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Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Signs and Symptoms

STD	HOW DO I GET IT?	HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE IT?	IS IT CURABLE? CAN CONDOMS PREVENT IT?	WHAT IF I DON’T GET TREATED?
CHLAMYDIA (NGU, NSU)	Sexual fluids exchanged during oral, anal and vaginal sex	Often no symptoms. Sometimes discharge or pain when urinating.	YES, it is curable. YES, condoms can prevent chlamydia	Sterility, chronic pain and other serious complications. Can be passed to child during birth.
GONORRHEA	Sexual fluids exchanged during oral, anal and vaginal sex	Men-Often discharge, sometime burning or pain when urinating. Women-Sometimes pain when urinating, abnormal vaginal bleeding, white discharge from vagina, severe abdominal pain in later stage of illness. Sometimes no symptoms.	YES, it is curable. YES, condoms can prevent gonorrhea.	Sterility, chronic pain and other serious complications. Can be passed to child during birth
SYPHILIS	Skin-to-skin contact during oral, anal and vaginal sex or other sexual activity	1^st Stage: Painless sores for about a week. 2^nd Stage: Rash and flu-like symptoms for about a week. Most of the time: No symptoms for years.	YES, it is curable if treated in time. Condoms may or may not prevent transmission of syphilis.	Brain damage, heart problems, blindness, death. Can be passed to child during birth, causing serious birth defects.
GENITAL HERPES	Skin-to-skin contact during oral, anal and vaginal sex or other sexual activity	Blisters on sex organs. Pain and itching.	NO, it is not curable NO, condoms are not reliable at preventing herpes	Symptoms continue. Can be passed to child during birth.
GENITAL WARTS (HPV)	Skin-to-skin contact during oral, anal and vaginal sex or other sexual activity	Small bumps on or around sex organs or anus. Sometimes itching or genital burning.	NO, it is not curable. NO, condoms are not reliable at preventing HPV	Symptoms continue Can be passed to child during birth
HIV/AIDS	Sexual fluids exchanged during oral, anal and vaginal sex or contact with infected blood	Years with no symptoms.	NO, it is not curable. YES, latex and polyurethane condoms can reduce the risk of HIV infection	Severe illness, death. Can be passed to child during birth or breast feeding
HEPATITIS B	Sexual fluids exchanged during oral, anal and vaginal sex or contact with infected blood or saliva	Flu-like, tired feeling, yellow skin, dark urine or light colored bowel movement.	Sometimes, Hepatitis B gets cured, but some people remain infectious with no symptoms. Since sharing saliva can spread it, condoms may not be effective at preventing Hepatitis B.	Permanent liver damage Can be passed to child during birth.
PUBIC LICE (crabs)	Oral, anal and vaginal sex	Severe itching.	YES, it is curable. NO, condoms don’t prevent it	Uncomfortable symptoms continue
TRICHOMONAS	Sexual fluids exchanged during oral, anal and vaginal sex	Men - Usually no symptoms. Women - Unusual discharge from vagina, vaginal itching.	YES, it is curable. YES, condoms can prevent it.	Uncomfortable symptoms continue