Avoid sexually transmitted infections

Specialist Thomas Waller, Department of medicine family of the may Clinic Jacksonville, concerned the issue of diseases of STDs among the human beings.

Admits that the subject is still of great importance, because many transmitted through sex infections cause no symptoms, reason why experts prefer to use the term "sexually transmitted infections" rather than "sexually transmitted diseases".

This also helps to focus attention to the infectious component and reduces the chance that an individual is tagged with having "a disease", says the specialist. Advises that sexually transmitted diseases are one global major cause of serious illness: infertility, disability long term and death, with medical consequences and psicoló - of men, women and children (World Health Organization). Here is a interview about the u000aitem.

What are the most PREVALENT?
The World Health Organization estimated that in 1999 were 340 million new cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis in men and women between 15 and 49 years. These 340 million cases, 12 million are attributable to syphilis, 62 million to gonorrhea, 89 million to the chlamydia, trichomoniasis 170 million and 7 million to chancroid.

What are the causes?
Transmitted infections sexually (STD) are organizations usually acquired by contact sexual. infect

Sexually transmitted disease-causing organisms can pass from person to person in blood, semen or vaginal fluids, or body.

Some of these infections can also transmitted sexually, of a mother to a son in pregnancy or childbirth, or through transfusion of blood and shared needles. It is possible to marry people that appear to be u000aperfectly healthy - people who even do not know that they are infected. The symptoms of several ETS are also easy to be confused with other conditions, so the correct diagnosis is delayed.

Las STD can be caused by:
1 - bacteria (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, chancroid)
2 - parasites (trichomoniasis)
3-Virus (human papilloma virus, genital herpes, HIV) syphilis, gonorrhea and chancroid are generally regarded as major STDs, but a wide variety of pathogens are also sexually transmissible, including Herpes simplex virus type 2, Chlamydia trachomatis, human papilloma virus, T-Lymphotropic virus human type 1, human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis b virus

When it is time to visit the doctor in these cases? (Symptoms that should be considered to receive appropriate treatment)
You should see a doctor immediately if you are sexually u000aactive and believes that you have been exposed to an STD or has signs and symptoms of an STD.

Make an appointment with a doctor for advice on STDs and, if appropriate, to carry out screening tests:
1 - when you consider to be sexually active, or when you have 21, whatever comes first.

2 - Before having sex with a new partner.

What the current treatments for STDs? these improve the quality of life of patients? is there A cure?
Las STD caused by the bacterium are usually easy to treat. Viral infections may be managed but not always cured. If you are pregnant and have an STD, prompt treatment reduces the risk of infection in your baby. Treatment consists of one of the following, depending on the infection.

1-Antibiotics usually in a single dose, can cure many of the bacterial and parasitic infections sexually transmitted, including gonorrhea and chlamydia u000asimultaneously, because usually the two infections appear together. After starting treatment with antibiotics, you must follow it.

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