The latest figures from Public Health England (PHE) show that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) increased by 5% between 2017 and 2018. The report focused on the well-known infections - the ones many of us were warned about in school sex education: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV, genital herpes and HPV. But they also included 'new STIs' which are on the rise across the UK.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/the-stis-youve-never-ever-heard-of