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| In women, what are the symptoms of chlamydia? | Vaginal discharge; vaginal bleeding; burning or pain during urination; pain the the abdomen, sometimes accompanied by fever & nausea. |
| What are the symptoms of chlamydia in men? | Watery, white or yellow drip from the penis; burning or pain when urinating. |
| How long after having sex is it before the symptoms of Chlamydia or NGU appear? | 7-21 days after having sex |
| How is Chlamydia or NGU spread? | It's spread during vaginal, anal, oral sex with someone who has it. |
| If Chlamydia or NGU are not treated, what happens? | You can give the disease to your sexual partners; it can lead to mroe serious infection; both men & women may no longer be able to have children; during childbirth, a mother can give it to the baby. |
| What are the symptoms of genital warts? | Small, bumpy warts on the sex organs & anus; the warts last; itching or burning around the sex organs; after warts go away, the virus is still in the body, so warts can reappear. |
| How are genital warts spread? | They're spread during vaginal, anal, oral sex with someone who has genital warts. |
| If untreated, what happens to a person with genital warts? | The warts can be spread to sexual partners; warts can't be cured; more warts grow & are harder to get rid of; mother with warts can give them to baby; may lead to precancerous conditions. |
| In women, what are the symptoms of gonorrhea? | Most women don't have symptoms! If they do: thick yellow or white vaginal discharge; burning pain when urinating or having a bowel movement; abnormal periods; bleeding between periods; cramps & pain in abdomen. |
| How long after having sex with an infected person do genital warts appear? | 1-8 months! |
| In men, what are the symptoms of gonorrhea? | Thick yellow or white drip from penis; buring or pain when urinating or having a bowel movement; a need to urinate more often. (Some men have no symptoms.) |
| How long after having sex with a person infected with gonorrhea do symptoms appear? | 2-21 days after having sex. |
| How is gonorrhea spread? | It's spread during vaginal, anal, oral sex with an infected person. |
| If untreated, what happens to a person infected with gonorrhea? | Gonorrhea can be passed to any sexual partner; it can lead to more serious infection; reproductive organs can be damaged; men & women may no longer be able to have children; mother can pass to child during birth; can cause heart trouble, skin disease, arthritis, blindness. |
| After having sex with a person infected with Hepatitis B, how long is it before symptoms show? | 1-9 months |
| What are the symptoms of Hepatitis B? | Many have no symptoms or mild symptoms; flu-like feelings that don't disappear; tiredness; jaundice; dark urine, light-colored bowel movements. |
| How is Hepatitis B spread? | It's spread uring vaginal, anal, oral sex with one infected; spread by sharing needles to inject drugs (or any other reasons), spread by contact with infected blood. |
| What happens if a person with Hepatitis B is untreated? | You can give Hepatitis B to sexual partners; some recover; some can't be cured (symptoms go away, but person can still spread disease); can caue permanent liver damage; mother can pass it to child during birth. |
| Which STD's can be treated with antibiotics? | Bacterial vaginosis, chlamydia, crabs (public lice), gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis can be treated with antibiotics; however, with vaginitis, it can recur; with chlamydia and syphilis, the organ damage done cannot be reversed. |
| Which STD's cannot be cured? | Genital warts (can be removed, but can recur), genital herpes (can be controlled with medication), hepatitis B, HIV cannot be cured. |
| Which STD's are bacterial? | Baterical vaginosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis. |
| Which STD's are viral? | HPV, genital herpes, hepatitis B, HIV. |
| Which STD is a parasitic infection? | trichomoniasis |
| Which STD is caused by tiny wingless insects? | Crabs (pubic lice); the insects feed off the pubic-area blood. |
