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This programme contains some strong language. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:07 | |
Britain is in the grip of an epidemic | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
of sexually transmitted infections. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
-Everyone's shagged everyone. -Urrrgh! | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
Behind every rash, lump and itch... | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
Men will come in with pus coming out everywhere. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
-You said there's some itching around the back passage as well? -Yeah. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:24 | |
..is a patient terrified they may have caught an STI. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
What is scabies? | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
This series follows the staff as they treat | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
patients at the Manchester Centre for Sexual Health. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
Some of the things you see, especially | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
when you see like herpes and warts, some look really nasty. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
I'm going celibate! | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
And we work with the clinic to invite Manchester's young people | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
to get checked out. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
-Was it protected or unprotected? -Unprotected. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
One, two, three. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:51 | |
That has actually come back positive for gonorrhoea. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
Before learning how the fall out from unprotected sex... | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
It's going up in increments, next you'll have syphilis with holes in your cock. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
..affects them... | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
I feel like it's ruined my life. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
Hey, I just wanted to get my results. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
..and their relationships. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
I got someone pregnant not long ago. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
I'm absolutely gobsmacked you just told me that. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
This week, ladies man John makes a shocking confession. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
-I've had chlamydia three times. -What?! | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
An open relationship leaves Adele wide open to infection. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:31 | |
Calling because I just got a message from the clinic. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
And Dan reflects on the choices that led him to contract HIV. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
It was a decision I was making | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
and it ultimately was the wrong one. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:47 | |
It's 8am at the Manchester Centre for Sexual Health, | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
and the floodgates are about to open. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
It's the beginning of the day - yay! | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
Hi, this is Alison, one of the nurses. Can I help you? | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
Whether they've been left with a nasty surprise by an ex, | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
or have a horrible holiday memento, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
nearly 100 patients a day come here seeking help. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
Hiya. Have you got an appointment? Have you been here before? | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
Receptionist Claire is the friendly face in charge | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
of the clinic's STI guest list. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
The next slot I've got is at 3.10. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
Once you've opened the doors, they form a queue, | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
and it goes straight round and out the doors back onto the main road. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
Demand for the service from Manchester's lust-filled young people is booming. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
Some mornings, by 10 o'clock all the slots have gone. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
So, every day is different. It's always busy, though. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:48 | |
Through the clinic doors today are three mates from Manchester, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
John, Roo and Ben. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
It's been six months and a lot of unprotected sex since | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
any of them got tested and even they can't decide who's most at risk. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
-Him. -Why me? | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
Cos you've not been tested since America, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
and that's about a year ago. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:13 | |
Yeah. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:14 | |
But I know if I have got something, who's give it me, though. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
I don't even know. I'd have a list about as long as me arm to tell. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
Just be sat there like, "Oh." Never had any symptoms, nothing. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:24 | |
Have you? No, nothing. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
Loads of symptoms. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
I've had burning sometimes. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:29 | |
I remember when you said to me that you had green discharge coming out the end of yours. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
Got to clean yourself more often! | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
If you're young, free and single, Manchester has a lot to offer, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
and John and his mates try to take full advantage. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
I don't necessarily say that I'm going out on the pull, | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
but...it just happens. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
I get proper shy apart from when I'm by myself doing | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
some cheeky little sexy dancing. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
He can watch and learn, but I'm not going to sit down and teach you! | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
John's casual attitude to casual sex means | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
he could easily have caught an STI. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
But with many of them treatable, | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
it's only certain infections that seem to worry him. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
Just the ones you can't get rid of. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
Obviously, hepatitis and AIDS and stuff like that. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
That'd be obviously pretty grim. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
I don't... I'm hoping I've not got anything like that, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
I don't think I have. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:40 | |
I'd be devastated, to be honest. It's horrible, isn't it? | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
OK, when you have sex with your partners, do you give them oral sex? | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:04:46 | 0:04:47 | |
-Yeah. -Please, I know it's really embarrassing, I know we've only just met. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
Are you allergic to anything at all that you know of? | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
-Cats. -Cats. But no medication. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:55 | |
-But I don't have sex with cats, though. -No, you don't. That's fine. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
I wasn't going to ask you that! But thanks for letting me know. That's fine. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
It isn't just the questions that are making Roo squirm. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
For a man covered in tattoos, he has a surprising phobia. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
Needles, man. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
Scared man, like, I hate injections, | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
so I don't really want to get my blood took. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
You need to keep really, really still. OK? | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
So big. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
It's not. Only the tip goes in. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
Have a look at a leaflet. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:23 | |
Urgh. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:24 | |
Right, keep still for me, yeah? Just keep calm, it's fine. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
Sharp scratch. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
It's been over a year since Ben last got tested. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
I don't really like doing things like this, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
but got to do it, really, ain't ya? | 0:05:37 | 0:05:39 | |
And it's not the only thing he's been putting off. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
When did you last pass urine? | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
Um, this morning, about 8, 9 o clock. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
-You've not had a wee since then? -No. -Oh, my gosh! | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
-I know. -Right, OK, that's fine. Good grief, you're like camels! | 0:05:50 | 0:05:54 | |
Yeah. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
Ben should have no problem filling the sample pot. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
He's been holding it in for nearly 10 hours. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
There's a shelf in there, leave it on the shelf, | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
and I'll grab it from there when you're done, OK? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
-Cool, how much do you want me to fill it? -Well, you're probably going to be overflowing, aren't you! | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
You'll get them in at 11 o'clock in the morning, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
