SEXUAL TRANSMITTED DISEASES

DISEASES CAUSES AND SIGNS AND TREATMENT PREVENTION

SPREAD SYMPTOMS
CHLAMYDIA Chlamydia Men may Physical Seek madical
trachomatis experience examination in care or
bacterium painful or which a health- contrascptives.
burning care provider
urination or a performs a
discharge from pelvic
the penis. examination
Women may
experience
bleeding
between
periods,
burning
urination,
vaginal
discharge, or
mild lower
abdominal pain.

GONORRHEA Bacterium Symptoms may Gonorrhea is Physicians

Neisseria be similar to treatable with diagnose
gonorrhoeae those of several gonorrhea by
chlamydia and antibiotics, testing penile or
include burning vaginal
urination and discharge or
penile or urine specimens
vaginal for the presence
discharge. of Neisseria
gonorrhoeae.
SYPHILIS Caused by the -Chancres Syphilis is Fidelity
bacterium small, fluid- easily treated
Treponema filled lesions with penicillin.
pallidum. on genitalai,
anus, fingers,
lips,
tongue,
nipples
tonsils,or
eyelids that
eventually
erode and
develop indu-
rated raised
edge and clear
bases.

GENITAL Caused by Genital herpes Acyclovir(Zovirax)

HERPES infection with causes Treated with Has proven to be
the herpes recurrent antiviral drugs, an effective
simplex virus outbreaks of such as treatment for
painful sores acyclovir, but genital herpes.
on the genitals, HSV cannot be
eradicated
from the body
—it is
incurable.
TRICHOMO- Trichomoniasis, caused Redness, Trichomoniasis The most
NIASIS by infection with the swelling, is easily treated effective
protozoan Trichomonas tenderness, with a single prevention
vaginalis dyspareunia dose of method is
dysuria, antibiotics. abstinence—that
is, refraining
from sex
completely. No
sexual contact
means no risk of
developing an
STI.