Chlamydia
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- Discharge
- Burning or pain during urination
- Frequent urination
- Pain in abdomen
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Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia |
- You can give Chlamydia to your sex partner(s)
- Can lead to more serious infection
- Reproductive organs may be damaged
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Genital Warts
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- Many people have no symptoms
- Small, bumpy warts
- Itching or burning around sex organs
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Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex and sometimes by genital touching with someone who has genital warts |
- You can give genital warts to your sex partner(s)
- Warts may go away on their own, remain unchanged or grow and spread
- You could have a type of HPV that’s linked to cervical cancer
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Gonorrhea
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- Thick yellow, greenish or gray discharge
- Burning or pain during urination and/or bowel movements
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Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who has gonorrhea |
- You can give gonorrhea to your sex partner(s)
- Can lead to more serious infection
- Reproductive organs can be damaged
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Hepatitis B
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- Many people have no symptoms, or mild symptoms
- Flu-like feelings that don’t go away
- Tiredness
- Jaundice (yellow skin)
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- Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who has hepatitis B
- Spread by sharing needles
- Spread by contact with infected blood
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- You can give hepatitis B to your sex partner(s)
- Some people recover completely
- Some people cannot be cured
- Can cause permanent liver damage or cancer
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Herpes
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- Some people have no symptoms
- Flu-like symptoms
- Small, painful blisters on the sex organs or mouth
- Itching or burning before blisters appear
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Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex and sometimes by genital touching with someone who has herpes |
You can give herpes to your sex partner(s)
Herpes cannot be cured
A mother with herpes can give it to her baby during childbirth
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HIV/AIDS
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- Can be present for many years with no symptoms
- Unexplained weight loss or tiredness
- Flu-like feelings that don’t go away
- Diarrhea
- White spots in mouth
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- Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who has HIV
- Spread by sharing needles
- Spread by contact with infected blood
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- You can give HIV to your sex partner(s)
- HIV cannot be cured. Can cause illness and death
- A mother with HIV can give it to her baby in the womb, during childbirth or while breastfeeding
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
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- Yellow or gray vaginal discharge
- Bleeding between periods or after sex
- Cramps in lower abdomen, sometimes with pain or nausea
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- PID can be caused when STD germs spread from the cervix into the uterus and other organs
- Can be caused by IUDs (implanted birth control), some forms of vaginitis or douching
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- Can be painful and cause permanent damage to pelvic and sex organs
- 1 in 5 women who has had PID cannot have children
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Syphilis
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First Stage
- Painless sore or sores on the mouth or sex organs
Second Stage
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Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex and sometimes with genital touching with someone who has syphilis |
- You can give syphilis to your sex partner(s)
- Can cause heart disease, brain damage, blindness and death
- A mother with syphilis can give it to her baby during pregnancy or have a miscarriage
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Trichomoniasis (Trich)
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- Many people have no symptoms
- Itching, burning or irritation
- Yellow, greenish or gray vaginal discharge
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Spread during vaginal sex |
- You can give rich to your sex partner(s)
- Uncomfortable symptoms will continue
- Men can get infections in the prostate gland
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Vaginitis
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- Change in vaginal discharge
- Itching, burning or pain around the vagina
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Different types of vaginitis are caused by differed things, including:
- Sexual contact
- Yeast imbalance
- Low levels of estrogen
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- Symptoms will not go away and may get worse
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