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[7] [8] The term sexually transmitted infection is generally preferred over sexually transmitted disease or venereal disease, as it includes cases with no symptomatic disease. [9] Symptoms and signs of STIs may include vaginal discharge, penile discharge, ulcers on or around the genitals, and pelvic pain. [1] Some STIs can cause infertility. [1]
Chlamydia can be cured by antibiotics, with typically either azithromycin or doxycycline being used. [2] Erythromycin or azithromycin is recommended in babies and during pregnancy. [ 2 ] Sexual partners should also be treated, and infected people should be advised not to have sex for seven days and until symptom free. [ 2 ]
Women living with HIV infection have better cure rates if treated for seven days rather than with one dose. [31] [36] Topical treatments are less effective than oral antibiotics due to Skene's gland and other genitourinary structures acting as reservoirs. [37] Vaginal boric acid can be useful against resistant trichomoniasis. [38] [39] [40]
A little-known sexually transmitted infection could become a superbug within the next 10 years if the way it is diagnosed and treated isn’t changed, experts have warned. Mycoplasma genitalium ...
As with most sexually transmitted infections, the risk of infection can be reduced significantly by the correct use of condoms, not having sex, or can be removed almost entirely by limiting sexual activities to a mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected person.
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV; also known as climatic bubo, [1] Durand–Nicolas–Favre disease, [1] poradenitis inguinale, [1] lymphogranuloma inguinale, and strumous bubo) [1] is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the invasive serovars L1, L2, L2a, L2b, or L3 of Chlamydia trachomatis. [2] LGV is primarily an infection of lymphatics ...
Syphilis (/ ˈ s ɪ f ə l ɪ s /) is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. [1] The signs and symptoms depend on the stage it presents: primary, secondary, latent or tertiary.
Condoms are an effective method for blocking the transmission of most sexually transmitted infections (with HPV a notable exception). [ citation needed ] However, a variety of social factors (including, but not limited to, the sexual disempowerment of women in many cultures) limit the feasibility of condom use. [ 35 ]