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no question that this can be difficult to do. But if your partner is not treated, too, he or she can easily give the disease back to you or to someone else, as well as be at risk of having irreparable damage. For more information about these and other sexually transmitted diseases, you can call the National STD Hotline at (800) 227-8922.
CHLAMYDIA is often called the silent STD because there are usually no symptoms until the disease is in an advanced state. Symptoms may include burning during urination, unusual discharge from your vagina, pain in the lower abdomen, pain during sex, and bleeding between periods. An estimated four million new cases will be contracted by women in the U.S. this year alone. Chlamydia is spread through oral sex and intercourse. It can cause a bacterial infection deep within the fallopian tubes, causing chronic pain, tubal pregnancies, and infertility. With oral transmission, Chlamydia will give you an upper respiratory infection. Chlamydia can be passed from mother to child during birth, causing eye and lung infections in newborns. The good news is that Chlamydia is easily cured with antibiotics, but it must be tested for specifically. This test is not included in a regular Pap smear. You have to ask your doctor to be tested for it. Symptoms for men are pain during urination and discharge from the penis.
GONORRHEA , also referred to as "the clap," is similar to Chlamydia, in that it is a bacterial infection that often goes undetected in women until permanent damage has already occurred. While we tend to associate gonorrhea with another century, the disease is still rampant in our country today. Although the number of cases of gonorrhea has dropped dramatically, it is still a common infection in adolescents. If left untreated, it can cause sterility, tubal pregnancies, and chronic pain. It can also lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Gonorrhea can be passed from mother to child during birth, causing eye, ear, and lung infections. Symptoms can include a yellow pus-like discharge from the vagina, pain while urinating, the need to urinate often, pain in the lower abdomen, and bleeding between periods. However, gonorrhea can also be completely asymptomatic. The good news is that this disease is easily curable if detected early with antibiotics. This STD is highly contagious and can be ! spread through any contact with the penis, vagina, mouth, or anus even without penetration. Men's symptoms are discharge from the penis and pain during urination.
Here's an interesting story related to me by a forty-two- year-old business executive for a Fortune 500 company, who had just come out of an eleven-month relationship when she had her annual OB-GYN appointment. She told her doctor that she thought she might have a yeast infection. The doctor told her that, as a matter of course, she would run a series of tests on her that checked for all STDs. What strikes me about this example is how quick the doctor was to check for STDs: that's how ubiquitous they are. She did just have a yeast infection but was also glad to know she was "clean."
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID) is most
often the result of advanced stages of Chlamydia or gonorrhea. It is the leading cause of infertility in the United States. The most common symptom of PID is pain in the lower abdomen. Other symptoms include bleeding between periods, increased amount of, or a change in, vaginal discharge, nausea or vomiting, and fever with chills. When detected early PID is not life threatening, but if there has been damage to the fallopian tubes before detection, the consequences are often permanent.
SYPHILIS is a very dangerous bacterial infection. It is very rare today in the general population. If left untreated, syphilis can be fatal or cause irreparable damage to the heart, brain, eyes, and joints. Forty percent of all babies born to mothers with syphilis die during childbirth. They can also be born with abnormal features. Symptoms are painless
CHLAMYDIA is often called the silent STD because there are usually no symptoms until the disease is in an advanced state. Symptoms may include burning during urination, unusual discharge from your vagina, pain in the lower abdomen, pain during sex, and bleeding between periods. An estimated four million new cases will be contracted by women in the U.S. this year alone. Chlamydia is spread through oral sex and intercourse. It can cause a bacterial infection deep within the fallopian tubes, causing chronic pain, tubal pregnancies, and infertility. With oral transmission, Chlamydia will give you an upper respiratory infection. Chlamydia can be passed from mother to child during birth, causing eye and lung infections in newborns. The good news is that Chlamydia is easily cured with antibiotics, but it must be tested for specifically. This test is not included in a regular Pap smear. You have to ask your doctor to be tested for it. Symptoms for men are pain during urination and discharge from the penis.
GONORRHEA , also referred to as "the clap," is similar to Chlamydia, in that it is a bacterial infection that often goes undetected in women until permanent damage has already occurred. While we tend to associate gonorrhea with another century, the disease is still rampant in our country today. Although the number of cases of gonorrhea has dropped dramatically, it is still a common infection in adolescents. If left untreated, it can cause sterility, tubal pregnancies, and chronic pain. It can also lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Gonorrhea can be passed from mother to child during birth, causing eye, ear, and lung infections. Symptoms can include a yellow pus-like discharge from the vagina, pain while urinating, the need to urinate often, pain in the lower abdomen, and bleeding between periods. However, gonorrhea can also be completely asymptomatic. The good news is that this disease is easily curable if detected early with antibiotics. This STD is highly contagious and can be ! spread through any contact with the penis, vagina, mouth, or anus even without penetration. Men's symptoms are discharge from the penis and pain during urination.
Here's an interesting story related to me by a forty-two- year-old business executive for a Fortune 500 company, who had just come out of an eleven-month relationship when she had her annual OB-GYN appointment. She told her doctor that she thought she might have a yeast infection. The doctor told her that, as a matter of course, she would run a series of tests on her that checked for all STDs. What strikes me about this example is how quick the doctor was to check for STDs: that's how ubiquitous they are. She did just have a yeast infection but was also glad to know she was "clean."
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID) is most
often the result of advanced stages of Chlamydia or gonorrhea. It is the leading cause of infertility in the United States. The most common symptom of PID is pain in the lower abdomen. Other symptoms include bleeding between periods, increased amount of, or a change in, vaginal discharge, nausea or vomiting, and fever with chills. When detected early PID is not life threatening, but if there has been damage to the fallopian tubes before detection, the consequences are often permanent.
SYPHILIS is a very dangerous bacterial infection. It is very rare today in the general population. If left untreated, syphilis can be fatal or cause irreparable damage to the heart, brain, eyes, and joints. Forty percent of all babies born to mothers with syphilis die during childbirth. They can also be born with abnormal features. Symptoms are painless
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