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| Physicians treating - STDs |
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| STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)... |
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A disease caused by a pathogen (e.g., virus, bacterium, parasite, fungus) that is spread from person to person. These infections are usually passed by having vaginal intercourse, but they can also be passed through anal sex, oral sex or skin-to-skin contact.
STDs can be painful, irritating, debilitating, and life threatening. More than twenty sexually transmitted diseases have been identified.
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Types of STDs |
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Chlamydia – known as the ‘silent’ disease, is one of the most commonly reported bacterial infections, which may infect the urethra and rectum in both sexes and the cervix in women. Occasionally chlamydia can also affect other parts of the body, including the throat, lungs, liver and eyes. It is treatable with antibiotics. |
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Gonorrhea – grows and multiplies easily in warm, moist areas; the vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes and uninary tract in women and in the penis of men. The bacterium can also grow in the mouth, throat, eyes, and anus. Infected pregnant women can pass the disease to newborns, where it can cause conjunctivitis and blindness due to corneal scarring. |
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Syphilis – has often been called "the great imitator"
because so many of the signs and symptoms are indistinguishable from those of other diseases. It is passed through direct contact with a syphilis sore during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Sores occur mainly on the external genitals, vagina,
anus, or in the rectum, but they can also occur on the lips and in the mouth. |
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HIV/AIDS – HIV stands for ' human immunodeficiency virus'. AIDS stands for 'acquired immunodeficiency syndrome'. If you are HIV positive you actually have the virus that causes the disease AIDS. Although the HIV-positive person may feel fine, the virus is silently reproducing itself and destroying T cells. And during this time, the person is still contagious, which means he or she is able to give the disease to others. |
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Genital herpes – can cause recurrent painful genital sores in many adults, and is highly contagious when sores are present. Patients can re-infect themselves by touching an active herpes sore and scratching or rubbing another area of broken skin on the body. Regardless of severity of symptoms, genital herpes frequently causes psychological distress in people who know they are infected. Herpes can make people more susceptible to HIV infection, and it can make HIV-infected individuals more infectious. In addition, genital HSV can cause potentially fatal infections in babies. |
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Genital Warts or HPV –caused by human papillomavirus can infect the genital area of men and women including the skin of the penis, vulva, or anus, and the linings of the vagina, cervix, or rectum. Most people who become infected with HPV will not have any symptoms and will clear the infection on their own. |
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Hepatitis B – is a germ that gets into your body and attacks your liver. It can cause liver damage that does not go away and also cause liver cancer, which may lead to death. It is passed by contact with the blood or other bodily fluids. |
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Hepatitis C – is a liver disease and is spread by contact with the blood of an infected person. Using drugs that are injected account for more than two-thirds of all new infections in the United States. The disease can be spread by sex, but this is rarer. |
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Pediculosis pubis, known as crabs or crab lice – is an infestation with the crab louse, a millimeter-sized insect that infests the pubic hair, feeds on human blood, and multiplies rapidly.
Eggs hatch into nits within 5 to 10 days and grow into egg-laying lice in about the same amount of time. A crab louse lives for about 6 weeks, but dies within 24 hours without blood. They do not pose a serious health threat, but are irritating, contagious, and indicate a risk for other STDs.
Crab lice are transmitted commonly during sexual intercourse, but oral sex can lead to infestation of the eyelashes, eyebrows, face, chest hair, or scalp. |
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