Sexually transmitted infection

A sexually transmitted infection (STI), dem sanso refer to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) den de older term venereal disease (VD), be an infection wey be spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, anaa sam times manual sex. STIs often initially no dey cause symptoms, wich dey result in a risk of transmitting dem to odas. De term sexually transmitted infection generally be preferred over sexually transmitted disease anaa venereal disease, as e dey include cases plus no symptomatic disease. Symptoms den signs of STIs fi include vaginal discharge, penile discharge, ulcers on anaa around de genitals, den pelvic pain. Sam STIs fi cause infertility.

Bacterial STIs dey include chlamydia, gonorrhea, den syphilis. Viral STIs dey include genital warts, genital herpes, den HIV/AIDS. Parasitic STIs dey include trichomoniasis. Chaw STIs be treatable den curable; of de most common infections, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, den trichomoniasis be curable, while HIV/AIDS den genital herpes no be curable. Sam vaccinations fi decrease de risk of certain infections wey dey include hepatitis B den a few types of HPV. Safe sex practices such as de use of condoms, dem get smaller number of sexual partners, den dem be insyd a relationship in wich each person has sex per plus de oda sanso dey decrease STIs risk. Comprehensive sex education sanso fi be useful.

STI diagnostic tests usually be easily available insyd de developed world, buh dem be often unavailable insyd de developing world. Der often be shame den stigma associated plus STIs. Insyd 2015, na STIs oda dan HIV result in 108,000 deaths worldwide. Globally, insyd 2015, na about 1.1 billion people get STIs oda dan HIV/AIDS. About 500 million get either syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia anaa trichomoniasis. At least na an additional 530 million get genital herpes, den 290 million women get human papillomavirus. Historical documentation of STIs insyd antiquity dey date back to at least de Ebers Papyrus () den de Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (8th/7th C. BCE).

 Cause 

 Transmission 
A sexually transmitted infection present insyd a pregnant woman fi be passed on to de infant before anaa after birth.
Risk of transmission per unprotected sexual act plus an infected personKnown risksPossibleDey perform oral sex on a penis Throat chlamydia
 Throat gonorrhea (25–30%)
 Herpes (rare)
 HPV
 Syphilis (1%) Hepatitis B (low risk)
 HIV (0.01%)
 Hepatitis C (unknown)Dey perform oral sex on a vagina Herpes
 HPV Throat gonorrhea
 Throat chlamydiaHaving oral sex performed on one ein penis Chlamydia
 Gonorrhea
 Herpes
 Syphilis (1%) HPVHaving oral sex performed on one ein vagina Herpes HPV
 Bacterial vaginosis
 GonorrheaVaginal sex—insertive Chlamydia (30–50%)
 Crabs
 Scabies
 Gonorrhea (22%)
 Hepatitis B
 Herpes (0.07% for HSV-2)
 HIV (0.05%)
 HPV (high: around 40–50%)
 Mycoplasma hominis infection
 Mycoplasma genitalium
 Syphilis
 Trichomoniasis
 Ureaplasma infection Hepatitis CVaginal sex—receptive Chlamydia (30–50%)
 Crabs
 Scabies
 Gonorrhea (47%)
 Hepatitis B (50–70%)
 Herpes
 HIV (0.1%)
 HPV (high; around 40–50%)
 Mycoplasma hominis infection
 Syphilis
 Trichomoniasis
 Ureaplasma infection Hepatitis CAnal sex—insertive Chlamydia
 Crabs
 Scabies (40%)
 Gonorrhea
 Hepatitis B
 Herpes
 HIV (0.62%)
 HPV
 Syphilis (14%) Hepatitis CAnal sex—receptive Chlamydia
 Crabs
 Scabies
 Gonorrhea
 Hepatitis B
 Herpes
 HIV (1.7%)
 HPV
 Syphilis (1.4%) Hepatitis CAnilingus Amoebiasis
 Cryptosporidiosis (1%)
 Giardiasis
 Hepatitis A(1%)
 Shigellosis (1%) HPV (1%)

 Bacterial 

 Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
 Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis)
 Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
 Granuloma inguinale or (Klebsiella granulomatis)
 Mycoplasma genitalium
 Mycoplasma hominis
 Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
 Ureaplasma infection

 References 

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 External links 

 CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010
 STD photo library  at Dermnet
 UNFPA: Breaking the Cycle of Sexually Transmitted Infections at UNFPA
 STDs In Color: Sexually Transmitted Disease Facts and Photos
 CDC: Sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S.
 STI Watch: World Health Organization


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