STD'S
Madeline Finken and McKenna Lines
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Symptoms :
slight fever
headaches
fatigue
muscle aches
swollen glands in the throat, armpit, or groin
Treatment:
Yes, there is treatment and a cure called antiretroviral therapy (ART). Along with ART a combination of medications can be taken to help the spread of HIV.
Prevention/protection:
Limit the amount of sexual partners
Use a condom when engaging in sexual intercourse
Complications:
Weakens your immune system
- You could get more infections
Chlamydia
Women symptoms:
abdominal pain
abnormal vaginal discharge
bleeding between menstrual periods
low-grade fever
painful intercourse
pain or a burning feeling while urinating
swelling inside the vagina or around the anus
the urge to urinate more than usual
vaginal bleeding after intercourse
a yellowish discharge from the cervix that may have a strong smell
Men symptoms:
pain or a burning feeling while urinating
pus or watery or milky discharge from the penis
swollen or tender testicles
swelling around the anus
Treatment:
Yes, you can take certain antibiotics to get rid of it. If you and your partner both have chlamydia then you both need to get better before you have sexual intercourse again.
Prevention/protection:
Obstain from vaginal and anal intercourse and oral sex
If you choose to have vaginal or anal intercourse, use female or latex condoms every time
Herpes
Signs:
- swollen
- tender glands in the pelvic area, throat, and under the arms
fever
chills
headache
general run-down feelings
achy, flu-like feelings
Symptoms:
blisters
burning feelings if urine flows over sores
inability to urinate if severe swelling of sores blocks the urethra
itching
open sores
pain in the infected area
Treatment:
Yes, you can take certain medications to help manage the infection and warm baths help the pain. Treatments are helpful in sores healing fasters and the prevention of them returning quickly. Treatments and medications are helpful but there is no cure.
Prevention/protection:
- You can abstain from vaginal and anal intercourse
- If you choose to have vaginal or anal intercourse, use female or latex condoms every time
Complications:
It can only cause complications if you have a baby and if the genital herpes contact the baby during labor it can cause a life-threatening infection to the baby.
Gonorrhea
Women’s symptoms:
- abdominal pain
bleeding between menstrual periods
fever
menstrual irregularities
painful intercourse
painful urination
swelling or tenderness of the vulva
the urge to urinate more than usual
throwing up
yellowish or yellow-green vaginal discharge
Men’s symptoms:
pus-like discharge from the penis
pain or burning feeling while urinating
more frequent urination than usual
Treatment:
Yes, it is treatable with antibiotics and if you and your partner both have gonorrhea then you both need to get better before you have sexual intercourse again.
Prevention/protection:
Obstain from vaginal and anal intercourse and oral sex
If you choose to have vaginal or anal intercourse, use female or latex condoms every time
Syphilis
Symptoms:
muscle aches
fever
sore throat
swollen lymph nodes
Treatment:
You can be injected with a single dose of penicillin and usually that is enough to destroy the infection and if the single dose does not help the infection go away then you may have to get more than one dose.
Prevention/protection:
Obstain from vaginal and anal intercourse and oral sex
If you choose to have vaginal or anal intercourse, use female or latex condoms every time
Complications:
Depending on how long the pregnant women has had syphilis, she has a good chance of having a stillborn or giving birth to baby that dies soon after birth.
Trichomoniasis
Women’s symptoms:
frothy, often unpleasant-smelling discharge
blood spotting in the discharge
itching in and around the vagina
swelling in the groin
the urge to urinate frequently — often with pain and burning
Men’s symptoms:
discharge from the urethra
the urge to urinate frequently — often with pain and burning
Treatment:
Yes, you and your partner can be treated with prescription medications.
Prevention/protection:
Obstain from vaginal and anal intercourse and oral sex
If you choose to have vaginal or anal intercourse, use female or latex condoms every time
Pubic Lice (Crabs)
Symptoms:
intense itching in the genitals or anus
mild fever
feeling run-down irritability
the presence of lice or small egg sacs, which are called nits, in pubic hair
Treatment:
Yes, it is treatable with over the counter public lice medications. You will apply the medicine head to toe more than once. Stronger prescription medications are available if needed.
Prevention/ protection:
Pubic lice are easily spread, and there is no protection. Reducing the risk of getting pubic lice can be done by limiting the number of people you are intimate with.
Hepatitis B
Signs and symptoms:
Feeling really tired
pain in your belly
losing your appetite nausea and vomiting
pain in your joints
headache
fever
hives
dark-colored urine (pee) pale, clay-colored bowel movements (poop)
jaundice — when your eyes and skin get yellow
Treatable:
Yes it is recommended to avoid alcohol along with an antiviral drug.
Prevention:
There is a vaccine that you can get to be immune to hepatitis.
Complications:
It can lead to liver failure or scar your liver.
HPV (Human Papilloma virus)
Symptoms:
There aren't any HPV symptoms for high-risk types of HPV in women or men. Most people feel fine even when they have cell changes caused by HPV
Treatment:
Yes, there is treatment available for abnormal cells in the cervix. But there is no cure for HPV, most are harmless, will not need treatment, and will go away by itself.
Prevention/protection:
Get the HPV vaccine
- Avoid skin to skin in sex play
- Avoid sexual intercourse when do using protection
Mycoplasma Genitalium
Symptoms:
morbidity (an illness that causes poor health and disability)
pelvic inflammation
inflammation in the urethra and burning while urinating
Treatment:
There are 5 day antibiotics to take and if it is any shorter than this then the disease comes back stronger than before.
Prevention:
- Use a condom, if having sexual intercourse