and they'll say they haven't peed since they went to bed the night before, | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
and you're thinking, "How can that be possible? | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
"Your bladder must be out here!" | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
And then they're sitting there going like this...ooh! | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
You're trying to get through your thing cos you know they're desperate to wee. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
Have you ever had sex with another man? | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
No. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:33 | |
Have you ever shared needles? | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
Er, tattoo needles, I have done, yeah. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
When you have sex with your partners, do you give them oral sex? | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
Um, sometimes. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:42 | |
Sometimes. Right. And do you receive any anal sex? | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
-Do I receive? -Yeah. We ask everybody this question. -No. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:49 | |
How many partners have you had in the last three months? | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
-Um. -Come on. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
Er, four or five. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:56 | |
-Four to five in the last three months. -Yeah. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
Do you use condoms when you have sex? | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
No. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
No, never? | 0:07:02 | 0:07:03 | |
-Occasionally. -Occasionally. -Yeah. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
John's admissions are a familiar story at the clinic. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
It's one of the reasons over 6,000 STIs | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
are diagnosed every week in the UK. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
And obviously the more partners you have, the more at risk | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
-you are of having an infection. -Yeah. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
And that could be gonorrhoea, could be syphilis, could be | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
HIV or chlamydia, you know, so... | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
So stop. Use protection. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
No, don't stop having sex, but just, you know, think about your future, think about your health. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
Just look after yourself. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
Loved-up Adele has got just got back from a two week love in with | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
her toy-boy Eddy in Australia. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
Had a fantastic time. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:49 | |
I was very teary when I had to leave and come home. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
We met in Thailand at Christmas. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
We'd sort of had discussions about the fact that | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
we lived on the other side of the world, um, | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
there's quite a bit of an age difference between us, and we're at different stages | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
in our lives, so we decided just to keep an open relationship. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
But at the same time, I didn't really want him | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
to be with anyone else, and I did, um, kind of worry about him | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
being with other people, and you can't help but get a bit jealous. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
But right now, jealousy is the least of her worries. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
While I was away, I got pain on urination and I started | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
getting a really itchy feeling down below and I started to get | 0:08:26 | 0:08:32 | |
a bloody discharge, which hasn't cleared up, | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
so I wanted to get it checked out. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:36 | |
Adele? | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
Adele and her boyfriend have now decided to become exclusive, | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
but if Eddy has already passed on an STI, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
it could put a prick in their love bubble. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
OK, Adele. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
How long have you had the symptoms of the bloody discharge? | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
For about four days. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
The itchiness, that's been going on for more than a week. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:58 | |
When was the last time you had sex? | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
About 48 hours ago. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
OK. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:03 | |
Her symptoms could be a sign of herpes, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
gonorrhoea or chlamydia, so Dr Chitra wants to take a closer look. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
I've got the speculum here. You know, only this bit goes in. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
So now is when I need you to take deep breaths in and out. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
Now, with my two fingers, which are much smaller than that | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
plastic instrument, feel the neck of your womb. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
That's great, well done, Adele. Just going to lower the bed. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:36 | |
Chitra has some concerns with what she's seen. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
When I examined you there was a bit of redness | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
round the vulva down below, | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
and also around the region, OK? | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
With like a couple of cracks in skin, | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
which is very suggestive of thrush, yeah? | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
On the other hand, the discharge, which there was a bit of, | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
there was no blood at all, it didn't look typically like thrush, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
so we're going to have a look under the microscope | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
to see if we can see anything, but, regardless of that, | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
I'm going to give you some treatment for thrush, anyway. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
Great, have a good day, Adele. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:11 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
Adele's test results won't be back for up to a fortnight. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
She and her boyfriend face an anxious wait to find out | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
if he's infected her with an STI. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
After months of unprotected sex, John and his mates | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
are finally getting tested. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
And how many sexual partners have you had in the last three months? | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
Um, about 10, 15, I'd say. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:53 | |
10, OK. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:54 | |
With the partners, these 10 partners, | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
are you using condoms with these? | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
Some. Some sometimes. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
-So when you say some, how many? -About three, four maybe. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
So, three of them protected and seven unprotected, OK. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:11 | |
Roo survived the needle, | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
but now he's worrying in case he needs a penile swab. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
-Have you got any questions? -How come you don't do the umbrella thing any more? | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
We don't ever use an umbrella, that's a myth. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:27 | |
-I've had one, it was like zook, straight down. -A loop, we use a little loop. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
-It looked like one of them things that you blow bubbles with? -Yes, that's right. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
We use a tiny little loop, not quite as big as something that you blow bubbles with, | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
but we only use those if you've got symptoms. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
Fortunately for Roo, he has no symptoms, | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
so he won't need a swab, umbrella-sized or not. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
The myth of the umbrella. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:53 | |
I mean, what we swab with is, it is like a thing | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
that you use for blowing bubbles, obviously not quite as big, | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
all it is, is a little loop. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
So, when we're testing men that have | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
got symptoms, we just pop it in the urethra, take a swab and that's it. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
It's not an umbrella, it's not a great big massive thing that | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
scrapes up the urethra - that's it, basically. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
Swabs and needles should be the least of the lads' worries. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
While most STIs can be easily treated, | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
they could still have a lasting impact on their lives. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
-Have you had an infection before? -Yeah. Chlamydia, three times. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
The more times you have a sexual infection, | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
