Gonorrhea
This bacterial infection at first may cause a slight discharge from the vagina, penis, or anus. However, if the infection is not treated, it can lead to sterility and other complications. Gonorrhea can be treated with antibiotics.
Chlamydia
Chlamydia trachomatis is often called "the silent epidemic" because infections are common yet many people do not realize that they are infected. This bacterial disease is easily cured with antibiotics but can have serious health consequences if left untreated.
Syphilis
Syphilis is a bacterial infection that can be easily missed. The first symptom is a painless blister or sore that will disappear on its own. Syphilis can be treated with antibiotics. However, if left untreated, the disease can spread throughout your body over the course of many years and cause considerable organ damage.
HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is associated with AIDS. This virus attacks and destroys certain white blood cells (T-helper lymphocytes) that are involved in the immune system. As the number of these cells is reduced, the ability of your body to fight off infections also decreases. This eventually results in death. Although there is no cure, early detection allows for treatment with anti-viral therapies that can help to prolong life.
Herpes
Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2). Most genital herpes is caused by HSV-2. Most individuals have no or only minimal signs or symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When signs do occur, they typically appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals or rectum. The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. Typically, another outbreak can appear weeks or months after the first, but it almost always is less ...
Hepatitis B and C
These are viral infections that can be transmitted through sexual contact. Hepatitis B and C affect the liver and can severely damage it. Treatment with interferon is available, but this drug therapy may have serious side effects.
Statistically Speaking
Statistically speaking.... One in five people in the United States has an STD. Two-thirds of all STDs occur in people 25 years of age or younger. In teenages, stds effect one in four In women HPV is linked with cervical cancer. Hepatitis B is 100 times more infectious than HIV and just as dangerous. In the United states, HPV and chlamydia are the most common stds. STDs, excludung, cost about $8 billion each year to diagnose and treat. One in FIVE Americans has genital herpes, yet 90 percent of those with herpes are UNAWARE they have it. At least one in four Americans will contract an STD at some ...
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