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| When do symptoms of herpes appear? | From 1-30 days after having sex with an infected person. |
| What are the symptoms of herpes? | Some people have no symptoms. Others have: flu-like symptoms; small, painful blisters on sex organs or mough; itching or burning before blisters appear; blisters lasting 1-3 weeks; blisters go away, but can come back. |
| How is herpes spread? | By having vaignal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has herpes. |
| What happens if herpes is not treated? | Sexual partners can get it; a mother can give it to her baby during childbirth; it can't be cured. |
| What are the symptoms of HIV/AIDS? | Unexplained weight loss or tiredness; flu-like feelings that don't go away; diarrhea; white spots in the mouth; in women: yeast infections that don't go away. |
| When do symptoms of HIV/AIDS appear? | Symptoms appear several months to several years after contact with HIV. |
| How is HIV/AIDS spread? | It's spread during vaginal, anal, oral sex with someone who has HIV, through sharing needles to inject drugs, or by contact with infected blood. |
| What happens if HIV/AIDS is not treated? | It is passed to sexual partners or to someone with whom a needle is shared; it can't be cured (most die from it); mother can give it to baby in the womb, during birth, or while breastfeeding. |
| Describe the first stage of syphilis. | Sumptoms appear 3-12 weeks after having sex; there's a painless, reddish-brown sore or sores on the mouth, sex organs, breasts, fingers; sore lasts 1-5 weeks; sore goes away, but syphilis is still present. |
| Describe the second stage of syphilis. | Sumptoms show up 1 week-6 months after a sore heals; a rash appears anywhere on the body; flu-like feelings come; the rash & flu-like feelings go away, but syphilis is still present. |
| How is syphilis spread? | through vaginal, anal, oral sex with an infected person |
| If untreated, what can an infected person do? | give syphilis to sexual partners; mom can give it to baby during childbirth (or have a miscarriage); can cause heart disease, brain damage, blindness, & death. |
| What are the symptoms of vaginitis? | Some women have none; others have itching, burning, or pain in the vagina; there's more vaginal discharge than usual; the discharge smells and/or looks different. |
| How is vaginitis spread? | It can be spread through vaginal, anal, oral sex; can can carry vaginitis infections without symptoms. |
| If a person with vaginitis is not treated, what can happen? | That person can give it to sexual partners; uncomfortable symptoms will continue; men can get infections in the penis, prostrate gland, or urethra. |
| Which STD's can be helped withantibiotics? | Bacterial vaginosis (but can recur), chlamydia (but damage can't be reversed), crabs (public lice), gonorrhea, syphilis (organ damage is permanent though), trichomoniasis will respond to antibiotics. |
| Which STD's cannot be cured? | Genital human papilloma virus (HPV; genital warts; warts can be removed, but can recur), genital herpes (can be controlled with medication), hepatitis B (you remain contagious), HIV (medication can slow progress). |
| Which STD's are bacterial? | Bacterial vaginosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis. |
| Which STD's are viral? | HPV, genital herpes, HIV, hepatitis B. |
| Which STD is caused by a parasite? | trichomoniasis |
| Which STD is caused by tiny wingless insects? | crabs (public lice); the insects feed off public-area blood. |
