Preferred Location: 1000 Broad Street Sumter,SC 29150 Sumter Change location
Preferred Location: 1000 Broad Street Sumter,SC 29150 Sumter Change location
SaferSTD Preferred Location: 1000 Broad Street Sumter,SC 29150 Sumter Change Location
In between the capital of Colombia and world-famous Myrtle Beach, sits the home of Shaw Air Force Base and their famous Fighting Falcon F-16s. Sumter, South Carolina is as rich with splendor, and ripe with adventure, as it is steeped in American history. That tapestry only sets the surging rates of sexually transmitted diseases and infections in contrast.
According to data as analyzed from the Center for Disease and Prevention’s 2017 STD surveillance report, The Palmetto State ranks third highest in the nation in the staggeringly increasing rates of STD and STIs.
In just chlamydia, the national average is 529 infections per 100,000 residents. The Sumter area and South Carolina are at 120 more per. That’s almost 20% more than the national average. While lower in number of cases, gonorrhea transmission is 32% higher than that analytical mean.
In order to reduce the spread, doctors recommend sincere communication with partners on what they know is a difficult subject, with the reminder to seek professional guidance sooner rather than later. They also recommend getting tested both early and often, as diagnosis is often much improved by early detection.
The options for the people of Sumter are many. Be it prevention, detection, or treatment, all are available. Doctors Care – Sumter, Sandhills Medical Foundation, Sumter County Health Department, and the Sumter Pregnancy Center are all just off the 378.
Some locations offer same-day testing and can provide results in as little as 1-2 days. Free or affordable screening may be available at some clinics. Particularly around April, which is sexually transmitted disease awareness month.
To find the best services and location for you, use our search tools below to compare location features across Sumter clinics with our easy-to-read chart.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 (CDC) recommends screening for the most common STDs, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, herpes 1, herpes 2, and HIV for both men and women. In addition, the CDC suggests women get screened for trichomoniasis.
SaferSTD recommends searching for locations that offer a 10-test panel which tests for the most common bacteria and viral STDs in the U.S. with additional premium add-ons like early HIV detection, if needed.
The CDC2 provides detailed STD testing information as to when you should get tested. In summary, you should get tested today if you are sexually active, never been tested before, have had unprotected sex in the past, or if you exhibit symptoms.
According to the World Health Organization3, the majority of STI cases reported every day, more than one million, are asymptomatic; another reason to get tested today.
You should get tested again in 90 days to rule out STDs that have specific exposure waiting times, including HIV.
STD testing can be a quick and simple process, depending on the type of test you choose and where you get tested. Some may require an oral or genital swab, a urine test or blood sample, or a physical exam to check your genital area for signs of an STD.
SaferSTD has identified preferred providers that require only a urine test, a blood sample, or both without a physical exam.
The speed at which you receive your STD testing results depends on where you get tested. Before you choose your location, find out how long testing results will take.
At-home STD testing results are usually 3-5 business days, depending on the manufacturer of your test. You also need to take into account the amount of time it takes to receive the test or pick one up, perform the test, and ship it back, before the lab can analyze your results and report back to you.
If you test at a public facility such as a neighborhood clinic, you may have to wait a week, if not more for the results, which could delay treatment. If you test through a private facility, they have the fastest turnaround within 1-3 business days.
SaferSTD has researched and identified the most accredited and most reputable testing locations. Click here to find a preferred location near you.
Some STD testing clinics offer same-day walk-in options without an appointment. Below are nearby preferred locations that offer this option.
The cost of STD testing depends on whether you select private, public, or at-home testing, as well as the type of test(s) you need.
Several at-home STD options and public testing locations can cost up to $250, with most on the higher end, depending on the brand and type of testing. Public testing fees also vary based on income and welfare eligibility.
With private testing, you may save money on a low-cost comprehensive 10-test panel that tests for the most common bacterial and viral STDs in the United States.
SaferSTD has researched and identified reputable locations that offer upfront pricing without hidden fees. Click here to find a preferred location near you.
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Founded in 1977, Sandhills Medical Foundation is a Federally Qualified Health Center that offers quality medical services to the residents of Chesterfield, Lancaster, Kershaw, and Sumter county. The medical team offers a myriad of health-care services, including primary care, pharmacy, chiropractic, behavioral health, and pediatrics. Physicians are also sufficiently trained in managing infectious diseases such as HIV.
Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services is an organization that was founded in 1985 to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS that was on the rise in the ’80s. Clinicians are skilled in testing and treating HIV, and they may provide your HIV test results in 10 minutes. Screening of other STDs is also available, and physicians offer community education and training on STDs to create awareness and foster preventive care.
Tandem Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center that has been providing quality medical services to the residents of Sumter, SC, since 2003. Physicians offer medical services in various fields, including immunology, pediatrics, pharmacy, adult medicine, and gynecology. The facility has an onsite laboratory that has clinicians who are well-trained in screening, testing, and diagnosing STDs.
