More often than not, they are not taken seriously, Sylvester Allred, NAU biology professor, said. Mark Dickinson, sophomore business major, agreed. People need to be careful these days. STD's have no discrimination. However, Dickinson does not blame the problem of STD's on education or ignorance.
Most people think it is just a bad story they heard about.
Most of the diseases travel in bodily fluids like blood, semen, vaginal secretions and saliva. Chlamydia, HIV and gonorrhea are spread through bodily fluids. A few are spread by direct skin contact such as HPV and herpes. Syphilis can be be contracted through bodily fluids and direct skin contact. Some STD's are bacterial and therefore can be treated with antibiotics, others are viral and have no cure, Allred said.