the more at risk you are of problems. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:35 | |
It's something you need to think about. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
-Right. -Um, for your long-term health, really. -Yeah. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
Where do you want it? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
Just pop it in me tray. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
-That's your test done. -Yep. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:49 | |
So we've tested you for gonorrhoea, chlamydia, HIV, syphilis, | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
hepatitis C and hepatitis B, OK? | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
-Right, yeah. -Takes two to three weeks for everything to come back. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
As soon as we get your test results, we text you, OK? | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
-Right. -Do you need any condoms? | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
Yeah, go on, then. Please. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
-I'll go and get you some. -Cheers. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
When I do anything like this, | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
I feel like an old bag trying to ruin their fun, | 0:13:11 | 0:13:15 | |
which I'm not, but sometimes they don't think about the implications | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
of what they do, and it's just, | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
"Oh, chlamydia, I can get it treated, it's not a problem." | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
But when they have a lot to drink, | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
when they're out on the town, you know...and it's easy done. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
They're just enjoying themselves, they throw their cares to the wind | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
and just have sex, basically, | 0:13:31 | 0:13:32 | |
and don't think about the repercussions. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
-There you go. -Thank you. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
Got your little bag of goodies there. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
-Cheers. -And they're no use staying in there. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
-No, I know. -You need to use them. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
Think about the girls that you see, their health, | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
and think about your own as well. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
-Yeah? -Yeah. -OK and we'll be in touch with your results. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
-All right, cheers. -That all right? -That's great. -No problem. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
-Is that it then, yeah? -Yeah. Look after yourself. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
-You too, cheers. -OK, see you now. Bye-bye. -Bye. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
'I'm not too worried, to be honest with you. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
'There's no point worrying until you know, is there?' | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
So...use these. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
John and his mates will get their results back in a fortnight. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:16 | |
How come you got condoms? | 0:14:16 | 0:14:17 | |
Cos we asked for them, cos we've got a sex drive and you don't. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
They face the prospect of being diagnosed with HIV, syphilis, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
gonorrhoea or chlamydia...again. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
Why was you so long, though? | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
-Why? -Giving a list of girls? | 0:14:28 | 0:14:29 | |
I had to answer loads of questions, didn't I? | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
A bag of condoms could be too little, too late. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
The boys have left, but Fiona | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
is having a wee problem with Ben's sample. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
-The urine is not in the toilet where he left it. -Do you know where it is? | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
The cleaners have taken the piss... literally. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
So he's not weed since 8 o'clock this morning, | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
then we get the wee that he's been hanging on to all day... | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
bloody in the bin! | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
Loved-up Adele doesn't yet know | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
if her boyfriend from down under has infected her down below. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
I kind of did have the thought in the back of my mind, | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
perhaps it's an STI, um... | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
because I think the symptoms of chlamydia and gonorrhoea | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
can have, you know, burning sensation when you're peeing as well. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
Hi. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:30 | |
Hi, how's your day going? | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
Um, OK. I went to the GUM clinic | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
and got myself checked out. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
Was it kind of a bit embarrassing, or a bit weird? | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
It's just like, you know, | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
I've gotta get undressed behind a little screen | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
and sit with my legs up in the air | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
and my bits revealed to them, which isn't the nicest thing in the world. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:52 | |
The only thing that is slightly concerning me | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
is she said the discharge that I have wasn't, sort of, normal for thrush. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
So I guess there could be something else but hopefully that's...it's not. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:02 | |
Oh, good. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
You're OK, aren't you? | 0:16:04 | 0:16:05 | |
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. That's good. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
-Good. -Yeah, I suppose if something happened to you | 0:16:07 | 0:16:12 | |
and something negative came back, then I'd get myself looked at. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:15 | |
Yeah, we'll wait and see. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:16 | |
Er, I've gotta go now, honey. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
-Love you lots. -Bye. -Bye-bye. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
It would be nice if he was here | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
and he could've come to the clinic with me. That would've been nicer, | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
but I guess it's just something I've got to do on my own. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
It's a situation I've got myself in. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
Student Ben recently had a drunken one-night-stand | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
whilst on a break from his girlfriend. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
Good start to the day that, lad. How are ya? | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
Now they're back together, she's slapped him with a sex ban | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
until he can prove he doesn't have an STI. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
Not that his mate, Kalvin, has much sympathy. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
She said I had to get tested. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
You should always use a condom. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:00 | |
I'm pretty sure I did but I was quite drunk, so I'm not 100% sure. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
Well, it's better to be safe than sorry, isn't it? Are you nervous? | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
Not really, like I say, I'm pretty sure everything should be OK. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
But what you going to do if it ain't? | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
Take some medication. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
Yeah, I mean, not that you can tell by looking, | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
but did she seem like she kept herself... | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
I dunno, I was drunk that's what I'm saying. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
But, yeah, she didn't seem like she was currently dying. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:29 | |
So she wasn't, like, arrrgh? Like all over the place? | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
-No. -And you weren't thinking, | 0:17:32 | 0:17:33 | |
"Oh, god, she probably hasn't had a bath in ten years." | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
-I wasn't that drunk. -Mmm. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
The last thing I remember is doing shots at the bar with my friend | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
and I vaguely remember leaving the club and she must've been there. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
Are you sure you didn't, like, grab some random woman | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
and just have your way with her? | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
Not saying you're that sort of person! | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
I'm not some sort of barbarian invader. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
Just... I'm not some sort of Viking warrior | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
rampaging through the country stealing women. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
Well, you are from Leeds... | 0:18:00 | 0:18:01 | |
Oh, well, yeah. It's the same thing. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
All right, if you had to pick one out of all of them, which would it be? | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
-If you had to have one. -Chlamydia. I'm sure one of my friends had it | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
and he just took some antibiotics. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
Cos I think you look like more of syphilis man. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
Oh, thanks(!) | 0:18:17 | 0:18:18 | |
Yeah, but what if she had AIDS? | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
