STIs

Chlamydia is spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with an infected person.

People with vaginas may experience symptoms that include discharge from the vagina, bleeding between periods, pain or burning when peeing, the need to pee more often, and stomach pain. People with penises may have symptoms that include watery or white drip from the penis, pain or burning when peeing, the need to pee more often, and swollen or tender testicles. 

Get tested at Red Door

Red Door will talk with you about your sexual history to see if you need a test.

If so, you’ll either pee in a cup or Red Door will take a swab sample.

If you have chlamydia, your sex partner(s) should get tested and treated.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Get your test results

Call Red Door one week after your visit to get your test results, at 612-543-5555.

Or, login to your MyChart account.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door will give you antibiotic pills to cure chlamydia.

You can get chlamydia more than once. Get tested again about three months after you get treated.

Left untreated, chlamydia can lead to more serious infections. Reproductive organs can be damaged. The damage can cause people with vaginas and possibly people with penises to lose the ability to have children. Chlamydia also increases the risk of getting HIV.

If you have chlamydia, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you’re pregnant

A pregnant person can give chlamydia to their baby during childbirth.

Pregnant people should get tested for chlamydia by their pregnancy health care provider, such as an obstetrician or gynecologist. If you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211 or call 211 from a land line.

Genital herpes is a virus spread by skin-to-skin contact including vaginal, anal and oral sex.

Many people have symptoms but others have none. Symptoms range from mild to severe, and usually include one or more blisters on or around the genitals, rectum or mouth. The blisters break and leave painful sores that may take one week or more to heal.

A person infected for the first time can also have fever, body aches or swollen glands, and may have more outbreaks in the first year. A person infected for the second time or more may have milder symptoms, and usually doesn’t have a fever. Some people get outbreaks more often than others.

Get tested at Red Door

Red Door will talk with you about your sexual history, do a visual exam and if needed, take a swab sample from a sore. We do not offer routine screening blood tests for herpes; this may be an option at your primary care clinic.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Get your test results

Call Red Door one week after your visit to get your test results, at 612-543-5555.

Or, login to your MyChart account.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door gives medicine for the first outbreak, and can write prescriptions for later outbreaks.

If you have genital herpes, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you’re pregnant

A pregnant person can give herpes to their baby during childbirth.

If you’ve ever had herpes, it’s important to tell your pregnancy health care provider, such as an obstetrician or gynecologist. If you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211 or call 211 from a land line.

Gonorrhea is spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex.

Gonorrhea can cause infections on the penis, in the rectum, anus, vagina, and throat.

People with penises might not have symptoms. Or they might feel burning when peeing, have painful or swollen testicles, or see discharge from the penis that’s white, yellow, or green.

Those with vaginas usually don’t have symptoms, but might have pain or burning when peeing, see more vaginal discharge, or bleed between periods.

People with rectal infections might not have symptoms. Or they might see rectal discharge or blood, feel soreness, anal itching, and have pain when pooping.

Get tested at Red Door

Red Door will talk with you about your sexual history to see if you need a test.

If so, you’ll either pee in a cup or Red Door will take a swab sample.

If you have gonorrhea, your sex partner(s) should get tested and treated.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Get your test results

Call Red Door one week after your visit to get your test results, at 612-543-5555.

Or, login to your MyChart account to get your test results.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door will give you an antibiotic shot to cure gonorrhea.

If you still have signs of gonorrhea for more than a few days after finishing treatment, come back to Red Door to get retested.

Left untreated, gonorrhea can cause serious and permanent health problems, and increase the risk of getting HIV. Treatment can’t reverse any permanent damage.

If you have gonorrhea, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you’re pregnant

A pregnant person can give gonorrhea to their baby during childbirth.

A pregnant person should get tested for gonorrhea by their pregnancy health care provider, such as an obstetrician or gynecologist. If you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211 or call 211 from a land line.

Hepatitis A is usually spread through contaminated food or water, but you can get infected during sex.

Not everyone has symptoms.

Symptoms usually appear two to six weeks after infection and can include fever, throwing up, grey-colored poop, feeling tired, stomach pain, joint pain, not wanting to eat, upset stomach, dark urine, and yellow skin and eyes. Symptoms usually last less than two months, but in some people, can last six months.

Get vaccinated at Red Door

Red Door vaccinates for Hepatitis A. Men who have sex with men should get vaccinated.

To schedule a vaccination, call 612-543-5555.

Hepatitis A can cause liver damage, but most people completely recover without long-term damage.

If you have Hepatitis A, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you think you have Hepatitis A

Go to your regular doctor.

If you're pregnant 

If you’re pregnant and you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211, call 211 from a land line.

Hepatitis B is spread when blood, semen, or vaginal fluids from an infected person enters the body of another person. This can happen during sex or sharing needles, syringes or other tools for injecting drugs. A pregnant person can pass the virus to their baby during childbirth.

Not everyone has symptoms.

Symptoms can include fever, throwing up, grey-colored poop, feeling tired, stomach pain, joint pain, not wanting to eat, upset stomach, dark urine, and yellow skin and eyes. Acute hepatitis B symptoms can appear within three months after infection. Chronic hepatitis B symptoms might not develop for decades.

