Different Types Of Stds And Their Symptoms

1. Oral Sex:

Is completely safe; it cannot transmit any std's

Is a common means of transmitting herpes

Does not require condoms

Oral sex can transmit most STDs, including herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. Condoms would reduce this transmission rate significantly. If there are open sores in the mouth, this would make it possible to also transmit HIV and hepatitis B and C. Trichomonas is not spread by oral sex.

Explanation

Oral sex can transmit most STDs, including herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. Condoms would reduce this transmission rate significantly. If there are open sores in the mouth, this would make it possible to also transmit HIV and hepatitis B and C. Trichomonas is not spread by oral sex.

2. Herpes is contagious when:

Only when blisters are present

Only when blisters appear, when you feel tingling in the area

All of the time

Herpes, both oral and genital, are contagious all of the time, whether or not you feel or see any types of lesions in your mouth or on your genitals.

Explanation

Herpes, both oral and genital, are contagious all of the time, whether or not you feel or see any types of lesions in your mouth or on your genitals.

3. STD's can:

All be cured with antibiotics, as long as they are diagnosed

Dissapear without antibiotics, which means you are cured

Cause infertility

Bacterial STDs can be cured with antibiotics, but any damage done to the reproductive system (scarring) will not be undone by curing the disease. Many STDs are viral — herpes, HIV, HPV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C — and have no medicine that can eradicate them. Chlamydia and gonorrhea cause the vast majority of cases of pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID, which causes an estimated 100,000 women annually to become infertile in the United States.

Explanation

Bacterial STDs can be cured with antibiotics, but any damage done to the reproductive system (scarring) will not be undone by curing the disease. Many STDs are viral — herpes, HIV, HPV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C — and have no medicine that can eradicate them. Chlamydia and gonorrhea cause the vast majority of cases of pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID, which causes an estimated 100,000 women annually to become infertile in the United States.

4. STDs:

Always cause pain or discharge

Are cured if symptoms disappear

Frequently have no symptoms

Many STDs are spread without people ever knowing they had an infection, because they are silent. Chlamydia, for example, is silent 50% of the time in men, and up to 75% of the time in women, but can go on to cause scarring and infertility in a significant percentage of women. Similarly, gonorrhea is silent in 20-40% of women and 10% of men.

Explanation

Many STDs are spread without people ever knowing they had an infection, because they are silent. Chlamydia, for example, is silent 50% of the time in men, and up to 75% of the time in women, but can go on to cause scarring and infertility in a significant percentage of women. Similarly, gonorrhea is silent in 20-40% of women and 10% of men.

5. If your partner says he/she is a virgin he/she may:

Still have an STD

Cannot have an STD

Has not been sexually intimate in any way

Ask her what she means! Many people consider themselves virgins as long as they have not had traditional intercourse (meaning penile penetration into the vagina) but they may have participated in oral or anal sex, or simply skin-to-skin intimacy, all of which can transmit STDs.

Explanation

Ask her what she means! Many people consider themselves virgins as long as they have not had traditional intercourse (meaning penile penetration into the vagina) but they may have participated in oral or anal sex, or simply skin-to-skin intimacy, all of which can transmit STDs.

6. The population that most primary care physicians treat for STD's is:

Successful, well educated people who didn't realize they were at risk

Lower income, poorly educated people who have bad hygiene

Prostitute and drug abusers

STDs do have a higher prevalence in people who have sex with multiple partners, but the patients most family doctors and gynecologists see with STDs span across all demographics — regardless of their education, age, wealth or race.

Explanation

STDs do have a higher prevalence in people who have sex with multiple partners, but the patients most family doctors and gynecologists see with STDs span across all demographics — regardless of their education, age, wealth or race.

7. Which STDs are most frequently spread by people using public toilet seats?

Herpes and gonorrhea

Chlamydia and trichamonas

None of the above

With intact skin on the back of your legs (where your body is in direct contact with the toilet seat), it is virtually impossible to contract ANY STD from a dry toilet seat! (Simply wipe it dry with toilet paper if there is fluid on it.) Most STDs die when the secretions containing them dry up, and they also require entry into the body via mucus membranes (mouth, vagina or anus), so it would involve much more than sitting on a toilet to transmit these diseases.

Explanation

With intact skin on the back of your legs (where your body is in direct contact with the toilet seat), it is virtually impossible to contract ANY STD from a dry toilet seat! (Simply wipe it dry with toilet paper if there is fluid on it.) Most STDs die when the secretions containing them dry up, and they also require entry into the body via mucus membranes (mouth, vagina or anus), so it would involve much more than sitting on a toilet to transmit these diseases.

8. Condoms, when used correctly, do a good job in preventing:

All STD's

Herpes, Syphilis and HPV (wart virus)

Gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV. thricomonas

Correctly used condoms work well to prevent the transmission of STDs that are transmitted via semen or body fluids, which are gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, and trichomonas. Condoms still have a failure rate of 11% when used correctly, and in average usage, that failure rate is closer to 20% because of inconsistent use, breakage and putting on the condom after initiating sexual intimacy. Condoms cannot work to prevent the spread of STDs that are transmitted from direct contact in areas beyond where a condom covers, such as herpes, HPV, syphilis and pubic lice.

Explanation

Correctly used condoms work well to prevent the transmission of STDs that are transmitted via semen or body fluids, which are gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, and trichomonas. Condoms still have a failure rate of 11% when used correctly, and in average usage, that failure rate is closer to 20% because of inconsistent use, breakage and putting on the condom after initiating sexual intimacy. Condoms cannot work to prevent the spread of STDs that are transmitted from direct contact in areas beyond where a condom covers, such as herpes, HPV, syphilis and pubic lice.