Um... | 0:18:21 | 0:18:22 | |
You could have AIDS! | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
If he does have HIV, or any other STI, | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
he'll need a very understanding girlfriend, | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
or he could find himself on a permanent break. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
For some people, coming to the clinic can be awkward or embarrassing. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
For others, it's simply impossible. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
Christelle? | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
The clinic runs a weekly outreach programme | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
to provide sexual healthcare for patients | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
currently detained at Her Majesty's pleasure. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
Is there any leaflets in here on syphilis? | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
Specialist nurse Lisa has been visiting inmates of HMP Manchester | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
for over two years | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
and knows penile problems in the penal system are a real issue. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:15 | |
All the prisoners that we screened last week, | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
we need to get their results ready for this week. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
And one's come back as, um...as a syphilis. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
Another one's come back as a chronic hepatitis B. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
So I need to sort them out when I get there. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
Joining her for the first time today is clinic support worker Celia. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:34 | |
-Are you going to the prison today, Celia? -Yes, have you been before? | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
-I have. -Oh, OK. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:40 | |
-What's it like? -Bit scary...but I'm a wimp. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
Do we have a guard with us? A nice hunky one or what? | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
You have someone that escorts you to the health centre, | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
but you don't have a guard with you in the room. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
So you're alone with them prisoners? | 0:19:53 | 0:19:55 | |
Yeah. You'll be with somebody else. There's two of you. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
That's it? | 0:19:59 | 0:20:00 | |
Yeah. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:01 | |
You've got terrorists in there, | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
rapists, murderers, paedophiles... it's a proper, big, hard prison. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:07 | |
-Depressing, isn't it? -It is. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
You weren't scared, was you? | 0:20:09 | 0:20:10 | |
No! Not when I was in the clinic, no. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
-OK. -It's just walking through the prison. -Right. -Freaks me out. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
So when you're walking through, do you see them, "Eeehhh!"? | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
No, Celia. It's not like Escape From Alcatraz! | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
Oh, right. It's exciting! | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
I'll have a quick slurp of tea before I go, | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
won't get a chance to have one while I'm there. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:32 | |
-Celia! -Come on! | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
-Right, um... -We can take this? -Is that sealed? | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
-Sealed, everything's sealed. -Right, OK. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
Inside HMP Manchester are some of the country's most dangerous criminals. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:54 | |
Doors are now shut, that's it, Celia, we're in. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
And inside them are some of the most dangerous STIs. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:01 | |
This is your main holding cell area, here, | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
that's for your mainstream prisoners. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
We've also got another holding cell, here, | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
which is for vulnerable kind of prisoners. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
Before the patients are called up from the cells, | 0:21:13 | 0:21:17 | |
Lisa shows Celia the ropes. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
-We're all doing the urine samples now. -Right. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
Do the urine over there, that's absolutely fine. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
If you dispose of it in them orange bags, | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
that's absolutely fine, cos there's no sluice, you see. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
Oh, so just throw the wee-wee in the sink? | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
No, no. Put them... seal them back in the bag, | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
and they go in the...in the bin. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
Oh. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:38 | |
With infection rates for prisoners significantly higher | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
than the UK average, Lisa knows the value of this outreach work. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:46 | |
It's just as important to offer these guys a screening in here | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
as it is out on...on civvy street, if you like. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:52 | |
They know that they're coming into prison, some of them, | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
so what they do is they make sure they have a lot of sex | 0:21:55 | 0:21:59 | |
before they go into prison. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
I mean, a few of them have had no symptoms | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
and they've got chlamydia, you know, that kind of thing. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
Their first patient is a prisoner serving time for a drugs offence. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
It's good to know that you've had a check-up | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
and that everything's OK and, like I said, | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
-I can get your results to you next week. Sound like a plan? -Yep. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
Right, I'll just go through some questions with you if that's OK. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
The last time this man faced questioning, | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
it led to a prison sentence. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
He'll be hoping to get off lighter today. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
And do you use protection with your partner or...? | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
How long you been together for? | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
No other sexual partners? | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
-Have you ever injected drugs? -No. -Sex with anyone who's injected drugs? -No. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:44 | |
OK, and the last time you had sex with anybody was when? | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
Six weeks. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
So we'll check your urine for chlamydia and gonorrhoea | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
and we can check your blood for HIV and syphilis, all right? | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
Any questions? | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
Just don't like needles? | 0:23:00 | 0:23:01 | |
I can see it all on your face! | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
Do guys here talk about the fact that this clinic is available? | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
With one patient down, Lisa and Celia have many more left to see. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
I've got, um...one that I've got to follow up | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
who has got chronic hepatitis. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:23 | |
There's another one who's... | 0:23:23 | 0:23:24 | |
I need to check whether he's been treated for syphilis | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
and the others is warts, two of them have got warts. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
So I just need you to fill this paperwork in for me. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
Back at the clinic and student Ben is hoping to persuade his girlfriend | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
to lift his sex ban by proving he hasn't got an STI. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:51 | |
Broke up with my girlfriend a while ago | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
and then we recently got back together, | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
but whilst we were apart, I got together with someone, | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
and she said, "Yeah, you need to get tested." So I said, "OK, fine." | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
I should be fine. Well, at least, I hope I am, so, um... | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
-Hi, is it Benjamin? -Yeah. -Hiya, come in. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
Come and have a seat. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:15 | |
-Have you ever had sex with a man? -No. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
No, OK. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:21 | |
When you have sex with your partners, do you give them oral sex? | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
-Um, yeah. -You do, OK. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
And do you receive any anal sex? We ask everybody this question. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
-No. -No, OK. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:30 | |
Have you ever had sex with anyone from a different country? | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
Um...yes. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
Whereabouts were they from? | 0:24:37 | 0:24:39 | |
Er...Spain once | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
and a Mexican-American once. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
And as far as you know, you're not HIV positive, but you've never tested? | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
