Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). It has been dubbed ?The Great Imitator,? because so many of the symptoms look like something else and misdiagnosis is common.
Sexually transmitted diseases are escalating nowadays when more people have started entering into multiple sexual relationships. They might not consider this ethically wrong but the fact remains that such people are more prone to sexual diseases. However, if unfortunately one gets infected by any such disease, it is better to start ailment as soon as [...]
Gonorrhea is one of the highly infectious sexually transmitted disease. Gonorrhea is caused by certain from of bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Gonorrhea infection thus increases the risk of one being infected by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, a virus which causes AIDS). When gonorrhea affects men it first infects the epithelium column of the urethra. Gonorrhea [...]
The hike in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases among pregnant women has raised a situation whereby there is no protection against sexually transmitted diseases making the situation of pregnant women worst as compared to women who are not pregnant.
This is a vital fact that STDs contracted during pregnancy is quite life threatening. Most of [...]
1. WHAT ARE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDS)? Sexually transmitted diseases are diseases that can be passed from person to person through sexual contact. In this case sexual contact means penis-vagina penetration, oral sex which is sexual contact using the mouth, and insertion of the penis into the rectum which is anal sex. Some of these [...]
The human papilloma virus at its best is contagious and this hasn?t changed for the genital HPV strains. It is a highly contagious infection which can be passed from person to person very easily, especially if it manifests itself as genital warts.
That?s why genital HPV is considered to be a sexually transmitted disease. And [...]
Sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) are rising rapidly in the UK and Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics (or Genitourinary Medicine GUM Clinics) are finding it difficult to keep up with demand despite recent increases in NHS funding in the UK. Chlamydia and gonorrhoea are amongst the commonest STD’s.
Young women are at increased risk of acquiring these. In [...]
If you have herpes, and are planning to become sexually active with someone new, you owe it to them and to yourself to be honest about your own infection. You can spread the infection even if your virus is dormant and you have no open sores. Try practicing telling with a trusted friend or in [...]
Most of the women die of poor reproductive health as a result of unwanted pregnancies or because of sexually transmitted diseases. Sexually transmitted disease, as the term indicates is any sort of venereal disease caused due to sexual intercourse or other sexual intact. The microbes which cause STD’s are just opportunity bugs that don’t [...]
Despite the constant campaigns for awareness and prevention, sexually transmitted diseases are becoming more and more prominent in today’s society.
