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Okusiiwa okutali kwa bulijjo, okufulumya amazzi agatali ga bulijjo, oyinza okuba ng\u2019ofuna obubonero bw\u2019obulwadde-ezimu ku yinfekisoni zino ziyinza okuba nga zisiigibwa mu by\u2019okwegatta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\">\n    <div>\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"360\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QEIJDMzg_uA\" title=\"By\u2019olina okumanya ku kwekebejja n\u2019okuddukanya endwadde z\u2019ekikaba\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bw\u2019oba oteebereza nti oyinza okuba n\u2019obulwadde bw\u2019ekikaba, genda mu ddwaaliro\/eddwaliro lyaffe erikuli okumpi okwebuuzibwako mu bujjuvu. Singa okeberebwa n\u2019obulwadde buno ojja kuweebwa obujjanjabi obwetaagisa. Wadde nga si ndwadde zonna ez\u2019ekikaba nti ziwona, osobola okufugibwa endwadde zonna ez\u2019ekikaba ng\u2019okozesa enkola entuufu ey\u2019obujjanjabi.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unusual itch, a not-so-normal discharge, you might be experiencing symptoms of an infection-some of these infections could be sexually transmitted.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":1838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"post_tag":[23,22],"class_list":["post-1737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-help-and-advice","tag-contraception-and-family-planning","tag-reproductive-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What you need to know about STI screening - 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