STD Facts
Here is some basic STD info to help you understand what they are, how they spread, and the most common symptoms.
Here is some basic STD info to help you understand what they are, how they spread, and the most common symptoms.
HIV is passed by certain bodily fluids, including blood, pre-seminal fluid (pre-cum), semen (cum), rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breastmilk from a person who has HIV. The most common ways that HIV is passed from one person to another is:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the following testing schedule for HIV:
There are many options for testing in Los Angeles County.
There are many different options for preventing HIV, depending on what you feel your risk may be and what type of behavior you engage in. Some of these options include:
For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
The type of symptom you see depends on how long you have been infected with syphilis. Symptoms are grouped into 4 stages:
Complications of syphilis can occur at any stage and they may include:
For people who are pregnant or may become pregnant, it is also possible to pass syphilis to an unborn baby. When a baby is born with syphilis, it is called “congenital syphilis”. Complications of congenital syphilis for the baby include:
The best way to avoid syphilis is to avoid touching another person’s syphilis sores or lesions. This can be done a number of different ways:
For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
The blisters will typically heal and go away within one to two weeks. Even though the blisters are gone, the virus is still in the person’s body. Additional outbreaks will occur, and herpes can still be passed to others.
Many people with genital herpes never experience symptoms or may first experience symptoms months or years after they were infected.
To find a place where you can get tested, visit: http://gettested.cdc.gov/
If you or your partner are experiencing symptoms of a herpes outbreak, it’s best to wait to have sex until the outbreak has cleared.
For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
Because HPV can also cause certain types of cancer, testing is recommended for certain parts of the body.
There are several ways to prevent genital warts, and certain types of cancer caused by HPV.
For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
Trichomoniasis (also known as “Trich”)
For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
https://www.cdc.gov/std/trichomonas/stdfact-trichomoniasis.htm
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