Jackson County Health Department
JCHD provides sexual health services to teens and young adults by appointment. Our services, which include counseling, testing, treatment, and partner notification, are confidential, meaning that we can not discuss your records with anyone unless we have your permission. Although parental consent is not required, we encourage you to confide in your family if you have a health problem.
Testing
We can test you for these sexually transmitted diseases:
• Gonorrhea
• Chlamydia
• Syphilis
• HIV
• Herpes
• Hepatitis C (for anyone with a
history of injection drug use)
Treatment
If you have gonorrhea, Chlamydia, or syphilis, we can give you medicines to cure these infections. Your sexual partner(s) should also be treated because it is likely that they are infected as well and may have no symptoms. If you have sex with them after you are treated, and your partner(s) did not get treated also, you are likely to get the infection back again.
For the first outbreak of herpes, we can provide you with antiviral medication to reduce the severity and length of your symptoms.
We also provide immunizations against hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
Some STDs, like HIV, can be treated to help reduce symptoms, but cannot be cured.
Partner Notification
If you have an STD and are uncomfortable or unable to tell your partner that he or she needs testing and treatment, JCHD can do this for you. Your name or information that may identify you is never shared during this process.
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