Get vaccinated at Red Door

Red Door vaccinates against Hepatitis B. Everyone should get vaccinated.

If you don’t know if you’ve been vaccinated for Hepatitis B, Red Door can take a blood sample to find out.

To schedule a vaccination, call 612-543-5555.

Left untreated, Hepatitis B can cause serious health problems.

If you think you have Hepatitis B

Go to your regular doctor. If you’re pregnant and you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211, call 211 from a land line.

We recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

Hepatitis C is usually spread when an infected person’s blood enters the body of another person by sharing needles. Infection can also come from contaminated tattoo needles. Hepatitis C rarely spreads during sex. A pregnant person can give the virus to their unborn baby.

Many people with hepatitis C don’t have symptoms.

Symptoms can include fever, feeling tired, not wanting to eat, upset stomach, throwing up, dark urine, grey-colored poop, joint pain, and yellow skin and eyes. Acute hepatitis C symptoms can show up two to six weeks after infection. Chronic Hepatitis C symptoms can take decades to appear.

Get tested at Red Door

Red Door will talk with you about your risk to see if you need a test. If so, Red Door will take a blood sample to screen for Hepatitis C antibodies. If Red Door finds them, Red Door will refer you to your regular doctor for more testing and treatment.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Get your test results

Call Red Door one week after your visit to get your test results, at 612-543-5555.

Or, login to your MyChart account.

Left untreated, Hepatitis C can cause serious liver problems.

Find information on Red Door’s main HIV page.

HPV is spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex.

Anyone who is sexually active can get HPV. You may or may not have symptoms. Symptoms can include small, wart-like bumps in the genital area.

In some cases, HPV goes away on its own. Left untreated, some strains can cause cervical cancer in people with vaginas and anal cancer in those with prostates. 

Protect yourself against HPV and cancer

Vaccination is strongly recommended for everyone. Red Door vaccinates people ages 12 – 45.

Routine health screenings by a primary care provider that check for HPV are strongly recommended for sexually active people. A pap smear can reveal abnormal cell changes caused by HPV that can be treated before they become cancer.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door treats visible warts by freezing them with liquid nitrogen, in one or more visits.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

If you have HPV, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you’re pregnant

Get a routine cervical cancer screening with your pregnancy health care provider. If you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211 or call 211 from a land line.

LGV is spread during vaginal, oral or anal sex.

Not everyone has symptoms.

Early symptoms can include a soft red, painless sore on or near the genitals or anus, or in the throat or mouth. The sore can heal in a few days.

Later symptoms can include swollen lymph glands, pain while peeing or pooping, constipation, bleeding from the anus, pain in the lower stomach or back, bloody or pus-filled diarrhea, fever, chills, joint pain, not feeling hungry, and tiredness.

Get treated at Red Door

LGV can be cured. If your symptoms are consistent with LGV, we’ll talk with you about your treatment options.

Left untreated, LGV can cause serious health problems.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

If you have LGV, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you’re pregnant

Go to your pregnancy health care provider, such as an obstetrician or gynecologist. If you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211 or call 211 from a land line.

MPC is an infection in the cervix, and is spread during sex. It’s sometimes caused by chlamydia, gonorrhea or trichomonas.

Not everyone has symptoms.

Symptoms can include vaginal discharge, bleeding between periods or a burning feeling while peeing.

Get tested at Red Door

Red Door will do a pelvic exam and take a sample from the cervix.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Get your test results

Call Red Door one week after your visit to get your test results, at 612-543-5555.

Or, login to your MyChart account to get your test results.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door treats MPC with antibiotic pills.

If you have MPC, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you’re pregnant

Go to your pregnancy health care provider, such as an obstetrician or gynecologist. If you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211 or call 211 from a land line.

Non-Gonococcal Urethritis (NGU) is an infection inside the penis, in the tube that moves urine out of the body. It’s spread during sex. Chlamydia or trichomonas can sometimes cause NGU.

Not everyone has symptoms.

Symptoms can include itching or a burning feeling inside the penis, or a discharge from the penis.

Get tested at Red Door

Red Door takes a swab sample from the opening of the penis.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning.  

Get your test results

Call Red Door one week after your visit to get your test results.

Or, login to your MyChart account to get your test results.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door treats NGU with antibiotic pills.

Left untreated, NGU can cause pain or bleeding while peeing, or swelling of the penis or testicles.

If you have NGU, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

PID is an infection of the "female" reproductive organs, frequently caused by STDs like chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Some people don’t notice any symptoms, but others have pain in the lower stomach, a fever, burning when peeing, pain and/or bleeding when having sex, an unusual vaginal discharge with a bad smell, or bleeding between periods

Get diagnosed at Red Door

Red Door will talk with you about your sexual history, do a physical exam, and will test for STDs.

If you have PID, your sex partner(s) should get tested and treated for STDs.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door will give you antibiotics to cure PID.

Left untreated, reproductive organs can be damaged. The damage can cause people to lose the ability to have children. Treatment can’t reverse any damage.

