STD Clinic Locations:

• Willie J. Freeman College Park Regional Health Center
  1920 John E. Wesley Avenue
  College Park, Georgia 30337
  (404-765-4146)
  Clinic Hours:
  Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Fridays: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness
  2nd floor
  99 Jesse Hill Junior Drive
  Atlanta, Georgia 30303
  (404-730-1401)
  Clinic Hours:
  Mondays and Tuesdays, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
  Wednesdays through Fridays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

 

The Fulton County Department of Health & Wellness, Adult Services Division, operates clinics for the treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted disease(STD).

The STD Clinic offers medical examination and testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and confidential testing and counselling for exposure to the HIV (AIDS) virus. It tests men and women for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomonas, herpes, hepatitis B and yeast infections.

Other services:

State-Certified Laboratory --- Qualified STD testing. Some results are available the same day.

STD/HIV/TB Mobile Unit --- A van travels to various locations around the County and identifies persons who would benefit from an exam. Health workers offer treatment to infected persons and those who might be incubating a disease. Visitors are counseled about the risks of HIV as well as tuberculosis (TB), and given the opportunity to be tested.

Contact Tracing (DIS) --- Trained health professionals attempt to locate individuals who are infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), or who develop symptoms. Workers also locate the persons sex partner and/or others suspected of having an STD.

 

Characteristics of Sexually Transmitted Diseases:

Chlamydia or NGU
- Chlamydia affects women and men. In men, chlamydia can cause NGU.
- Symptoms show up 7-28 days after having sex.
- Most women and some men have no symptoms.

Genital Warts
- Symptoms show up 1-8 months after contact with HPV, the virus that causes genital warts. (Another type of HPV is linked to cervical cancer in women.)
- Small, bumpy warts on the sex organs and anus.
- Itching or burning around sex organs.
- After warts go away, the virus sometimes stays in the body. The warts can come back.

Gonorrhea
- Symptoms show up 2-21 days after having sex.
- Most women and some men have no symptoms.

Hepatitis B
- Symptoms show up 1-9 months after contact with the hepatitis B virus.
- Many people have no symptoms or mild symptoms.
- Flu-like feelings that don't go away.
- Tiredness.
- Jaundice (yellow skin).
- Dark Urine, light-colored bowel movements.

Herpes
- Symptoms show up 1-30 days or longer after having sex.
- Some people show no symptoms.
- Flu-like feelings.
- Small, painful blisters on the sex organs or mouth.
- Itching or burning before the blisters appear.
- Blisters last 1-3 weeks.
- Blisters go away, but you still have herpes. Blisters can come back.

HIV/AIDS
- Symptoms show up several months to several years after contact with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
- Can be present for many years with no symptoms.
- Unexplained weight loss or tiredness.
- Flu-like feelings that don't go away.
- Diarrhea.
- White spots in mouth.
- In women, yeast infections that don't go away.

Syphilis
- Symptoms show up 1-12 weeks after having sex.
- A painless sore or sores on the mouth or sex organs.
- Sore goes away, but you still have syphilis.

Trichomoniasis (Trich" or NGU)
- Affects both women and men. In men, Trich can cause NGU.
- Symptoms show up 3-14 days after having sex.
- Many people show no symptoms.