STI's

STI's

1. Cytomegalovirus

   • stats: 4 out of every 10 Americans get CMV by the time they reach puberty
   • symptoms: Sometimes swollen glands, fatigue, fever, irritation of the digestive tract, nausea, diarrhea, and jaundice.
   • Treatment: no cure
   • Complications: can also be passed from a pregnant woman to her unborn baby
   • How transmitted: in body fluids, such as urine, saliva, blood, tears, semen, and breast milk

2. viral

   • hepatitis
     • stats: Around 300,000 to 700,000 people infected in the U.S.
     • symptoms:extreme fatigue, tenderness and pain in the lower abdomen, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting.
     • Complications: 1 out of 5 people with chronic HBV die from the infection.
     • Treatment:No cure – in most cases of Hep-A, hepatitis goes away by itself.
     • How transmitted: consuming contaminated food or sharing dirty hypodermic needles.
   • Herpes
     • How transmitted:aginal sex and anal sex.
     • stats:About 8 of every 10 adults has oral herpes and 1 of every 4 adults has genital herpes
     • symptoms:cluster of blistery sores
     • Complications:contact with herpes sores during delivery can lead to a severe, life-threatening infection for the baby.
     • Treatment:No cure – managed with medicine
   • HIV
     • How transmitted:blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk.
     • symptoms: wollen glands in the throat, armpit, or groin
     • stats: more than 980,000 cases of AIDS have been reported to the government. Around 48,000 people infected in the U.S. annually
     • Symptoms: aids
     • Treatment: No cure – managed with medicine

3. Bacterial

   • Chancroid
     • how transmitted: sexual contact with an infected individual
     • stats:Around 100 people infected in the U.S. annually
     • symptoms: Open genital sores, may produce pus, may be painful, swollen glands in the groin.
     • Complications: none
     • treatment: Antibiotics
   • Chlamydia
     • how transmitted: vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia.
     • stats: Around 3 million people infected in the U.S. annually
     • symptoms: Sometimes abdominal pain, abnormal discharge, fever, bleeding between periods
     • Complications: untreated, it can become a serious threat – leading to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and sterility,
     • treatment: Antibiotics
   • Gonorrhea
     • how transmitted:sexual contact
     • stats: Around 600,000-700,000 people infected in the U.S. annually
     • symptoms: abdominal pain, bleeding between periods, fever, painful intercourse, painful urination
     • Complications: untreated, it can be a serious health risk causing infertility, arthritis, pelvic inflammatory disease
     • Treatment: Antibiotics
   • Syphilis
     • how transmitted: vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
     • stats: Around 30,000-40,000 people infected in the U.S. annually
     • symptoms: painless sore, wet ulcer and Body rashes
     • Complications: one out of three people who have syphilis that is not treated suffer serious damage to the nervous system, heart, brain, or other organs, and death may result
     • Treatment: Antibiotic