There are a myriad of myths and distorted beliefs circulating with regard to Sexually Transmitted Diseases or STDs. Listed below are a series of facts and findings from health care providers and practitioners as a means of separating fact from fiction.
- Sexual abstinence is the only way to guarantee one will avoid STD infection 100 percent.
- The risk of acquiring or transmitting an STD is directly associated to sexually active persons who have multiple sex partners.
- STDs are acquired or transmitted during intimate sexual activity.
- Not all persons infected with an STD show obvious symptoms.
- Inanimate objects do not transmit STDs ? people transmit STDs during intimate sexual activity.
- A person can be infected with one or several different STDs at the same time.
- Undetected, untreated and/or inadequately treated STDs can lead to serious health problems that may ultimately result in permanent tissue damage, threaten one?s life and/or result in loss of life.
- Unlike some other diseases, having an STD once or several times does not provide immunity from ?getting? an STD in the future.
- Persons who are advised by their health care professional they are infected with an STD should take rapid action to insure their sex partners are advised to seek medical assistance ? evaluation.
- Persons who are sexually active with multiple sex partners should seek regular medical checkups to facilitate early detection and reduce the risk of medical complications from undetected ? untreated infection.
- Prevention includes: abstinence; if sexually active, maintaining a mutually exclusive relationship for you and your partner; use of a quality latex prophylactic.
- Chlamydia and gonorrhea are bacterial STDs usually localized to the initial site of infection.
- Symptoms with gonorrhea are very similar to those of chlamydia for both women and men.
- Syphilis is a systemic disease that is spread via the blood and/or lymphatic system and the organism that causes syphilis multiplies itself within the circulatory system.
- Syphilis can progress through four stages: Primary, Secondary, Early Latent and Late Latent.
- Undetected ? untreated STDs can lead to medical complications requiring extended and costly medical care and may involve extended hospital care.
- STD infections can seriously impact one?s social, educational and/or daily living environment.
- Regular testing for sexually transmitted infections is recommended annually for those who engage in unprotected sex and for those that have multiple partners.
Article source: http://ezinearticles.com/6867488
Source: http://medicaltips.biz/2012/03/21/std-facts-and-findings/
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