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Topic: Sexually transmitted deseases
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charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 05:41 AM
  
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections that you can get from having sex with someone who has the infection. The causes of STDs are bacteria, parasites and viruses. There are more than 20 types of STDs, including Chlamydia
Gonorrhea
Herpes Simplex
HIV/AIDS
HPV
Syphilis
Trichomoniasis
Most STDs affect both men and women, but in many cases the health problems they cause can be more severe for women. If a pregnant woman has an STD, it can cause serious health problems for the baby. If you have an STD caused by bacteria or parasites, your health care provider can treat it with antibiotics or other medicines. If you have an STD caused by a virus, there is no cure. Sometimes medicines can keep the disease under control. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading STDs.
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charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 05:42 AM
Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria. You get it by having sex or sexual contact with someone who is infected. Both men and women can get it. Chlamydia usually doesn't cause symptoms. If it does, you might notice a burning feeling when you urinate or abnormal discharge from your vagina or penis. In both men and women, chlamydia can infect the urinary tract. In women, infection of the reproductive system can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, which can cause infertility or serious problems with pregnancy. Babies born to infected mothers can get eye infections and pneumonia from chlamydia. In men, chlamydia can infect the epididymis, the tube that carries sperm. This can cause pain, fever and rarely, infertility. You can cure chlamydia with antibiotics. If you are sexually active, you can decrease your risk of getting it by using condoms. Experts recommend that women 25 and younger get a chlamydia test every year. IP: Logged |
charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 05:43 AM
Gonorrhea is a curable sexually transmitted disease. It is most common in young adults. The bacteria that cause gonorrhea can infect the genital tract, mouth or anus.Gonorrhea does not always cause symptoms, especially in women. In men, gonorrhea can cause pain when urinating and discharge from the penis. If untreated, it can cause epididymitis, which affects the testicles and can lead to infertility. In women, gonorrhea can cause bleeding between periods, pain when urinating and increased discharge from the vagina. If untreated, it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, which causes problems with pregnancy and infertility. Gonorrhea can pass from mother to baby during pregnancy. You can cure gonorrhea with antibiotics prescribed by your health care provider. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading gonorrhea. IP: Logged |
charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 05:44 AM
Herpes is an infection that is caused by a herpes simplex virus (HSV). Oral herpes causes cold sores around the mouth or face. Genital herpes affects the genitals, buttocks or anal area. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). You can get it from having sex, even oral sex. The virus can spread even when sores are not present. Mothers can also infect their babies during childbirth.Some people have no symptoms. Others get sores near the area where the virus has entered the body. They turn into blisters, become itchy and painful, and then heal. The virus can be dangerous in newborn babies or in people with weak immune systems. Most people have outbreaks several times a year. Over time, you get them less often. Medicines to help your body fight the virus can help lessen symptoms and decrease outbreaks. Correct usage of latex condoms can reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading herpes.
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charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 05:45 AM
AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is the most advanced stages of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a virus that kills or damages cells of the body's immune system. HIV most often spreads through unprotected sex with an infected person. AIDS may also spread by sharing drug needles or through contact with the blood of an infected person. Women can give it to their babies during pregnancy or childbirth. The first signs of HIV infection may be swollen glands and flu-like symptoms. These may come and go a month or two after infection. Severe symptoms may not appear until months or years later. A blood test can tell if you have HIV infection. Your health care provider can perform the test. There is no cure, but there are many medicines to fight both HIV infection and the infections and cancers that come with it. People can live with the disease for many years.
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charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 05:47 AM
Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are common viruses that can cause warts. There are more than 100 types of HPV. Most are harmless, but about 30 types put you at risk for cancer. These types affect the genitals and you get them through sexual contact with an infected partner. They are classified as either low-risk or high-risk. Low-risk HPV can cause genital warts. High-risk HPV can lead to cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, and anus in women. In men, it can lead to cancers of the anus and penis.Although some people develop genital warts from HPV infection, others have no symptoms. Your health care provider can treat or remove the warts. In women, Pap smears can detect changes in the cervix that might lead to cancer. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading HPV. A vaccine can protect against several types of HPV, including some that can cause cancer. IP: Logged |
charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 05:48 AM
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria. It infects the genital area, lips, mouth, or anus of both men and women. You usually get syphilis from sexual contact with someone who has it. It can also pass from mother to baby during pregnancy.The early stage of syphilis usually causes a single, small, painless sore. Sometimes it causes swelling in nearby lymph nodes. If you do not treat it, syphilis usually causes a non-itchy skin rash, often on your hands and feet. Many people do not notice symptoms for years. Symptoms can go away and come back. The sores caused by syphilis make it easier to get or give someone HIV during sex. If you are pregnant, syphilis can cause birth defects, or you could lose your baby. In rare cases, syphilis causes serious health problems and even death. Syphilis is easy to cure with antibiotics if you catch it early. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading syphilis
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charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 05:49 AM
Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a parasite. It affects both women and men, but symptoms are more common in women. Symptoms in women include a green or yellow discharge from the vagina, itching in or near the vagina and discomfort with urination. Most men with trichomoniasis don't have any symptoms, but it can cause irritation inside the penis.You can cure trichomoniasis with antibiotics. In men, the infection usually goes away on its own without causing symptoms. But an infected man can continue to infect or reinfect a woman until he gets treated. So it's important that both partners get treated at the same time. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading trichomoniasis.
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Ami Anne
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posted December 21, 2010 08:06 AM
Thank you for sharing these, Char. I don't know much about them and would like to learn  ------------------
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charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 08:54 AM
Yes, having the facts is a good thing Ami.
