Press Article19/02/2010

Football club offers chlamydia test

A Lancashire football club has thrown its support behind the region's chlamydia screening programme to encourage young men to get tested.

Accrington Stanley fans can cheer on the players and confidentially check their sexual health at Saturday's game against Bradford City.

The club will raise awareness of the sexually transmitted disease, which can cause infertility if not treated, by supporting the NHS and East Lancashire's b-sure screening programme.

Young men are often less likely to get themselves tested, but chlamydia sufferers can have no external symptoms and can be unaware anything is wrong.

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