Mum - I Have STD


STD, sexually transmitted diseases have been called the 21st
century plague.


Sexually transmitted disease includes well-known diseases like
gonorrhea and syphilis, but also genital warts, genital herpes and
chlamydia.
The stigma of what used to be called venereal diseases has
largely gone, partly because everyone knows someone who has had to
visit the STD clinic. Nice girls catch STDs, too.
STDs are transmitted by sexual contact.

The more people you have
sexual contact with, the greater your chance of having sex with
someone who has STD and the greater the chance that you will be
infected too. You can catch STD if the first person you have sexual
intercourse with is infected, so it is not necessarily a sign of
sexual license. Check out .std-testing.

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information.
Most sexually transmitted diseases respond to treatment if
caught in the early stages. Some, like syphilis and gonorrhea
respond to antibiotics. Genital warts may need to be frozen off
with liquid nitrogen.

Not all hepatitis infections are
treatable.
Many of these diseases have no symptoms. Gonorrhea may cause
painful urination in males, but no immediate symptoms in females.
Chlamydia has no immediate symptoms in males or females, yet if
left untreated will cause infertility and pelvic inflammatory
disease in females.


Because of the lack of symptoms, it is advisable for any adult
who is sexually active to be tested for STDs. The consequences of a
night of passion could be
life-long and result in insanity
or
death at an early age if STDs
are not detected and treated.
Diagnosis is simple; a swab is taken and sent for analysis. If
the laboratory finds a positive result you will be asked back for
treatment.

If the result is positive you may be asked for a list of
sexual contacts, or be asked to contact anyone you have had sexual
relations with, so those people can also be treated.
AIDS/HIV is the sexually transmitted disease that everyone is
aware of, but many people forget the older and more common diseases
that also kill. Condoms help reduce the risk of STD transmission;
they do not remove the risk entirely.
Catalogue: Home &
Family
Title: Mum - I Have STD By: Ciara McGrath

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