PLAY WHAT S MY STI? WHAT S MY STI? A SLIGHTLY WORRYING GAME FOR UP TO 12 PLAYERS YOU HAVE GONORRHOEA... YOU PROBABLY HAVE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS: 1 2 Nominate one quizmaster (Doctor) to ask the Symptom questions. The Doctor asks questions about STI signs and symptoms, so is in charge of the pack of smaller cards. These cards should be shuffled before each game begins. Deal the larger You have an STI cards to the remaining players (Patients). The cards don t have to be kept secret, so can be placed flat in front of each player. Feel free to sneak a peek at the other Patients cards so you see what symptoms each other might have pain, or or pain when having passing a urine wee Bleeding between periods or or heavier periods Unusual discharge (from the tip of Lower your penis abdominal or your pain, vagina, or which pain when can having be thin, a wee watery and yellow or green) If you have a small number of players, you may want to have more than one STI card each. After all, it is possible for a person to be unlucky enough to be infected with more than one STI at any time! The Doctor reads each Symptom card question in turn, and places each symptom card at the bottom of the pack once it has been read out. If the symptom being read out appears on a Patients STI card, they must put a counter over the symptom on their large card so it is checked off. pain, Pain or pain tenderness when having your a testicles wee Bleeding Inflammation between of periods your foreskin heavier periods Lower Infection abdominal your pain, anus, or throat pain when and having eyes a wee 6 The first Patient to cover all of their symptoms shouts what STI they have and wins the game! TOP TIP Players are advised not to eat their lunch an hour before (or after) a game of What s My STI!. I VE GOT GONORRHOEA!

2 YOU HAVE CHLAMYDIA... YOU HAVE SYPHILIS... YOU PROBABLY HAVE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS: YOU PROBABLY HAVE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS: Lower Bleeding abdominal between pain, periods or pain or heavier when having periods a wee Bleeding between periods Pain and/or heavier periods bleeding after sex Lower abdominal pain, pain or (pelvic pain when pain) having a wee Lower Painless abdominal sores on, pain, or around, or pain your when having penis a wee Bleeding between periods Painless or sores heavier on, or around, periods your vagina Lower Unusual abdominal discharge pain, (white/cloudy or pain when having or watery) a wee Bleeding Pain your between periods testicles or or heavier when periods passing urine Lower Painless abdominal sores pain, the mouth or pain or when having around a wee your anus Bleeding Rash and between flu-like periods symptoms or heavier periods I VE GOT CHLAMYDIA! I VE GOT SYPHILIS!

3 YOU HAVE HIV... YOU HAVE GENITAL WARTS... GENITAL WARTS... YOU PROBABLY HAVE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS: YOU PROBABLY HAVE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS: pain, Flu-like or pain symptoms when * having a wee Bleeding between periods Fever or heavier periods Lower Rash and/or abdominal pain, swollen or pain glands when having a wee pain, Itching or pain around when your having anus and a wee vagina Small fleshy bumps, Bleeding which may between appear periods anywhere or in heavier or periods on your genital or anal area Pink, cauliflower-like abdominal lumps Lower pain, around or pain your when penis, having scrotum, a wee urethra and anus pain, Sore or throat pain when having and/or a wee ulcers Bleeding Aching muscles between periods or joints or heavier periods * 50% people who become infected will start to notice these symptoms a few weeks after infection Pink, cauliflower-like lumps Lower around abdominal your vulva pain, (the lips or pain around when having the vagina), a weecervix, upper thighs, vagina and anus This infection will not always show any symptoms and the virus will go away by itself, so you may not know if you have the virus. Warts can appear anytime from 3 weeks to years after coming in contact with the virus. I VE GOT HIV! I VE GOT GENITAL WARTS!

4 YOU HAVE TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS... YOU HAVE NON-SPECIFIC URETHRITIS... YOU PROBABLY HAVE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS USUALLY SHOW UP 2-4 WEEKS AFTER CONTACT, AND THESE CAN BE SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: Lower Soreness, abdominal pain, inflammation or pain when and having itching a around wee your vagina Bleeding Unusual between discharge periods (from your or heavier penis, periods which can be white and thin) Lower An unusual abdominal pain, discharge or pain (white when having or cloudy) a weefrom your penis Bleeding Difficulty, between pain or periods burning or when heavier periods passing urine Lower Pain or abdominal burning pain, sensation or pain when when having passing a wee urine Lower Inflammation abdominal of pain, your or foreskin pain when having a wee Lower The feeling abdominal that pain, you or need pain to when pass having urine more a weeoften Lower Itching abdominal or irritation pain, at the or end pain of when having your urethra a wee I VE GOT TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS! I VE GOT NON-SPECIFIC URETHRITIS!