You can get PID more than once if you get infected with an STD more than once.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

If you have PID, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

Pubic lice are tiny bugs that attach to pubic hair, but may also be found on other areas with coarse hair such as eyebrows, eyelashes, armpits, beards and mustaches.

Get diagnosed at Red Door

Red Door will talk with you about your sexual history, do a physical exam, and recommend testing for STDs.

If you have pubic lice, your sex partner(s) should get diagnosed and treated.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door will give you medicine to treat your pubic lice.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Syphilis is spread by skin-to-skin contact including vaginal, anal and oral sex. A pregnant person can give syphilis to their unborn baby.

Syphilis starts with an open sore that doesn’t hurt, usually on the penis, in the rectum, anus, vagina or mouth.

Sores and rashes will go away on their own without medicine, but syphilis stays in the body.

Get tested at Red Door

Red Door will talk with you about your sexual history to see if you need a test. If so, Red Door will take a blood sample.

If you have syphilis, your sex partner(s) should also get tested and treated.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Get your test results

Call Red Door one week after your visit to get your test results.

Or, login to your MyChart account to get your test results.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door will give you antibiotic shots. If you get treated early, medication will cure syphilis.

Without treatment, syphilis can cause a rash, hair loss, memory loss, blindness, and heart disease, and increase the risk of getting HIV.

You can get syphilis more than once.

If you have syphilis, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. Red Door has specially trained staff who can find and notify your sexual partners. Ask about partner notification when you come in for testing. You can also notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you’re pregnant

Pregnant people should get tested for syphilis by their pregnancy health care provider, such as an obstetrician or gynecologist. If you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211 or call 211 from a land line.

Trichomoniasis (trich) is spread during sex. For most people, infections happen in the genital area.

Most people don’t have symptoms.

Symptoms can include mild irritation to severe inflammation of the genitals. Symptoms can develop within a month after infection, but some people don’t get symptoms until much later. Symptoms can also come and go.

People with vaginas may have itching, burning, red or sore genitals, discomfort with peeing, or a discharge with an unusual smell that can be clear, white, yellowish, or greenish. Those with penises may have itching or irritation inside the penis, burning after peeing or ejaculating, or see discharge from the penis.

Get tested at Red Door

Red Door will discuss your symptoms to see if you need a test for trich. If so, you’ll pee in a cup.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Get your test results

Call Red Door one week after your visit to get your test results, at 612-543-5555.

Or, login to your MyChart account.

Get treated at Red Door

Red Door will give you antibiotic pills to treat trich.

Without treatment, the infection can last for months or even years. You can get trich more than once.

If you have trich, we recommend telling your sexual partner(s) so they can get tested and treated. You can notify partners using an online partner notification tool. Visit inSpot.

If you’re pregnant

Pregnant people with untreated trich are more likely to give birth early and their babies can have a low birth weight.

Go to your pregnancy health care provider, such as an obstetrician or gynecologist. If you don’t have a provider, call the United Way for a referral at 651-291-0211 or call 211 from a land line.

Red Door can test and treat these conditions if you're already here for sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening.

Make an appointment by calling 612-543-5555. For same-day appointments, we recommend calling early morning. 

Urinary tract infections (UTI)

UTIs are caused by bacteria that infects parts of the body that make, store and release urine. Bladder infections are the most common UTI. Symptoms can include pain or burning when peeing, frequent peeing, feeling the need to pee even with an empty bladder, low fever, urine that’s cloudy or bloody, and pressure or cramping in the groin or lower stomach. Sometimes symptoms can develop from other illnesses, including STDs.

If you have a UTI, Red Door gives you antibiotic pills.

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)

BV is related to an imbalance of bacteria in the vagina. Many people don’t have symptoms. Symptoms can include odor, vaginal discharge that’s thin and white or gray, and vaginal pain, itching, or burning. You may also have burning when peeing, and itching around the outside of the vagina. Pregnant people with BV are more likely to have babies born early or with low birth weight.

If you have BV, Red Door gives you antibiotic pills.

Scabies

Scabies is a skin infection that spreads by skin-to-skin contact with someone who has the infection. Common symptoms include strong itching and a skin rash that looks like small pimples, and can take 4-6 weeks to appear. People who’ve had it before can see symptoms much sooner. If you have scabies, your sex partner(s) should also get treated.

If you have scabies, Red Door gives you medicated cream or lotion.

Candida Vaginitis (Yeast Infection)

A lack of healthy bacteria in the vagina causes an overgrowth of yeast.

Symptoms include genital itching, burning, and sometimes a thick white discharge from the vagina. People with penises can have an itchy rash on the penis.

If you have a yeast infection, Red Door gives you medicine including pills or cream.

Molluscum Contagiosum

Molluscum contagiosum is an infection that spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact or touching contaminated objects. It causes growths, which can show up anywhere on the body, including the genitals. The growths are small, raised and usually white or pink, with a dimple in the center. They can become itchy, sore, red and swollen.

If you have molluscum contagiosum, Red Door treats the growths by freezing them with liquid nitrogen.