No, I've never tested but I've never had any symptoms. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
Right, OK. And have you ever had a blood transfusion? | 0:24:52 | 0:24:56 | |
-Um, I was in a car accident. -Right. -And I had to have, um, yeah... | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
I had a lot of internal bleeding and stuff, | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
and then again when I was seven, I had to have another surgery, | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
which I'm not sure if I needed a blood transfusion for or not. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
-OK. -That would've been '93. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
'93. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
So I just need a urine sample now. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:17 | |
You all right there? | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
-Tricky, cuffs, aren't they? -Yeah. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
-OK, that's fab. You got any questions? -No, no, that's it. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
-OK. -All right, thank you. -You're very welcome, no problem. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
-All right. -All right, see you now, bye-bye. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
Bye. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:36 | |
Uh, I'm pretty sure that I'm OK. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
They say to you, if we haven't contacted you in two weeks | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
then you're fine, which does leave you spending two weeks thinking, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
"Oh, God, what if they text me and I've got something?" | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
Ben will cross his fingers his results come back negative. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:52 | |
If he has an STI, | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
his girlfriend's sex ban will be the least of his worries. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
The clinic deal with thousands of patients like Ben every month. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
Getting their results to them, and fast, | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
is a vital part of the clinic's day-to-day work. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
Oh, my god, it's my results. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
Oh, that reminds me, I got a message from the clinic. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
I'm glad that I'll find out soon. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:23 | |
I've got a text. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
We just need to be positive and hope that our result's the right result. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
-Who's that? -I've no idea. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
Text message. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:39 | |
Adele's results have come through. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
It's from the clinic. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
She gets straight on Skype to break the news to Eddy face to face. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:52 | |
Hi. | 0:26:57 | 0:26:58 | |
I'm calling because I just got a message from the clinic, um... | 0:26:59 | 0:27:04 | |
-Oh, yeah? -Saying that everything's negative, so... | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
-Oh! -Big relief! -Yeah. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
Oh, good, I'm happy for you and us. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:14 | |
Yeah, it's nice. It's there in writing. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
It's all OK, so that's good. Yeah. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:22 | |
Oh! So relieved! | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
No little skeletons hiding in the cupboard, so that's really nice. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
At the prison, Lisa and Celia | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
are banged up with the inmates from HMP Manchester. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
You sit yourself over here for me, please. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
Their next patient is serving a life sentence. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:56 | |
So the last time you had sex with anybody was when? | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
Er, 2010. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
-Have you been in prison since 2010? -Yeah. -OK. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
The reason behind his incarceration is confidential | 0:28:06 | 0:28:08 | |
but the reason he's come to see the clinic staff are all too familiar. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:12 | |
If he did catch something whilst on a break from his girlfriend, | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
then any STI will have been causing damage for nearly two years. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:43 | |
Was there a problem with the testicles? | 0:28:43 | 0:28:45 | |
OK. How long have you had the lump for? | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
Two months. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:55 | |
On the surface of the testicle, is it painful? | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
Any unusual fluid? Any discharge or anything like that? | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
Just pain passing urine? | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
Well, what we can do is... I can do a sexual health screen on you. | 0:29:08 | 0:29:13 | |
OK, and we can test for things like chlamydia | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
and gonorrhoea that can cause - if they're left untreated - | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
they can cause more problems, symptoms like you're saying about. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:23 | |
And just because of your testicular symptoms | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
and now you've also got other symptoms, | 0:29:26 | 0:29:29 | |
I'll get you in to see a doctor. Is that all right? | 0:29:29 | 0:29:31 | |
And your results will be available to you in a week's time. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
When we come back next week, we do a results slip, put it in an envelope, | 0:29:36 | 0:29:41 | |
and it's then taken up to your wing and it's popped under your door. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
All right, then, chuck? | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
The prisoner's problem may soon get treated, | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
but when his girlfriend finds out what's happened, | 0:29:49 | 0:29:52 | |
he may be glad he's locked up. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
There's just one patient left to deal with. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
The prison visit is nearly over. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:10 | |
Any tests we do today, the results will be available next week. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:15 | |
I'll try and not send you bad news. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
When are you due to be released? | 0:30:20 | 0:30:21 | |
Do you know how long you think you might get? | 0:30:24 | 0:30:26 | |
Only? Gosh. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:30 | |
Just got to do your time. Get out and don't come back again. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:34 | |
Did you? | 0:30:37 | 0:30:38 | |
You didn't learn that lesson, then? | 0:30:38 | 0:30:40 | |
Yeah, you're all done. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
For Lisa, the four hours in nick have flown by. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
'The prisoners, they're really nice lads. You chat with them, you know? | 0:30:46 | 0:30:50 | |
'You're getting a range of different conversations, really.' | 0:30:50 | 0:30:54 | |
Sometimes when they say, | 0:30:54 | 0:30:56 | |
"I've been in prison," and, "I've been in before," | 0:30:56 | 0:30:59 | |
and you think, "Why have you come back?" | 0:30:59 | 0:31:03 | |
Bit of bribery there. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:04 | |
Even Celia, despite her initial fears, has enjoyed herself. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
I liked it, can't wait to come back again. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
It was interesting, and the prisoners were nice. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:16 | |
They're just human beings like us, they're just locked up, that's it. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
She was brilliant. She's like a duck to water, she's absolutely great. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:24 | |
She just cracks on and gets on with it. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:25 | |
She was absolutely fine, she was brilliant. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:27 | |
She makes me laugh, Celia. Always got a light-hearted thing to say. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:31 | |
HE HUMS A TUNE | 0:31:36 | 0:31:37 | |
Across town, and John and his mates are very much | 0:31:38 | 0:31:42 | |
young, free and single. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:44 | |
-Have you shaved your legs today? -Have I? -Yes, you have! | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
They're gearing up for a big night out with their friends, | 0:31:47 | 0:31:49 | |
Abi and Danni. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
Manchester's incestuous. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:53 | |
Everyone's fucking shagged each other. Disgusting. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:55 | |
It's horrible. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:56 | |
Manchester is horrible. Everyone's shagged everyone. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:59 | |
How many girls have you been with that I would've | 0:31:59 | 0:32:02 | |
and the other way round as well? | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
Mate, quite a lot. AT LEAST six or seven. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
How many girls have you slept with? | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
Do you know what? I don't even know. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:10 | |
I can't even estimate the amount of girls I've boned. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
Really? | 0:32:13 | 0:32:15 | |
When I was 16, 17 it was about 20, | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
and I'm 25 now. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
Do you use protection? | 0:32:19 | 0:32:21 | |
I'm not being funny and I know it's crude, but I like to feel... it on me. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:25 | |
I don't think about if they're going to get pregnant. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:27 | |
I don't think about STIs. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:29 | |
DANNI: Do you ask her if she's on the pill? | 0:32:30 | 0:32:32 | |