5 YOU HAVE THRUSH... YOU HAVE PUBIC LICE... PUBIC LICE... YOU PROBABLY HAVE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS: IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER COMING INTO CONTACT TO HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS, BUT WHEN YOU GET THEM, YOU MAY DEVELOP: Lower Itching, abdominal soreness pain, and redness or pain when around having your vagina, a wee vulva or anus Bleeding Unusual between discharge periods (can look or like heavier periods cottage cheese) Lower Pain when abdominal passing pain, urine or or pain when when having a sex wee pain, Itching or pain your when having affected a wee area Bleeding Black powdery between periods droppings or heavier in your periods underwear (from the lice!) Lower Brown abdominal eggs on pain, pubic or or pain other when having body a hair wee Irritation, burning, Lower itching abdominal or redness pain, under or your pain when having foreskin a wee and tip of your penis Difficulty in pulling Bleeding back your between foreskin, periods which can or heavier smell periods yeasty Lower Irritation abdominal and pain, inflammation or pain when in having your affected a wee area Bleeding Sky-blue between spots periods or tiny or specks heavier of periods blood on the skin I VE GOT THRUSH! I VE GOT PUBIC LICE!

6 YOU HAVE SCABIES... YOU HAVE GENITAL HERPES... IT CAN TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS BEFORE ANY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS APPEAR AFTER CONTACT WITH SCABIES. But when you get them, you may develop: MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS OR BE AWARE OF THEM Sometimes symptoms may show within a few days, in others it may take weeks, several months, even years before there are any signs or symptoms. Your symptoms may be: Intense itching, Lower which abdominal can get pain, worse at pain night when or having after a hot weebath or shower Itchy red rash or Bleeding tiny spots. between periods Sometimes or heavier the periods rash can look similar to eczema pain, Flu-like or pain symptoms when * having a wee Bleeding Stinging, between tingling periods or itching or in heavier your periods genital or anal area Small, fluid-filled Lower blisters, abdominal these will pain, burst or after pain a when day having or two a and weeleave red sores pain, Inflammation or pain when or having raw, broken a wee skin Lower Fine silvery abdominal lines pain, on your or pain skin when having a wee pain, Pain or when pain when passing passing urine urine * fever, tiredness, headache, swollen glands, aches and pains in the lower back and down the legs I VE GOT SCABIES! I VE GOT GENITAL HERPES!

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11 Do you have pain and/or bleeding after sex? Do you have bleeding between periods or heavier periods? Do you have pain or tenderness in your testicles? Do you have painless sores, on or around your penis? Do you have lower abdominal pain? Do you have any kind of unusual discharge from your penis or vagina? Do you have an infection in your anus, throat and eyes? Do you have painless sores, on or around your vagina?

12 Do you have painless sores in your mouth or around your anus? Do you have fever? Do you have a sore throat and/or ulcers? Do you have stinging or tingling in your genital or anal area? Do you have flu-like symptoms and/or a rash? Do you have a rash and/ or swollen glands? Do you have aching muscles or joints? Do you have small, fluid-filled blisters, which burst after a day or two and leave red sores?

13 Do you have itching around your anus and vagina? Do you have pink, cauliflower-like lumps around your penis, scrotum, urethra and anus? Do you have soreness, inflammation or itching around your vagina, vulva or anus? Do you have difficulty, pain or burning when passing urine or having sex? Do you have small fleshy bumps, which may appear anywhere in or on your genital or anal area? Do you have pink, cauliflower-like lumps around your vulva, cervix, upper thighs, vagina and anus? Do you have inflammation of your foreskin? Do you have the feeling that you need to pass urine more often?

14 Do you have itching or irritation at the end of your urethra? Do you have difficulty in pulling back your foreskin, which can smell yeasty? Do you have brown eggs on pubic or other body hair? Do you have intense itching, which can get worse at night or after a hot bath or shower? Do you have irritation, burning, itching or redness under your foreskin and tip of your penis? Do you have black powdery droppings in your underwear? Do you have sky-blue spots or tiny specks of blood on the skin? Do you have itchy red rash or tiny spots (the rash can look similar to eczema)?

15 Do you have inflammation or raw, broken skin? Do you have fine silvery lines on your skin?

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