sexually transmitted disease

Examples of sexually transmitted disease in the following topics:

• Genital Ulcer Diseases

  • Genital ulcers are skin ulcers on the genital area caused by sexually transmitted diseases or noninfectious conditions.
  • Genital ulcers are skin ulcers located on the genital area and can be caused by a number of sexually transmitted diseases or other noninfectious conditions such as yeasts, trauma, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis or Behcet's syndrome.
  • When the reason for a genital ulcer is an infection, it can be caused by a number of sexually transmitted diseases.
  • In the United States, the most common reasons for genital ulcers in young and sexually active patients are genital herpes and syphilis.
  • Their appearance can be slightly different from one disease to another.

• Chancroid (Soft Chancre)

  • Chancroid (soft chancre) is a sexually transmitted disease and can only be spread through sexual contact.
  • This disease is a risk factor for HIV infection.

• Lymphogranuloma Venereum

  • Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted disease which causes an infection of the lymph nodes.
  • Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted disease which was considered rare in the developed world until about a decade ago.
  • The disease progresses in stages.

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

  • A sexually transmitted infection is passed between people during unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected partner.
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STI), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and venereal diseases (VD), are illnesses that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behavior, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex.
  • While in the past, these illnesses have mostly been referred to as STDs or VD, in recent years the term sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has been preferred, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without having a disease.
  • As may be noted from the name, sexually transmitted infections are transmitted from one person to another by certain sexual activities, rather than being actually caused by those sexual activities.
  • It is not possible to catch any STI from a sexual activity with a person who is not carrying a disease; conversely, a person who has an STI contracted it from contact (sexual or otherwise) with someone who had it, or his/her bodily fluids.

• Infectious Disease Transmission

  • Infectious organisms may be transmitted either by direct or indirect contact.
  • Sexually transmitted diseases are acquired through contact with bodily fluids, generally as a result of sexual activity.
  • A mechanical vector picks up an infectious agent on the outside of its body and transmits it in a passive manner.
  • Biological vectors are often responsible for serious blood-borne diseases, such as malaria, viral encephalitis, Chagas disease, Lyme disease, and African sleeping sickness.
  • Common disorders transmitted this way include AIDs, hepatitis, herpes, and cytomegalovirus.

• Portals of Microbe Entry

  • Disease can also be directly transmitted in two ways: horizontally or vertically.
  • Sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis B are thought to be transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse (including anal and oral routes), contaminated blood transfusions, sharing hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding.
  • Bodily fluids such as saliva and tears do not transmit HIV.
  • Herpes diseases that are transmitted primarily by oral means may be caught through direct contact with an infectious area of the skin.
  • Diseases that can be transmitted by direct contact are called contagious (contagious is not the same as infectious).

• Portals of Exit

  • Disease can be directly transmitted in two ways.
  • Sexual transmission refers to any disease that can be caught during sexual activity with another person, including vaginal or anal sex or (less commonly) through oral sex.
  • Some diseases transmissible by the sexual route include: HIV/AIDS and chlamydia.
  • Sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis B are thought to not normally be transmitted through mouth-to-mouth contact, although it is possible to transmit some STDs between the genitals and the mouth during oral sex.
  • Diseases that can be transmitted by direct contact are called contagious.

• Sexual Violence

  • Sexual violence is any sexual act or sexual advance directed at one individual without their consent.
  • Sexual violence is any sexual act or sexual advance directed at one individual without their consent.
  • Forms of sexual violence include: rape by strangers, marital rape, date rape, war rape, unwanted sexual harassment, demanding sexual favors, sexual abuse of children, sexual abuse of disabled individuals, forced marriage, child marriage, denial of the right to use contraception, denial of the right to take measures to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases, forced abortion, genital mutilation, forced circumcision, and forced prostitution.
  • On a global scale, international sexual violence is difficult to track because of extreme variation in sexual mores.
  • Sexual violence is severly under reported.

• Sexual Dysfunction and Disease

  • Biological, emotional, and sociocultural factors can influence various sexual issues, such as disease and dysfunction.
  • Sexuality has biological, emotional, and sociocultural aspects, all of which can influence various sexual disorders and diseases.
  • The World Health Organization's International Classifications of Diseases defines sexual problems as "the various ways in which an individual is unable to participate in a sexual relationship as he or she would wish."
  • Chronic disease can also contribute, as can a history of trauma and the nature of the relationship between partners.
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or venereal diseases (VDs), are illnesses that have a significant probability of transmission by means of sexual behavior, including vaginal intercourse, anal sex, and oral sex.

• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes and/or the ovaries.
  • It is most often caused by a sexually transmitted infection (STI) but there are other predisposing conditions (e.g., postpartum period, the use of intrauterine device).
  • The most common infectious agents are Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae which are sexually transmitted.
  • Sexual partners of patients with PID should be treated as well.
  • Describe the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of pelvic inflammatory disease