Daybreak Life Care Center is a medical clinic whose original focus was to offer pregnancy care services such as testing, ultrasounds, birthing classes, and provision of maternity and baby items. However, physicians are also proficient in testing and treating some STDs. The clinic also serves women who’ve undergone abortions by offering abortion recovery support services.
Columbia Health Center of Columbia, SC, is a satellite clinic of the Planned Parenthood network of health-care providers. The clinic has a medical team that is skilled in offering reproductive health-care services, including testing and treating STDs. Physicians offer rapid HIV tests and they may avail the results in about 10 to 40 minutes.
Doctors Care is an urgent and family health-care clinic that was founded in 1981. Its pioneer clinic was located in Columbia, SC, and it later extended its services to over 50 clinic locations in South Carolina. The medical team is skilled in treating multiple conditions and ailments including pneumonia, bronchitis, allergies, fractures, and abrasions. Additionally, the facility has an onsite laboratory with leading-edge diagnostic equipment that enables fast STD testing and accurate release of results.
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Description: Why go to a public clinic? Get convenient and fast STD testing that is 100% confidential. Individual tests under $50. Order online and visit this lab the same day for a quick 15 min test. Get your results online within 1-2 business days, and view them privately. Doctor consultation available over the phone, should results come back as positive.
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If your income falls below the Federal Poverty Guidelines and you have no insurance health plan, you qualify for the sliding fee scale program. Additionally, most insured persons may use their health plans to cater to their STD bills.
The clinic receives grants from Ryan White funds, so it provides comprehensive HIV services to PLWHA. Additionally, physicians work diligently and with confidentiality. Also, you may receive language translation assistance if you don't speak English proficiently.
425 N Salem Ave, Sumter, SC 29150, USA
PLWHA or those at risk of being infected may receive free and extensive HIV services. Regardless of your gender or age, you may receive HIV testing.
The organization offers comprehensive care and support to people living with or affected by HIV. The clinic accepts walk-in clients so you may see a physician at a convenient time. Moreover, the medical team follows a confidentiality code to promote discretion.
2638 Two Notch Rd # 108, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
The clinic accepts most private and public insurances, and it offers a sliding fee scale to uninsured and underinsured persons as well as those with insurance health plans. Additionally, insured individuals who pay co-pays at the time of service may qualify for the Prompt Pay Incentive. For you to receive medical care, you ought to produce a Government-issued photo ID.
The clinic has a patient portal where physicians post clients’ test results so you may access your STD results wherever you are. Moreover, you may not incur any out-of-pocket costs if you use your insurance to pay for STD services. Also, you’ll receive confidential STD services at the facility.
1278 N Lafayette Dr, Sumter, SC 29150, USA
Anybody may be eligible to receive free STD services in spite of age, biological sex, ethnicity, race, or sexual orientation.
Walk-in clients are welcome, but persons who visit the facility on Wednesdays should book appointments. Additionally, the clinic may open for extended weekend hours to promote convenient access to medical care to persons with tight weekday schedules. Moreover, each client receives confidential and personalized medical services.
1601 St Julian Pl, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
If you’re between 19 and 26 years of age, you may qualify for the Merck Vaccine Patient Assistance Program to receive free HPV vaccines. Additionally, health-care providers accept multiple insurance health plans to cater to STD services bills, and uninsured persons may qualify for a state-funded program or sliding fee scale.
The medical team on staff may offer services in Spanish or English to effectively communicate with people who prefer either language. Additionally, physicians prefer to work by appointments, and walk-ins may receive medical care if appointment slots are empty. Also, the clinic is well facilitated and has a well-equipped laboratory.
Admin 103, 2712 Middleburg Dr Suite 107, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
Insured and uninsured persons may receive STD services at the clinic, and the latter may pay their bills using self-pay payment options. Additionally, clinicians do not discriminate against age, gender, race, or sexual orientation.
You may walk-in to receive STD services anytime the clinic is open. Moreover, health-care practitioners work every day, including for extended hours. Also, the clinic has a fast and secure online platform where clients may pay their bills. Additionally, the health center has auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and a relay system that facilitate effective communication with deaf patients.
2475 Broad St, Sumter, SC 29150, USA
Every year, middle and high schools across South Carolina send students home with a letter to their parents, outlining their sexual education curriculum as required by state law. The program of instruction for this unit may not include discussion of alternate sexual lifestyles from heterosexual relationships including, but not limited to, homosexual relationships except in the context of instruction concerning sexually transmitted infections.
Some believe the message is that homosexuality is wrong and that it is not an appropriate sexual lifestyle. Some feel this promotes homophobia and teaching a curriculum that violates the U.S. Constitution.
South Carolina is one of six states that forbids teachers from portraying gay relationships as acceptable or in a positive light. Despite attempts in recent years, the current Comprehensive Health Education Act was amended only once — in 2014, when the General Assembly passed Erin’s Law requiring schools to teach sexual abuse and sexual assault prevention.
