STD Report
STD Report
In this research paper I will discuss what I believe to be the six most known and most common sexually transmitted diseases by telling you each STD’s signs and symptoms, the way they are transmitted, treatments to have the symptoms leave, duration, and curability if any. First of all I would like to say that the surest way to not get one of the sexually transmitted diseases I will be taking about is abstinence. But for some who feel the need, hopefully this paper will help you better understand how important it is to practice safe sex if you are going to. But no matter how cautious you are you are still susceptible to getting one of these many terrible diseases. Keep in mind that many are not completely curable and no only harm you but other you com in contact with; not only sexual partners but if you happen to become pregnant your baby will more than likely have the disease. The STD’s I will be going over are AIDS/HIV, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Genital Warts/HPV, Chlamydia, and Herpes.
AIDS/HIV is most commonly transmitted through specific sexual behaviors (anal, vaginal, or oral sex) or needle sharing with an infected person. At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS. In 2005, 38,096 new cases of HIV/AIDS in adults, adolescents, and children were diagnosed in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting. It has been estimated that approximately 40,000 persons in the United States become infected with HIV each year. In the United States, HIV infection and AIDS have had a tremendous effect on men who have sex with men. Men who have sex with men accounted for 70% of all estimated HIV infections among male adults and adolescents in 2004.
An HIV-infected woman can pass the virus to her baby before or during childbirth or after birth through breastfeeding. Although the risk is extremely low in the United States, it is also possible to acquire HIV through transfusions of infected blood or blood products.
There are many signs and symptoms that come with it but the most popular symptoms are depression, diarrhea, thrush, weight loss, lip dystrophy, lactic acidosis, fatigue, sinus infections, nausea/vomiting, and fever.
AIDS/HIV is transmitted by sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles and/or syringes (primarily for drug injection) with someone who is...