STD – Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone

HPV Testing in Men: What a Urine PCR Can Tell You, and What It Cannot

A urine sample instead of a swab, detecting 21 HPV types. Before asking for one, it is worth knowing that there is no screening programme for men, no treatment for a positive result, and that most infections clear by themselves.

A Positive Syphilis Screening Test That Isn’t Syphilis: The Biological False Positive

A reactive VDRL or RPR in someone with no risk and no symptoms is often not syphilis at all. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what a biological false positive is, the one cause that matters more than the rest, and why a persistent one should never simply be dismissed.

Gonorrhea Treatment: What Actually Cures It, and What Happens Next

Gonorrhoea is curable with the right injection — but the treatment is only half of it. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains why the tablets sold over the counter no longer work, why your partner must be treated too, and the symptoms that mean the infection has spread.

Syphilis Treatment: How It Is Cured, and How You Know It Worked

Syphilis is cured by an injection that has not changed in seventy years. What confuses almost everyone is what happens to the blood test afterwards. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains why a positive test does not mean failed treatment, and the symptoms that mean the infection has reached the nerves or the eye.

STD Testing by Urine PCR: 7 Infections, No Swab

The urethral swab put a lot of men off getting tested at all. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains the multiplex PCR urine test — the seven infections it finds, when to take it, and the four it does not cover.