Sexaully Transimitted Disease
Syphilis
can be a devastating disease, and it has made its presence known
in the STD world. At least 50,000 cases of syphilis occur every
year, and I believe I more go unreported and untreated. Syphilis
is a bacterial infection passed on through sex that causes sores
and rashes. If left untreated, it can cause serious problems in
the long run. Chlamydia
is the most common of all the STD's, and it often produces no
symptoms and one usually doesn't even know they have it, until
it is too late. When Chlamydia goes untreated, in males it is
nothing more that an irritation, but in Women, it can be
devastating. If the disease spreads into the reproduction
anatomy, it can cause PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) which
can cause infertility or ectopic pregnancies (when the
fertilized egg develops in the fallopian tubes) this is very
dangerous and if it happens can rupture the tubes and cause
serious damage even death.
Crabs is a
nasty infestation of Pubic Lice. The thing is, it is really not
a STD. The can be transmitted by all sorts of physical contact.
Crabs love hair, your scalp, underarms, chest, mustache, and
pubic and if you have hair, they will find it. The first
symptoms are a horrible itch, and with closer examination will
find pimple-like bumps or a red rash. When you closely examine
the hair, the sure sign way to notice if you have crabs are the
eggs attached to the pubic hair very close to the skin.
Gonorrhea
is commonly referred to as the clap, is a bacterial infection
passed during sex. Symptoms appear in as little as 3 days, and
cause a yellow discharge from the penis, painful urination, and
swelling of the penis head. In women can cause PID and
sterility, and worse than that, can cause blindness in babies
that are born with women infected by the disease. Genital herpes
was the sexual plague before the on-threat of the AIDS virus.
This is a highly contagious, incurable, sexually transmitted
virus that has infected millions of people, and claims more
victims each year. Symptoms are a tingling and inching at the
site of infection. Soon the infected area has painful ulcerated
sores that heal in about 3 weeks. AIDS is the
deadly disease of the 20th century. It is the number one killer
of people ages 25-44, 80% of all AIDS victims are men, and it
has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of lives each
year. AIDS attacks the bodies