I-I-I... No. To be fair, no. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:35 | |
If we start doing anything and she doesn't say anything, | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
then that's it, then it doesn't really matter to me. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
I don't really care. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:42 | |
And to be fair, as living proof, I've got a child in America. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:45 | |
-JOHN: -Fucking... -DANNI: Have you? | 0:32:45 | 0:32:47 | |
At the time you think, "I'm going to get laid and that is it." | 0:32:47 | 0:32:50 | |
DANNI: Have any of you had STIs? | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
I've had chlamydia. I've had chlamydia three times. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:56 | |
DANNI GASPS What?! | 0:32:56 | 0:32:57 | |
Really? | 0:32:57 | 0:32:59 | |
The girls may be shocked by what they're hearing, | 0:32:59 | 0:33:01 | |
but for the boys, it's almost a badge of honour. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:05 | |
John's just going for the shiny now, innit? | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
Just HIV to complete the set. That's all you need now. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:10 | |
Oh! | 0:33:10 | 0:33:11 | |
The thing is with chlamydia, though, it's literally... | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
-Four tablets, see you later. -Take four pills, gone. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:16 | |
DANNI: It's not though! You think because you can cure it that easily, | 0:33:16 | 0:33:20 | |
-that it's not a serious fucking disease? -Well, yeah, but... | 0:33:20 | 0:33:22 | |
Use a condom! What is wrong with ya? | 0:33:22 | 0:33:24 | |
Tonight they might get their chance. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
They're off out into Manchester on the pull. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
See ya later! | 0:33:43 | 0:33:44 | |
For staff at the clinic, every day brings new delights. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:48 | |
You never know what you'll get behind that curtain, do you really? | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
I think there's only ever one thing that shocked me | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
was a young lad and he come in and he was worried. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:58 | |
He didn't know how to use a condom, | 0:33:58 | 0:34:00 | |
because he'd been having dry sex with his girlfriend. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
So I asked him, I said, "So what is dry sex?" | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
He says, "I leave me undies on when I'm having sex with me girlfriend." | 0:34:06 | 0:34:10 | |
I said - me head was thinking - "But there's pores in undies, | 0:34:10 | 0:34:15 | |
"the semen's going to get through!" | 0:34:15 | 0:34:19 | |
I think that was just amazing. How they get it in... | 0:34:19 | 0:34:21 | |
-How do you have sex with your undies on? -It's called dry humping now. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
Oh, that. Dry humping! Oh, that! | 0:34:25 | 0:34:27 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:34:27 | 0:34:29 | |
All good. It's all good. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
Dan has HIV and is a regular face at the clinic. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:40 | |
Because I am HIV positive, having STDs in general, | 0:34:40 | 0:34:45 | |
well, having any diseases in general does concern me | 0:34:45 | 0:34:48 | |
because of my weakened immune system. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
Unprotected sex with other HIV-positive men | 0:34:51 | 0:34:54 | |
has infected Dan with a string of STIs. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:57 | |
I've had gonorrhoea and chlamydia in the past. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:01 | |
I had a syphilis scare - luckily that was all negative. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
But Dan's high-risk behaviour has led him to the clinic | 0:35:03 | 0:35:06 | |
for the second time in just a few weeks. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:09 | |
I think there's a bit of a discharge from the backside. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:15 | |
I was in about two months ago with similar symptoms. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:20 | |
They said it was gonorrhoea, and I was treated, | 0:35:20 | 0:35:23 | |
so I'm not sure if they've come back. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:25 | |
Getting to the bottom of things for Dan is Chitra - | 0:35:25 | 0:35:29 | |
consultant and HIV specialist. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
-Daniel? -Yes. -Hi. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
Daniel, my name is Chitra Babu, I think we have met before. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:37 | |
I think so, uh... | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
-Daniel, whereabouts in America are you from? -Chicago. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
How long have you been in the UK for? | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
Er...about six years now. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
Do you like it here? | 0:35:47 | 0:35:49 | |
Enough that I stay. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:50 | |
It's... I'm having fun and Europe's my playground. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
Tell me more about the discharge. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:57 | |
I suppose coming out of the back passage, it's... | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
kind of coloured in such a way... | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
It's kind of, I don't want to say yellowish, | 0:36:02 | 0:36:06 | |
but sometimes it's yellowy brown. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
-And do you use condoms? -No. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:11 | |
-For anal as well? -Correct. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
-I'm going to take a swab from the front. -OK. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:18 | |
-Just going to pull the skin back, OK. -Yep. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
Just have a quick look and take a little swab. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:27 | |
As he has symptoms, Dan needs a penile swab. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:30 | |
This is just a little bit unpleasant. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
Just take a deep breath in for me. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:35 | |
OK. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:41 | |
-What I'm going to do is just rub some gel on it. -Mm-hm. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
It's going to feel a little bit cold. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
OK, Daniel, just breaths in and out. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:49 | |
Just going to introduce this, OK? | 0:36:49 | 0:36:52 | |
Mm-hm. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:53 | |
STIs thrive in warn, moist places. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
Dan's bottom is both of these things, | 0:36:56 | 0:36:58 | |
so Chitra will need a swab from there, too. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
In view of your symptoms, | 0:37:04 | 0:37:05 | |
while we're waiting for more sort of confirmatory results, especially | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
for things like chlamydia, I'm going to give you some treatment anyway. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
OK. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:12 | |
Now, while you're taking these antibiotics, | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
the main advice would be no sex at all, | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
not even with condoms, not even oral sex. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
Dan's treatment is a precaution. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
It'll be at least a week before he discovers | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
if he does in fact have yet another dose of gonorrhoea. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:30 | |
'With Daniel, he's a very intelligent person, | 0:37:30 | 0:37:32 | |
'and, you know, I do remember having seen him before.' | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
He's got all the information there, | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
but on the other hand, we have treated him recently. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
We have to make them aware, because there are some things | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
which we can easily treat, but there are other things we can't. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:47 | |
Despite being HIV positive and repeatedly contracting STIs, | 0:37:47 | 0:37:52 | |
Dan doesn't seem interested in changing his ways. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:54 | |
For me, it's a fact of life. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:56 | |
If it does turn out to be gonorrhoea, | 0:37:56 | 0:37:58 | |
then it feels like a regular check-up for me. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
Will I change my behaviour? | 0:38:00 | 0:38:02 | |
In time. I'm still young, I'm still enjoying life, | 0:38:04 | 0:38:08 | |
so sooner or later life will calm down. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
Student Ben is waiting nervously for the results | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
which could signal the end of his girlfriend's sex ban | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
and clear him of having HIV, syphilis or any other STI. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:28 | |
MOBILE PINGS | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
Oh, that's good. Right, I got the text, it was negative. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
Yeah, that is a relief. At least I haven't got anything. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:45 | |
I'm just going to text my girlfriend and tell her everything was fine. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:49 | |
Yeah, so obviously in future I'll try not to get drunk | 0:38:49 | 0:38:53 | |
and go home with random women where I'm not sure what's happening. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:56 | |
I'll try and keep my... Well, I'm back with my girlfriend, | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
so I won't do that now, but if I did break up with her, | 0:38:59 | 0:39:03 | |
then yeah, that's what I'll do, I'll be sensible and not get too drunk. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:08 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
She text back, "Oh, no, that means we have to have sex!" | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
Oh, that was quite funny. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
After the green light from his girlfriend, | 0:39:18 | 0:39:21 | |
Ben is back on for an STI-free sex life. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
