It may also come back. Some women need antibiotics to treat BV. Hepatitis is a virus that affects the liver. There are three types of hepatitis. Hepatitis A and B are sexually transmitted and highly contagious. Often, they do not cause symptoms, and a vaccination can protect against them. Though it is uncommon, hepatitis C can also spread through sexual contact.
Hepatitis C is a chronic illness that antivirals can sometimes cure. The course of hepatitis and how treatable it is depends on the type of hepatitis a person has. The symptoms may go away on their own. Trichomoniasis, sometimes called trich, is a parasite that spreads through sexual and close contact.
Most people with trichomoniasis do not know they have it. If it is left untreated, the infection can last for years and may spread to sexual partners. An oral medication can cure trichomoniasis. People with a previous infection may get the infection again. People who have trichomoniasis are also at higher risk of contracting another STD. HIV damages immune system cells, which makes it progressively more difficult for the body to fight infections. Left untreated, HIV increases the risk of serious complications or even death from otherwise minor infections.
People can contract HIV through contact with blood or genital fluids, such as semen and vaginal fluid. Shortly after contracting HIV, 40 to 90 percent of people develop flu-like symptoms, including:. Healthcare professionals can treat HIV using antiretroviral medication.
This does not completely eradicate the virus but reduces the amount of HIV in the blood to undetectable levels, meaning it is no longer possible to transmit it sexually. As the disease progresses, people become more vulnerable to illness.
They may have frequent infections. Syphilis is a bacterial infection that people can spread through sexual contact. Left untreated, it can cause serious complications and even death. But in the early stages, syphilis is treatable with antibiotics. Cold sores, also known as fever blisters or oral herpes , are mainly caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1 HSV Cold sores are small, painful blisters that most often appear around the lips.
They usually break open, crust over, and heal within a period of seven to 10 days. Oral herpes can be easily transmitted through kissing. They can also be passed to a partner's genitals during oral sex. While most people think of HSV-1 as an oral infection, it can easily become a genital infection if unprotected oral sex is performed.
An outbreak of genital herpes is characterized by a cluster of small blisters that break open and become painful sores. It is most commonly associated with the herpes simplex virus type 2 HSV Not everyone infected with HSV-2 will develop symptoms. Those who never develop symptoms or only have mild symptoms such as tenderness and unbroken bumps may unknowingly infect others. Even though genital herpes is most contagious during an ulcerative outbreak, it can also be passed when there are no outward symptoms.
Suppressive therapy not only shortens outbreaks in people with recurrent outbreaks, but it also makes infecting a partner far less likely. In the end, there is no way to know whether a person has herpes unless they've been tested. In fact, a great many people with HSV-2 will only realize they have the virus when a partner becomes infected.
Human papillomavirus HPV is recognized as the virus responsible for genital warts and the development of many cervical and anal cancer cases. The anal lesions pictured are extreme but provide you some sense of what genital warts look like. Generally speaking, the warts are whitish or skin-colored and have an irregular surface, much like cauliflower.
They can be big or small and occur in clusters or as a single wart. Genital warts can develop on the vulva, vagina, cervix, penis, scrotum, or anus. They are sometimes itchy, but most of the time they don't hurt.
Whatever the presentation, it is important to get any wart-like growth checked by a doctor. In this way, any cancerous or pre-cancer growths can be discovered before they become severe. Sadly, there is no way to tell if someone has HPV by looking at them. Testing is invariably required. Moreover, there is no commercial test to diagnose HPV in men. For this reason, you should always practice safer sex to help reduce your risk of infection.
In men, chlamydia and gonorrhea often have no symptoms. If symptoms do appear, they will often manifest with a discharge from the penis and other signs of urethritis, including redness and swelling around the opening of the penis and burning or pain when urinating. Men with gonorrhea are more likely to experience discharge than those with chlamydia. With gonorrhea, the discharge can often be profuse. In some cases, the discharge may only be noticed by yellow stains in your underwear or by a glazed, dry film around the opening of the penis.
Other symptoms may include pain and swelling around the testicles and a greater frequency and urgency of urination. If the infection occurs in the throat, a sore, scratchy throat may develop. Cervicitis is the term used to describe the inflammation of the cervix. It can be caused by many things but is characteristic of STDs like trichomoniasis , gonorrhea or chlamydia. Often, the only time cervicitis is detected is during a pelvic exam, although other symptoms may develop, including:.
Because STDs are often internalized in women, they are frequently missed or misdiagnosed. The U. Primary syphilis is one of three stages of a syphilis infection. It is characterized by the appearance of an open, ulcerative sore known as a chancre. Chancres are normally round and painless, which can make them difficult to notice in the throat, vagina, or rectum.
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People can get herpes as a result of having oral sex if a partner has a herpes infection in the mouth, genital area, rectum, or anus. A doctor may take a skin sample from a sore for testing, or they may perform a blood test to help diagnose herpes.
Although there is no cure for herpes, people can take antiviral medicine to reduce or prevent the symptoms. With or without treatment, people can spread herpes infections to sexual partners. Taking daily medicine can help reduce the chance of passing on the infection, however.
Having herpes can increase the risk of getting an HIV infection, and pregnant women can pass on herpes to their infant.
Trichomoniasis , or trich, is a common infection that a parasite causes. If people give oral sex to a partner who has a trichomoniasis infection in the vagina or penis, they may get a trichomoniasis infection in the throat. People will need to see their healthcare provider for laboratory tests to check for trichomoniasis, as a doctor cannot diagnose it just from the symptoms.
People can treat trichomoniasis by taking a single dosage of antibiotic medicine that can also destroy parasites. To prevent getting another infection, people should make sure that their sexual partners also receive treatment.
Hepatitis A is a virus that causes inflammation of the liver. The symptoms of hepatitis A tend to develop after an average of 28 days from exposure to the virus. These symptoms can include:. Hepatitis A transmission mainly occurs through oral-fecal contact. As a result, a person could contract hepatitis A by performing oral-anal sex with someone who has the virus.
There is no cure for the virus, so doctors will often recommend that a person with the infection rests for 1—4 weeks and avoids intimate contact with other people. Hepatitis B is another virus that causes inflammation of the liver. In many cases, hepatitis B causes few or no symptoms. When symptoms do appear, they can include:.
People with a hepatitis B infection can pass on the virus in their semen or vaginal secretions during oral sex. Doctors can diagnose hepatitis B by performing a blood test. The test will determine if the infection is acute or chronic. There is no specific treatment for an acute hepatitis B infection, and most people will fully recover after a short amount of time.
Doctors will treat a chronic hepatitis B infection with medication to slow the progression of the virus and support the immune system. People with an acute infection will typically make a full recovery once the virus has run its course. In severe cases, hepatitis B can lead to chronic infection, scarring of the liver, liver cancer , and even death.
A vaccine is available to help protect people from this virus, however.
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