Senator Vincent Sheheen introduced a proviso into the state budget that allows the state Department of Education to hold school districts accountable for failing to comply with the health education law. If a district refuses to comply, the Education Department can withhold 1 percent of the district’s funds allocated in the Student Health and Fitness Act.
According to an annual survey by the Education Department, 70 percent of school districts in the state were not compliant with the Comprehensive Health Education Act.
Demographics play a role in STD rates in the city and area. Sexually active people ages 15 to 24 are at higher risk of getting an STD. The demographic for HIV/AIDs in South Carolina is young and African American. The majority of people being infected with HIV are men who have sex with other men.
But African-Americans and African-American women are disproportionately affected. They’re accounting for over 70 percent of new infections. An alarming discovery is how young these patients are. Some are as young as 13 to 19 years old.
Recent data shows that in the state of South Carolina for young adults between the ages of 20 and 24, 55 out of every 100,000 are infected with HIV every year. That is one of the highest rates in the country.
The reasons the deep south is struggling to bring down diagnosis and death rates for HIV/AIDS are complicated. Reasons could include a social stigma, poverty, rural geography, and lack of affordable healthcare. Being in the Bible Belt can add to the stigma. If someone is is diagnosed with HIV, they could decide not to get treatment. They could fear being rejected in their religious community.
The state ranked in the top 10 nationally for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and diagnosed rates of HIV/AIDS. Of concern is a jump in the rate of HIV/AIDS among teenagers. From 2014 to 2015, the rate increased 10.9 percent in 15 to 19 year-olds, per 100,000 residents.
Only 59 percent of high school students in one report said they used a condom the last time they had sex. In a recent report we see that patients in the south have the lowest five-year survival rate for new AIDS diagnoses in the country. Nearly a third of those diagnosed with AIDS died within five years of being told they were infected.
There are several options available to you for STI testing near your city. The Sumter County Health Department has an STD Clinic in your city and is an option for you. English and Spanish are spoken at the facility. Services include chlamydia testing, conventional blood HIV testing, gonorrhea testing, hepatitis C testing, syphilis testing, and TB testing.
Available at the site are vaccines for hepatitis A and and TB treatment. Other services include hepatitis prevention and education, HIV test counselling, HIV/AIDs prevention education, partner notification, STD prevention education, and TB prevention education.
The Sumter Family Health Center is another option. This is a private and nonprofit Community Health Center serving over 14,000 people in Sumter County and the surrounding communities. The center provides comprehensive primary health services for all ages. Infectious disease care is provided. The center specializes in the treatment of HIV.
Along with an experienced team, they provide medical follow-up for each patient. They also help the patients with medication. The Infectious Disease Team has knowledge of HIV/AIDS and care about the patient’s needs.
Patients are treated like family. Testing is performed daily and at events in the community. The Infectious Disease team includes infectious disease physicians, a licensed independent social worker (LISW), case managers, social workers, RN and public health assistants, as well as clinical and support staff.
About 40 miles from you is the Columbia Health Center/Planned Parenthood facility. Due to transportation issues this may not be a good option for you but you should be aware that this is a place that can help you with STD education, testing, and treatment if you contact them for information. The staff is trained to help you with your situation.
The Planned Parenthood/Columbia Health Center facility offers STD testing, diagnosis, and treatment including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. You could contact the office for information about your best options in your city. The center provides testing and diagnosis for HIV and testing, diagnosis, and treatment for bacterial vaginosis, genital warts, herpes, and trichomoniasis.
STD prevention services include condoms, HPV (Gardasil) vaccines, hepatitis B vaccines, and STD/safer sex education. The facility tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia using a urine sample. If this test shows an infection, then you will get treatment and an explanation of how your partner can be treated.
You could also consider a private service such as PlushCare. You order your STD tests. Then you visit a local lab. Then you get results via email in three business days or less. When you order you choose the tests you want to order. If you do not know for sure which tests to order, call the service so they can help. When you visit a local lab you’ll bring with you a personalized lab order form.
There is no appointment needed. It takes one blood and/or urine sample and about 15-30 minutes. If results show a need for treatment, you connect with the service and a doctor to provide a treatment plan.
Whether you go to a clinic or hospital in your area, Planned Parenthood/Columbia Health Center, a high school counsellor or nurse, or a private service, you can find in your area information about STDs, testing, and treatment. While STD rates are high in your area, help is available in the way of testing and treatment that is confidential, discreet, compassionate, and effective with the Sumter Family Health Center as a place that can help.
Consider how the staff at facilities in your area is trained to help someone like you, especially with the staff at Sumter County Health Department/STD Clinic, reminding you to check your health, improve it, and keep yourself healthy by always using a condom to practice safe sex.
Each page below contains a detailed report of the local area, location STD statistics and clinic reviews of some the top STD testing locations. The content is curated by our very own editors and medical experts.
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