Smooth-talking John and his mates are off out on the pull. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
-Come on, ladies. Let's disco dance! -HE LAUGHS | 0:39:32 | 0:39:35 | |
Even his friend Abi can't resist his unique charms. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:40 | |
-I'm waiting for you. Will you marry me? -Maybe. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
-Marry me right now. -Wait your turn. -Oh, fuck off! | 0:39:42 | 0:39:45 | |
Or maybe she can. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:47 | |
Either way, John's not bothered. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:51 | |
It's not long before he's tongue-deep in Manchester's single girls. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:55 | |
I don't know, but she started coming up to me | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
and started doing the little... giving me the little wiggle. | 0:39:57 | 0:39:59 | |
I was like, "Right, come on, let's go." | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
# Ooh, ooh Come and get you some | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
# Come and get you some... # | 0:40:03 | 0:40:04 | |
HE WHISTLES | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
JOHN SHOUTS | 0:40:06 | 0:40:07 | |
We're only being friendly. I'm just after... | 0:40:07 | 0:40:10 | |
A quick lay. Don't lie. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
I wasn't going to say it like that, I was going to... | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
Yes, you are, though! | 0:40:14 | 0:40:15 | |
I wasn't going to put it as nice as what you were going to put it. But yeah. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:18 | |
With a few drinks inside him, no girl is off limits. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
-Fuck me! -Obviously she's not. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
Cos she likes a bit of cock in her every now and again! | 0:40:36 | 0:40:39 | |
# Hot girl, you're doing it well | 0:40:39 | 0:40:40 | |
# The way your hips move got me under a spell... # | 0:40:40 | 0:40:42 | |
But with John and the lads yet to receive their results, | 0:40:42 | 0:40:46 | |
it's possible these girls could get a nasty surprise | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
if they were to go in for more than just a kiss. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
-And are they fit? -Yes, they... | 0:40:52 | 0:40:54 | |
-And are we going to fuck 'em? -Yes. -I hope so! | 0:40:54 | 0:40:56 | |
That's that done for today. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:09 | |
Pee pots. Jolly good. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
Working in sexual health is a real eye-opener, | 0:41:11 | 0:41:14 | |
even for experienced staff like Fiona and Pam. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:18 | |
I didn't realise everybody shaved their pubic region. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
That was a complete revelation to me. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
So it made me think, "Oh, no, I'd better go and get the razor out!" | 0:41:23 | 0:41:26 | |
-A new era of no hair, isn't it? -Yeah, it is! | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
-Men, men, as well. Men and women. -Men shave, women shave... | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
-Yeah, they shave everything. -We are a hairless society now. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:33 | |
I always think, "Well, it keeps you a bit warm, doesn't it?" | 0:41:33 | 0:41:36 | |
They're embarrassed about getting their clothes off, | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
because they haven't shaved for a few weeks. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
-And, honestly, there must be a millimetre of hair. -Yeah, that's right! | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
And you think, "Looks all right to me! You're fine there!" | 0:41:44 | 0:41:48 | |
-Bushes are out, love. Not in this day and age. -No. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:51 | |
Definitely not at all. No bush. | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
When it comes to STIs, | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
the group at least risk of infection, apart from nuns, | 0:41:56 | 0:42:00 | |
are lesbians. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:01 | |
-Hi, have you got an appointment? -Hi. Er, no. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
OK, if you just read this, would you be number one or two? | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
Erm, number one. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:10 | |
-It's just for general testing? -Yeah. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
But low risk isn't no risk, | 0:42:12 | 0:42:13 | |
and having just got together with a new partner, | 0:42:13 | 0:42:17 | |
19-year-old Alex can't stop worrying. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
'I needed to get tested. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:21 | |
'Like, I wanted to just put my mind at ease, really.' | 0:42:21 | 0:42:25 | |
I worry about warts, because they're disgusting | 0:42:25 | 0:42:28 | |
and they'd scare me so much if I got them. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:31 | |
I think warts and crabs, as well. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:33 | |
They would be... They are the two, like, my most feared STIs. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:37 | |
Unfortunately for Alex, | 0:42:37 | 0:42:38 | |
warts is one of the most common STIs for lesbians, | 0:42:38 | 0:42:42 | |
and if she does have crabs, or pubic lice, as they are also known, | 0:42:42 | 0:42:45 | |
she'll be hoping they're nothing like | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
one of the clinic's most infamous cases. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:51 | |
"His name is Bob...don't throw." | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
You can see its legs. | 0:42:55 | 0:42:57 | |
There you are, there's its head. | 0:42:57 | 0:43:00 | |
Oh, my God! It's massive! | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
I know. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:03 | |
If you see it in the microscope, | 0:43:03 | 0:43:04 | |
you think of all them crabs that could be running around. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:07 | |
Oh, it's scary! | 0:43:07 | 0:43:09 | |
Come on through. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
Alex will be praying Bob and his ilk make no appearance | 0:43:11 | 0:43:14 | |
during her appointment with specialist nurse Fiona. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 | |
-Have you ever had a sexually transmitted infection before? -No. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:21 | |
OK. Have you ever had sex with an HIV-positive man | 0:43:21 | 0:43:26 | |
-or a bisexual man that you're aware of? -No. | 0:43:26 | 0:43:28 | |
-With your partners do you have oral sex? -Yeah. -You do. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:32 | |
-And any anal sex? -No. | 0:43:32 | 0:43:35 | |
-So you only have female partners, is that right? -Yeah. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:37 | |
-Do you use sex toys at all with your partners? -No. -No. | 0:43:37 | 0:43:41 | |
And when you have sex with your female partners, | 0:43:41 | 0:43:43 | |
-do you use any other protection at all? -No. | 0:43:43 | 0:43:46 | |
-You don't use anything...? -There's only one protection for lesbians. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:49 | |
-Yeah, that's right. -That sheet thing. -Yep. | 0:43:49 | 0:43:52 | |
-I've never used that. -Right, OK. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:54 | |
-But you are aware that there is such a thing if need be. -Yeah. | 0:43:54 | 0:43:57 | |
I mean, they do say that you can make your own dental dams, | 0:43:57 | 0:44:00 | |
so it's like a clingfilm, basically. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:03 | |
Insert that into your vagina. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
You need to put it to about there. Give it a swirl. | 0:44:06 | 0:44:10 | |
-Toilet's just in there. -OK. | 0:44:10 | 0:44:11 | |
The rectal ones are slightly harder, | 0:44:18 | 0:44:21 | |
and I have known somebody come out the bathroom | 0:44:21 | 0:44:23 | |
with the cotton wool bit missing, and I was going, "Where's the end?" | 0:44:23 | 0:44:26 | |
and they're going, "Don't know," so it's like...! | 0:44:26 | 0:44:29 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:31 | |
-No, thank you. You take care. -Bye. -Bye. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:34 | |
Her risk, as a lesbian woman, is very low. | 0:44:34 | 0:44:39 | |
Erm, especially as she has no penetrative sex, she's not... | 0:44:39 | 0:44:42 | |
she's not, erm, using sex toys so her risk of infection is low, | 0:44:42 | 0:44:46 | |
but there's obviously still a risk there. | 0:44:46 | 0:44:48 | |
Alex will find out if her worries were without foundation | 0:44:52 | 0:44:55 | |
in the next two weeks. | 0:44:55 | 0:44:56 | |
In the meantime, there is one method she could try out | 0:44:56 | 0:44:59 | |
to protect herself from even the smallest risk. | 0:44:59 | 0:45:02 | |
The dental dams, the notion behind them | 0:45:02 | 0:45:05 | |
is stop the risk of infection through oral sex, obviously, | 0:45:05 | 0:45:08 | |
but people don't use them. | 0:45:08 | 0:45:10 | |
It's not something that people like. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:13 | |
Dan came to the clinic seeking treatment for an anal discharge. | 0:45:21 | 0:45:24 | |
He's waiting for test results, | 0:45:24 | 0:45:27 | |
which will tell him if he's contracted gonorrhoea | 0:45:27 | 0:45:29 | |
for the second time in as many months. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:31 | |
Oh, I do have a chat. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:35 | |
You find a guy, you start chatting and...perhaps you hook up. | 0:45:36 | 0:45:42 | |
Hoping for the all-clear, Dan is already cruising a gay hook-up site. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:46 | |
He's just replied. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:50 | |
He's a barman and an author, of sorts. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:53 | |
All these conversations follow the same format. | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
Sometimes I just find it really mundane, | 0:45:59 | 0:46:01 | |
and you just want to cut to the chase. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:04 | |
I'm fairly versatile and up for...various things. | 0:46:04 | 0:46:09 | |
Working in the city centre, | 0:46:11 | 0:46:12 | |
I get some people that want me to come round on lunchtime | 0:46:12 | 0:46:16 | |
and, er, I think that's a bit too much. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:21 | |
Tempted a few times, but I've yet to... I've yet to do that. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:26 | |
Since his appointment, life's been tough for Dan. | 0:46:26 | 0:46:30 | |
Yeah, well, they said to withhold sex so it's just, er, frustration | 0:46:30 | 0:46:36 | |
with abstaining but, erm, it's not been that long, but, er... | 0:46:36 | 0:46:41 | |
