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Teenagers are more prone to STD

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Many people nowadays are really impulsive, most especially teenagers. Teenagers of today try a lot of stuffs Smoking, drinking alcohol and sexual intercourse with their so called girl friend or boy friend to name a few. But with every sexual fulfillment of a person there is always a negative side. What you don’t [...]

AIDS and HIV

• Transmitted through- AIDS and HIV are two more or les related diseases. The HIV stands for the ‘human immunodeficiency virus’ and the disease that spreads through it is known as AIDS i.e. ‘acquired immune deficiency syndrome’. HIV travels through blood. It can be transmitted from one HIV positive person to his partner through sex. [...]

Teens at Higher Risk from STD’s

Teens have become more and more adventurous which also goes to say with the previously adult restricted area of sexual intercourse. There are a lot of programs that aims to raise awareness of such but sad to say, there are still a lot of teens who do get infected with STD’s. Shame or fear of [...]

Cervicitis

The disease is an infection that results in the inflammation of the cervix which is the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina. This condition is often result of an infection by Chalmydia or gonorrhea or other the many other viral/bacterial infections that cause STD’s. The condition is quite hard to detect [...]

Non-Gonococcal Urethritis

The disease is an infection caused by one of many pathogens (bacteria) such as Chalmydia trachomatis, Ureplasma urealyticum, AdenoVirus, Haemophilus vaginalis, Mycoplasm genitalium, Trichomonas vaginalis and Herpes simplex Virus. The later two are the rarest forms and the most common cause is Chlamydia with men more akin to contracting the disease than women due to [...]

Molluscum Contagiosum

The skin disease is more of a viral skin condition but it is contagious but not life threatening as the other diseases that have been discussed. It is evident with the occurrence of small growths that may be pink, white or flesh colored from the size of a pin head to as large as a [...]

Lymphogranuloma Venerum (LGV)

The disease is caused by any of the three strains of bacterium from the Chlamydia trachomatis that results in raised surface bumps or ulcers. It also manifests itself with swelling of the lymph nodes and glands in the genital area even rectal ulcers resulting in painful discharges. As with most STD’s, it can be mistaken [...]

Hepatitis

The disease is more commonly transmitted through contact or ingestion of infected stool or blood from already infected people. Rarely is the disease transmitted through sexual interaction but some practices of the act can indeed become the main source of infection and transmission. There are currently 5 known variants of the disease and the most [...]

Granuloma Inguinale

A rare form of sexually transmitted disease that is caused by the Calymmatobacterium granumolatis, which leads to inflammation of the genitals. Restricted to primitive populations such as those in Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Australia the disease/infection begins to express symptoms within 1 to 12 weeks after infection. The infection results in one or [...]

Chancroid

Chancroid is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease that used to be restricted to Africa and Asia. Due to tourism and the proliferation of the sex trade in many parts of Asia the disease has begun to appear in developed countries. Though highly contagious, it is curable and it is caused by a bacteria called [...]

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