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SCABIES
Caused by tiny insects which burrow under the skin causing skin irritation.
Spread:
- close touch - skin to skin
- shared personal items
- intense itching at night
- small red bumps and rashes develop 4 - 6 weeks after contact anywhere on the skin except head and neck
Complications:
- Aesthetic
Treatment:
- Yes (special lotions or sprays for all infected partners and roommates at the same time -personal clothing and linens should be washed, dry-cleaned or sealed in a plastic bag and placed in a freezer for 3 days).
Cure - Yes -
AIDS
Caused by the HIV virus that invades the immune system resulting in "well carriers" to severe and fatal disorders.
Spread:
Contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluids mainly by unprotected sex and needle sharing and maternal transfer. - unprotected anal sex
unprotected vaginal sex
unprotected oral sex
- injection of tainted blood
- injection by needle-sharing
- sharing objects &
infected fluids
- maternal blood to fetus
HIV Stage (1½ - 14 years)
- flu-like symptoms may occur early or late
- most look and feel well for years
- infectious carrier
- skin & lung infections common in later years
- HIV = antibody test indicates infection
- 25% of infants born to HIV
mothers will be infected
Complications:
- HIV progresses to AIDS Stage
(2 - 5 years)
- immune system destroyed
- AIDS defining illnesses fatal
(pneumonias, cancer, dementia,
wasting, cancer of the cervix)
Treatment:
- Yes - early treatment is best
Cure - No -
CHLAMYDIA
Caused by a bacteria that commonly infects the genitals, anus and throat. The most common STD.
Spread:
Through contact with infected semen and vaginal fluids
- unprotected vaginal sex
- unprotected anal sex
- unprotected oral sex
possible
Most women show NO symptoms. Some may have slight vaginal discharge, pain on urination, pain during sex; frequent urination.
Most men show symptoms. Discharge or itchy feeling in the penis; mild pain on urination; infection of anus or throat.
Complications:
Women - if untreated:
- infertility; infected cervix; pelvic pain; pelvic inflammatory disease; ectopic pregnancy, arthritis.
- Infants can get pneumonia or become blind.
Men - if untreated:
- infertility; arthritis; eye infections; urinary infections.
Treatment:
- Yes (antibiotics)
Cure - Yes -
GENITAL HERPES
Caused by a virus with ulcerating blisters occurring on the genitals or anal area. May be spread to the mouth.
Spread:
- unprotected vaginal sex
- unprotected anal sex
- unprotected oral sex
- direct touch skin-to-skin
Many people feel fatigued, and have a fever.
- painful blisters itch, redden the skin, form into groups and ulcerate.
- ulcers crust and may heal with scarring
Complications:
- the virus hides in nerve endings and reoccurs
Treatment:
- Yes (Acyclovir - no cure)
Cure - No -
GENITAL WARTS
Caused by a virus and occurs often on or in the genitals and anus. Are associated with cancer.
Spread:
- unprotected vaginal sex
- unprotected anal sex
- unprotected oral sex
infrequent
- soft, moist, pink growths on the penis, around anus, and on or in the female genitals
- may become stalked like a cauliflower
Complications:
- invasive cervical cancer and bladder cancers
- infected women must have yearly PAP tests
- may be passed to infants
Treatment:
- Yes (cauterization, surgery, medical)
Cure - No -
GONORRHEA
Caused by bacteria that commonly infects the genitals, anus and throat.
Spread:
by infected semen and vaginal fluids
- unprotected vaginal sex
- unprotected anal sex
- unprotected oral sex
Most women show NO symptoms or some vaginal discharge, pain on urination, frequency
Men usually notice thick yellow-green discharge from the penis, pain on urinating, pain in penis.
Men and women if infected in the rectum have pain, bleeding and discharge. Sore throats if the throat is infected.
Complications:
Women:
- sterility; pelvic inflammatory disease Men:
- sterility, swollen testes
- urinary infections
Men and women may have heart, brain, liver infections, arthritis
Treatment:
- Yes (antibiotics)
Cure - Yes, although some strains are resistant -
HEPATITIS B
Caused by a virus that invades the liver. This STD can be prevented by vaccine.
Spread:
- injected blood
-injected drugs
(sharing needles)
- unprotected vaginal sex
- unprotected anal sex
- unprotected oral sex
- maternal blood to newborns
- sharing items with blood
(i.e. razors, toothbrushes,
instruments)
- sudden flu-like illness with fatigue, nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, fever
- Dark urine and jaundice
10% of carriers can spread the disease
Complications:
- liver disease and failure
- cancer of liver
- death
Treatment:
- Yes (rest, personal hygiene)
Cure
- No (Preventative vaccine
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SYPHILIS
Caused by bacteria which develop a staged disease over years. Highly contagious. Affects the skin and any organ.
Spread:
by contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluids or pus. - mother to unborn
- direct touch
- close body contact
- unprotected anal sex
- unprotected vaginal sex
- unprotected oral sex
- kissing
- injecting blood
(needle sharing)
Early stages shows painless sores, swollen glands and skin rashes. Sores may be inside the vagina or anus and go unnoticed.
Stage 2. Rashes, new sores, flu-like symptoms, swollen glands, brain infection
Complications:
- skin, bone, heart, brain disease
- dementia
- blindness if left untreated
Treatment:
- Yes (antibiotics)
Sex contacts must be examined
Cure - Yes (with treatment) -
SYPHILIS --->i think i tio this leh
u sure kissing will spread ah? -
u gt consult ur doctor/??? quickly go see doctor and get cure lar..still siting here surf netOriginally posted by william10:SYPHILIS --->i think i tio this leh
u sure kissing will spread ah? -
wah lan eh waste $20 liao .i tell the doctor i urine pain he check my stomach nv check my penis tmd~. Then he say i bo tai ji. i think i not going to private clinic liao . i think i go poly clinic.
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isit..maybe u dn look seriously ill...LOL HWAHHahahhahah then congrats lorOriginally posted by william10:wah lan eh waste $20 liao .i tell the doctor i urine pain he check my stomach nv check my penis tmd~. Then he say i bo tai ji. i think i not going to private clinic liao . i think i go poly clinic. -
sibei suay sia . BTW i just back from polyclinic. The doctor say my urine is ok leh. Nothing so serious , but he got ask me whether got any gf anot . then i tell him i still virgin. Now this 2 week all the way take antiboitic =p.
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hahhaa he gt test ur urine ahh...gd lor.....anyway y u see so many doc in one day....funy....if he ask u gt any gf or nt...maybe he interested in u ? or maybe he suspect u gt some illness spread from sexual process... lol u tell him u still virgin the doc nv laugh ahh...........hw old r u ? anyway doc always give antiboitic...then u better eat regurlarly dn skip...Originally posted by william10:sibei suay sia . BTW i just back from polyclinic. The doctor say my urine is ok leh. Nothing so serious , but he got ask me whether got any gf anot . then i tell him i still virgin. Now this 2 week all the way take antiboitic =p. -
me reaching 18 this december =p
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I'm 18 liao lor...