..long enough! | 0:46:42 | 0:46:44 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:46:44 | 0:46:45 | |
PHONE BEEPS | 0:46:45 | 0:46:46 | |
Luckily, Dan is saved by the bell. | 0:46:46 | 0:46:48 | |
I've just gotten a results text, and it looks negative, | 0:46:49 | 0:46:55 | |
so it's all good. | 0:46:55 | 0:46:56 | |
"Negative," right there, in words. | 0:46:56 | 0:46:58 | |
So, woo-hoo! | 0:46:58 | 0:47:00 | |
Across town, it's results day for the likely lads. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:07 | |
I've got a text saying, | 0:47:11 | 0:47:13 | |
"Your most recent test results from MSCH are negative." | 0:47:13 | 0:47:18 | |
See, that's... | 0:47:18 | 0:47:19 | |
Yeah, that's right, isn't it? Yeah. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:21 | |
John is facing the prospect of his fourth bout of chlamydia, | 0:47:25 | 0:47:28 | |
but he could've contracted a far more serious STI | 0:47:28 | 0:47:31 | |
through his high-risk sexploits. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:35 | |
I need to stop, I know I need to stop now, | 0:47:35 | 0:47:37 | |
cos I don't want it to get to the point where I think, | 0:47:37 | 0:47:39 | |
"I should've stopped and started using protection," | 0:47:39 | 0:47:41 | |
when I end up with something like HIV or something like that. | 0:47:41 | 0:47:44 | |
Cos I know it's in Manchester, cos I've read leaflets on it. | 0:47:44 | 0:47:47 | |
So, obviously, I need to stop now. | 0:47:47 | 0:47:49 | |
I like to put a front on, don't I? | 0:47:49 | 0:47:51 | |
So people don't see that I'm worried, but... | 0:47:51 | 0:47:54 | |
I'm just a bit worried by myself. | 0:47:54 | 0:47:57 | |
The long wait for results | 0:48:00 | 0:48:01 | |
has also been causing Alex to do more worrying. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:05 | |
When I was talking to my friends about it, it was scaring me a bit. | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
I was like, "I might have a symptom, | 0:48:09 | 0:48:12 | |
"but I've just not picked up on it because I thought I was ill," | 0:48:12 | 0:48:14 | |
or something like that. | 0:48:14 | 0:48:16 | |
PHONE BEEPS | 0:48:16 | 0:48:18 | |
My, er, my tests are negative. So, I don't have anything. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:31 | |
Yeah! That's good. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:34 | |
Phew, that's like a weight off my shoulders. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:37 | |
I feel like texting them back saying, "Thanks," but it probably won't work. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:42 | |
She can't wait to share the news with her girlfriend. | 0:48:42 | 0:48:46 | |
I'm just putting, "I'm free from STIs". | 0:48:46 | 0:48:49 | |
I'm so happy that I haven't actually got any STIs. | 0:48:52 | 0:48:57 | |
I feel like I owe myself a pint. Definitely. | 0:48:57 | 0:49:00 | |
Alex hits town for some celebration drinks, | 0:49:07 | 0:49:09 | |
and she's invested in a special safe sex treat | 0:49:09 | 0:49:12 | |
for her and her girlfriend to enjoy. | 0:49:12 | 0:49:14 | |
I ordered some... | 0:49:16 | 0:49:17 | |
-Oh, my God! -No! | 0:49:18 | 0:49:21 | |
Babes! | 0:49:22 | 0:49:24 | |
It's balloons, it's balloons. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:25 | |
-Simple. Why don't you have a dam? -Personally, I would never use one. | 0:49:27 | 0:49:31 | |
'We're just about to try the dental dams now.' | 0:49:35 | 0:49:37 | |
So, wish us luck. | 0:49:37 | 0:49:40 | |
Cool. | 0:49:40 | 0:49:41 | |
The following morning, | 0:49:45 | 0:49:47 | |
and it seems the dental dam's charms have been lost on the girls. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:51 | |
It's definitely not a solution of how to protect yourself. | 0:49:51 | 0:49:54 | |
I'd rather not have sex with someone than use that on someone. | 0:49:54 | 0:49:58 | |
I didn't like it at all. I wouldn't use it again. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:00 | |
Like Alex said, if I was that worried about someone having an STI, | 0:50:00 | 0:50:03 | |
I just wouldn't have sex with them. | 0:50:03 | 0:50:05 | |
# If you can see me | 0:50:05 | 0:50:08 | |
# Then you're probably a little too close | 0:50:09 | 0:50:12 | |
# So you think you could love me... # | 0:50:12 | 0:50:13 | |
Dan and his mates are celebrating him | 0:50:13 | 0:50:15 | |
getting the all-clear on his latest gonorrhoea test. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:19 | |
Happy Thursday! | 0:50:21 | 0:50:22 | |
Yeah, so... Yeah, I went to the clinic for a check-up. | 0:50:25 | 0:50:29 | |
I go every month. | 0:50:29 | 0:50:31 | |
The first time I got gonorrhoea was a wake-up call...kind of. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:36 | |
How many times have you had that? | 0:50:36 | 0:50:38 | |
Er...four. | 0:50:38 | 0:50:40 | |
I'm actually quite lucky, I've only ever had thrush once. | 0:50:40 | 0:50:44 | |
He may be clear of gonorrhoea, but Dan is still HIV-positive. | 0:50:44 | 0:50:48 | |
I can pull mine back! | 0:50:48 | 0:50:50 | |
And whilst that's no longer the death sentence it once was, it still means | 0:50:51 | 0:50:55 | |
a lifetime on medication and often prejudice from those around you. | 0:50:55 | 0:50:59 | |
If I was to ever think that I was positive or have a... | 0:50:59 | 0:51:06 | |
I don't know how I would cope. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:09 | |
I don't think I would tell anybody. | 0:51:09 | 0:51:11 | |
I think I would really go into myself. | 0:51:11 | 0:51:14 | |
But if you had a support network of close friends, would you tell them? | 0:51:16 | 0:51:20 | |
I don't know, cos my idea of people, the way they react... | 0:51:20 | 0:51:24 | |
I wouldn't want anyone to think that of us. | 0:51:26 | 0:51:29 | |
I caught it because it was horny to NOT use condoms. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:38 | |
Yeah. | 0:51:38 | 0:51:39 | |
And I wouldn't say I actively sought it out, | 0:51:39 | 0:51:41 | |
but I was just being stupid. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:46 | |
I've regretted it every day since, because it is such a life-changer. | 0:51:46 | 0:51:50 | |
You all right? | 0:51:50 | 0:51:52 | |
Do you need to take a break? | 0:51:54 | 0:51:56 | |
Shall we? Yeah. | 0:51:57 | 0:51:59 | |
Dan's friend, Hunter, visibly shocked, leaves the room. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:10 | |
You OK? | 0:52:12 | 0:52:13 | |
Although Dan didn't know it, it turns out Hunter | 0:52:13 | 0:52:16 | |
was completely unaware of Dan's HIV status until now. | 0:52:16 | 0:52:20 | |
I didn't know that Dan was positive. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:26 | |
It's just... | 0:52:29 | 0:52:30 | |
It's not the end of the world, you know, | 0:52:30 | 0:52:34 | |
he's still Dan to me. | 0:52:34 | 0:52:36 | |
I'm still going to love him just as much. | 0:52:36 | 0:52:39 | |
I changed my own life, and it was kind of a stupid decision. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:44 | |
You're playing the dice game that your numbers will come up | 0:52:44 | 0:52:48 | |
and you'll win. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:49 | |
Eventually your numbers aren't going to come in, and you'll catch it. | 0:52:49 | 0:52:54 | |
I suppose that's the tipping point. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
You go from... | 0:52:56 | 0:52:58 | |
..happy Dan to what the hell happened? | 0:53:00 | 0:53:03 | |
And you... | 0:53:03 | 0:53:05 | |
..start relying on your friends, cos it may seem like it's the end. | 0:53:07 | 0:53:12 | |
His friend's reaction makes Dan reflect | 0:53:12 | 0:53:15 | |
on just how serious his condition is. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:17 | |
Yeah, I didn't really expect that. Thought everybody knew everything. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:24 | |
His reaction to the news that I was positive was very real. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:28 | |
I try not to feel sad for myself. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:31 | |
I made that decision, I did that, I did it to myself. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:36 | |
Two years ago it was a... | 0:53:37 | 0:53:40 | |
..decision I was making and it ultimately was the wrong one. | 0:53:42 | 0:53:47 | |
John and his mates are meeting up for the first time | 0:53:57 | 0:54:00 | |
since receiving their results. | 0:54:00 | 0:54:02 | |
So subject on the matter. | 0:54:03 | 0:54:05 | |
So did you get a text? | 0:54:05 | 0:54:07 | |
-Yeah, I did. -Go on, then. | 0:54:07 | 0:54:09 | |
I'm going last, mate. | 0:54:09 | 0:54:11 | |
-I was negative. -Were ya? | 0:54:11 | 0:54:13 | |
I knew I was going to be. | 0:54:13 | 0:54:14 | |
Negative! Oh, yes it was. | 0:54:16 | 0:54:18 | |
-I'm pretty disappointed, bruv. -I know. You? | 0:54:18 | 0:54:21 | |
Mine's negative as well. I were just hoping you'd ha... | 0:54:21 | 0:54:25 | |
I said that before, I was like, mate... | 0:54:25 | 0:54:28 | |
The hopes were on you, mate. | 0:54:28 | 0:54:30 | |
I did think, though, you'd be the most likely person to have it, | 0:54:30 | 0:54:34 | |
have something. | 0:54:34 | 0:54:35 | |
-Why? -Because you're fucking, you're horrible and you shag anything. | 0:54:35 | 0:54:39 | |
Oh! Yeah, but I'd like to know if I've got summat | 0:54:39 | 0:54:41 | |
and get it sorted rather than let it fester inside my body for two years. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:47 | |
It's great news for John, | 0:54:47 | 0:54:49 | |
and a chance to change his complacent attitude to unsafe sex. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:52 | |
'Definitely relieved, so now I have to be sensible.' | 0:54:53 | 0:54:58 | |
I've still got a thing in me head where I think it's a bit of a con or summat | 0:54:58 | 0:55:01 | |
where I'm going to get a text in a couple of weeks saying | 0:55:01 | 0:55:04 | |
you have got summat. | 0:55:04 | 0:55:05 | |
But...surprised. | 0:55:05 | 0:55:08 | |
The boys may be all clear, but back at the clinic the staff face | 0:55:16 | 0:55:20 | |
yet another fun-packed day treating all manner of STIs. | 0:55:20 | 0:55:24 | |
On this one we have a gentleman who's come in with a discharge. | 0:55:25 | 0:55:31 | |
Warts, genital warts. Burning sensation when weeing. | 0:55:31 | 0:55:34 | |
Stomach pains. | 0:55:34 | 0:55:36 | |
Painful sex, need to wee more often. | 0:55:36 | 0:55:39 | |
And this is a lady that's come in, she's got a sore throat. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:42 | |
So she's obviously thinking that's probably a sign | 0:55:42 | 0:55:46 | |
that she might have some infection in her throat. | 0:55:46 | 0:55:48 | |
With the battle against STIs on-going, | 0:55:49 | 0:55:51 | |
the clinic still believe it can be won. | 0:55:51 | 0:55:55 | |
Everybody's out there enjoying themselves, as quite rightly, | 0:55:55 | 0:55:58 | |
but let's do it safely, so... Maybe one day! | 0:55:58 | 0:56:02 | |
You don't want to be known as the girl who has chlamydia. | 0:56:05 | 0:56:09 | |
My view on it is you're not a real man unless you've had chlamydia. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:12 | |
So, in the last three months, how many sexual partners have you had? | 0:56:12 | 0:56:16 | |
A lot. | 0:56:16 | 0:56:18 | |
How am I meant to know if she's going to fall pregnant? | 0:56:18 | 0:56:20 | |
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