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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Proc Int AAAI Conf Weblogs Soc Media. 2018 Jun;2018:660–663.

Table 3: Topics present in posts. MC = molluscum contagiosum.

Topic Label Unigrams Example Post Title
HSV herpes, outbreak, virus, ingrown_hair, pimple “Herpes or infected follicles?”

HPV hpv, high_risk, wart, vaccine, cancer “Does this look like HPV?”

Symptoms fordyce_spots, sti, std, symptoms, blister “Fordyce spots, ppp, or std???”

Symptoms bumps, small, itchy, look_like, clear “Should I be worried about these bumps?”

Crowdsourcing help_identify, concerned, opinion, worse, idea “Could anyone help me identify this?”

Help seeking help, reddit, figure, doctor, scared “Please help! Kinda scared”

HIV hiv, risk, condom, exposure, oral_sex “Risk of getting HIV from bleeding gums”

Chlamydia chlamydia, treatment, tested_positive, doxycycline, azithromycin_ “Can doxycycline cure chlamydia that I just got yesterday”

Genital warts wart, tyginta, acv, treatment, look_like “Can I share Tyginta with my boyfriend even if he hasn’t got warts yet?”

Symptoms penis, redness, shaft, dry, worry “Bumps on Penis, Really worried”

Warts genital_warts, lookJike, terrified, tyginta, treatment “Genital warts? 7 months pregnant - never had an std before - terrified.”

Testing test, results, got_tested, negative, positive “Can the results of the OraQuick test be trusted, especially if they are negative?”

Solicited sex worried, prostitute, changes, girlfriend, sti “I had unprotected sex with a prostitute. Should I be worried?”

Symptoms bump, small, ingrown_hair, pimple, doesn_hurt “Have this bump for almost 3 months now. Should I be alarmed?”

Risk unprotected_sex, years, partners, months, tested “Is there a place to get tested asap?”

MC molluscum, vinegar, cured, spread, wondering “Molluscum? Other? Help please”

General questions sex, unprotected_oral, safe, worry, used_condom “Freaking out! Had sex with a stranger.”

Possible STDs got, noticed, painful, need_help, possible_std “Help with a possible STD.”

Crowdsourcing ideas, months, week, noticing, years_ago “Had for over a week now...Any ideas?”

HSV hsv, genital, oral, testing, contract “Contracting HSV-2 indirectly through group
sex?”

Symptoms rash, red, itchy, inner_thigh, help_identify “Single rash on pubic area.”

Crowdsourcing opinion, thought, tested, seeing, going “NSFW - Your opinion on what’s going on”