STD Test And Treatment in Galleria/Memorial, TX

Confidential Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing With Treatment On Site

Being surrounded by medical options is not the same as having a good one. Inside the loop the concierge practices want a membership, the walk-in clinics want an hour of your afternoon and almost everything closes before you get out of the office. This location is built for a lunch break. Chlamydia and gonorrhea from a single sample, a result inside 24 to 48 hours and treatment here if you need it.

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Find Us

Our Galleria Area STD/STI Clinic

Come in during opening hours or hold a slot online. Parking is free on site and the entrance is at ground level.

STD Testing Service — Galleria/Memorial, TX

Address

6363 San Felipe Street #100, Houston, TX 77057

Phone

+12812149930

Hours

Monday Sunday
[00:00 – 24:00]

Two Tests, One Visit

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea STD Testing in Galleria

These two get ordered as a pair almost every time and the logic holds up. They transmit the same way, they produce the same forgettable symptoms when they produce any at all and someone carrying one is considerably more likely to be carrying the other. Covering both costs you nothing in time, because one sample answers both questions.

Service one

Chlamydia Testing

The most reported bacterial infection in Harris County and the densest parts of the city carry the highest counts. What makes it spread is silence rather than aggression. Most people who have it feel entirely fine and have no reason to test.

Sample

Urine, or throat, vaginal or rectal swab

Method

Nucleic acid amplification test

Window period

Detectable 7 to 14 days after exposure

Results

24 to 48 hours

If positive

Seven day antibiotic course started here

Service Two

Gonorrhea Testing

Rising across Texas and steadily harder to treat than it was a decade ago. Men usually notice something inside a week or two. Women frequently mistake it for a bladder infection. Throat infections give no warning whatsoever.

Sample

Urine, or throat, cervical or rectal swab

Method

Nucleic acid amplification test, culture if needed

Window period

Detectable 5 to 14 days after exposure

Results

24 to 48 hours

If positive

Single ceftriaxone injection given here

Testing both together costs less than testing them separately

Chlamydia and gonorrhea occur together frequently enough that a positive result on either one changes the recommendation for the second. Since both tests are run from the same sample, screening for the pair costs nothing extra in swabs, visits or waiting.

Know Before You Book

Signs Worth Testing For STDs In Galleria

Neither infection reliably causes symptoms, treat the list below as reasons to test, not requirements you need to meet.

Physical Signs

  • A burning feeling during urination
  • Discharge that’s new from penis, vagina or anus
  • Pain or swelling affecting one testicle
  • Pelvic pain or pain during sex specifically
  • Bleeding outside your normal cycle or after sex

Exposure Reasons

  • A new partner within recent months
  • A condom that failed or sex without one
  • A partner who mentioned testing positive
  • One test positive, the other never checked
  • Burning symptoms that outlasted a UTI antibiotic course

Routine Screening

  • Sexually active, under 25, test yearly
  • Pregnant, screened at the first prenatal appointment
  • Men who have sex with men, annual testing, every site
  • More than one partner over the past year
  • More than a year since your last screening

Tell us if you have had oral or anal sex

Urine testing only reaches urine, an infection in the throat or rectum needs a direct swab and that only happens if you say so. One sentence is all it takes and skipping it is the most common way an infection goes undetected.

Your Visit

From Walk In to Sample in < 20 Minutes

Four steps make up the visit and the drive is usually the longest stretch.

1

Check In

A short discussion about symptoms and exposure decides whether urine alone is enough or additional sites should be swabbed.

2

Private Licensed Physician Visit

A short discussion about symptoms and exposure decides whether urine alone is enough or additional sites should be swabbed.

3

One Sample

A urine cup or a quick swab. Skip urinating for the hour before your visit for a more accurate sample.

4

Results and Treatment

Your secure portal shows results within 24 to 48 hours. A positive result means a direct call and same-day treatment planning.

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If Something Comes Back Positive

Treatment Happens Here Not Somewhere Else

Both infections are curable and both are treated on-site. Chlamydia is resolved with a seven-day antibiotic course. Gonorrhea needs a single ceftriaxone injection, now the only regimen the CDC recommends, since resistance has eliminated nearly every oral drug once relied on.

If one result is positive and the other site wasn’t tested, your Licensed Physician will generally treat both instead of waiting for confirmation. That reflects how often the two are found together, not excess caution, treating only the confirmed infection tends to leave the second one active.

Partners are factored into treatment too. Under Texas’s expedited partner therapy rules, your partner can start treatment without scheduling their own appointment first. Reinfection from an untreated partner is the most frequent reason a cleared case returns.

Who We See Here

Serving Galleria and the Surrounding Locations

This location is built for a lunch break rather than a day off. We see patients from throughout the Galleria and Memorial area and from right across the Houston area, no referral required and most visits run about twenty minutes from arriving to heading back out.

Questions

STD Testing in Galleria Common Questions

Yes and screening is recommended at the first prenatal visit. Both infections can pass to a baby during delivery. Treatment is adjusted for pregnancy, so tell your provider before anything is prescribed for you.

Your records are protected under HIPAA and nothing is released without your written authorization. If you would rather nothing surface where others might see it, say so at check in and your provider will talk you through it.

Yes. Both can settle in the throat and a throat infection is almost always silent. Urine testing will not detect it, so the site has to be swabbed. One sentence at your visit is enough to get it collected.

About three months afterward, yes. Treatment failure is rare. Reinfection from a partner who was never treated is not and three months is roughly when it tends to resurface without anyone having noticed.

Tests are very accurate. We use nucleic acid amplification testing, which is the most sensitive method available for both infections and the current standard of care. The main risk of a wrong answer is testing too soon after exposure.

Get STD Tested in Galleria Today

One sample, both infections checked, results in 24 to 48 hours and treatment available the same day if needed. Book online in under a minute or walk in during open hours at our Galleria-area clinic.