Many people have STD's and don't even know and it goes untreated.IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted December 21, 2010 09:35 AM
I have read that the AIDS virus can go through the pores of a condom , that it is smaller than the condom material?
Do you think that is true, Char?------------------
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LEXX
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posted December 21, 2010 11:00 AM
charmainec 
Thank you!
However;
some folks are allergic to latex.
There are polyurethane ones though.Ami.....
last I knew of,
the only condom worthless against HIV,
is the;
Natural Lamb
brand.
It is actual lamb skin. IP: Logged |
LEXX
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posted December 21, 2010 11:11 AM
I cannot stress it enough,
that just because a person seems well, and clean;
does not mean they are not a hotel of stds!
And it is not simply unprotected intercourse that one can get stds from.
Some that will up ones chances of not becoming infected:
Getting tested, then treated if curable stds.
Staying 100% monogamous or celibate after that.
Avoid exposure via other ways,
needles, tattoos, lab worker accidents, well, yeah, be careful.
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charmainec
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posted December 21, 2010 01:14 PM
Ami as Lexx said IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted December 21, 2010 01:25 PM
OK
Basic question, here lol
Other than intercourse, can you get STD's from other sexual activities.
Is so,which STD's and which sexual activities  ------------------
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LEXX
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posted December 21, 2010 02:22 PM
quote:
OK
Basic question, here lol
Other than intercourse, can you get STD's from other sexual activities.
Is so,which STD's and which sexual activities
Hmmm....seriously, this is not a laughing matter. 
Well,
if for example you have micro cuts in your mouth from eating crunchy chips,
or slightly sore gums from brushing or flossing.....
many stds can be transmitted orally.
Even without such micro cuts,
oral sex has potential risks.
best to get both folks tested first.
Or use a condom or dam for any oral sex.
(plastic wrap is an option)
Heavy making out, such as naked "dry humping"
----which is rarely dry-----and frontage,
can lead to transmission of stds.
And yes, even pregnancy can happen, if the female is very aroused via her naturally occurring lubrication,
so that even without the male ejaculating....
because even pre seminal fluid can contain viable sperm. (and both can have within their fluids, various stds)
There are also of course other more kinky sex acts/play which can be vectors to the transmission of not only stds, but several strains of Hepatitis and others.
Blood play, Water sports (urine).....
and a many other things I am not going to list here.
PS.Handling of each others genitalia, especially with bodily fluid contact;
then not thoroughly washing hands before touching ones' own various mucus membranes;
from the genitalia ones to the oral, and ones eyes and nostrils, and the anal/rectal areas, can also be a possible transmission route/vector.IP: Logged |
littlecloud
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posted December 21, 2010 04:46 PM
All STDs can be cured. All diseases can be cured. Yes I truly believe that. Why don't people know it or believe it? Because then the pharmaceutical can't make money on healthy people. Modern medicine is worthless and does more harm than good. Don't believe me? Fine. Research it. But research it well. IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted December 21, 2010 04:47 PM
Thank you so much for answering my questions so well, Lexx 
xx x x------------------
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Ami Anne
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posted December 21, 2010 04:47 PM
Yes,I believe all diseases can be cured to--but not by traditional medicine  IP: Logged |
littlecloud
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posted December 21, 2010 05:43 PM
NIce to know that more people are informed Ami :-DIP: Logged |
LEXX
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posted December 21, 2010 11:00 PM
quote:
Thank you so much for answering my questions so well, Lexx
xx x x
You are welcome Ami, but I still wonder what is so humorous about stds. 
As to curing all stds........
Well it is nice to know that all stds and ills can be cured!
And without antibiotics!
Wow!
Yes, I am being sarcastic.
How about telling folks how?
I have known too many who have died of A.I.D.S.
for example, or are suffering with it,
who would have, and would love to know about these miracle cures!
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PlutoSquared
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posted December 21, 2010 11:06 PM
I 2nd LEXX here. It's very wrong and misleading to say that all STD's (and diseases) are curable.Just not true. IP: Logged |
LEXX
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posted December 21, 2010 11:15 PM
PlutoSquared I saw where someone said A.I.D.S. is caused by sexual guilt. (Louise Hay)
And another who thought having sex with a virgin could cure them.
People sure get some strange and in this case, some very bad advice. quote:
Hay House: Pseudoscience for Louise Hay's Pocket
Louise Hay’s initial success came from convincing AIDs and HIV patients that they could heal their illnesses using the mental processes that she herself had allegedly used to cure her vaginal cancer. Out of the many AIDs patients who have followed her over a span of nearly 30 years, it is remarkable that we have yet to hear of a documented case of someone who cured themselves of AIDs/HIV because of Hay’s materials.
http://kyrasdiary.blogspot.com/2010/11/hay-house-pseudoscience-for-louise-hays.htmlIP: Logged |
PlutoSquared
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posted December 21, 2010 11:26 PM
The problem with STD's... is lack of education, lack of realistic measures being taken to show youth how to handle sexuality responsibly, and improper health care.HIV is no longer the death sentence it used to be. People are living longer with modern medicine, but PREVENTION is key. People also need to be educated that STD's are not just "promiscuous" people's problem. HIV and other incurable STD's can be acquired WITHIN MONOGAMOUS relationships. Often times, people are "silent" carriers of STD's and are either in denial or completely unaware that they are carrying diseases. Condoms are important to use EVERY TIME you have sex. Also, yearly and bi-annual exams + proper blood work to check for blood diseases is imperative. IP: Logged |
LEXX
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posted December 21, 2010 11:30 PM
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