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How should you come to the assessment?
Diagnosing urinary or genital symptoms in men needs careful attention from the patient too. For accurate laboratory results, please follow these instructions:
Critical instructions:
- 7-day rule: Do not use any antibiotics, antifungals or topical antiseptic creams in the week before the test.
- Urination rule: Before the urethral discharge test, do not urinate for at least 2 hours, because the urine stream washes the pathogens out of the urethra.
Special tests:
- Urethral sampling: This is done with a thin swab, which may cause brief discomfort but is essential for an accurate result.
- Prostate diagnostics: If needed, we perform a prostate massage and then analyse the fluid released (or the urine passed afterwards).
- Semen analysis: A sample produced into a sterile container after 3-5 days of abstinence is needed. If you produce the sample at home, it must be brought to the clinic chilled (4°C) within 2 hours.
- HPV screening: A painless scraping of cells from the surface of the glans and foreskin.