Informative Speech On Sexually Transmitted Disease
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
According to Dr. Ananya Mandal on news-medical.net, sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) are infections that can be transmitted through sexual contact with an infected individual.
These are also termed sexually transmitted infections or STIs. STDs can be transmitted during vaginal or other types of sexual intercourse including oral and anal sex. Today I am going to be stating and explaining the three most common sexually transmitted diseases. According to highdesertpregnancyclinic.org, 1 in 5 Americans between 15 and 55 is now infected with a viral sexually transmitted disease (STD). We need to be able to be smarter and do better. According to the center of disease control the most common …show more content…
Teens and young adults are most often affected. Chlamydia is considered a silent condition because most of those infected experience no symptoms, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
(CDC). Symptoms that do appear usually occur within one to three weeks of the infection. In woman the symptoms are bleeding between periods, pain during intercourse, vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain and many more. In men they include penis discharge, burning or pain while urinating, burning or itching in opening of penis and many more as well. When chlamydia is untreated it can be serious for both men and women. In this STD for women it can result in a pelvic inflammatory disease, which can damage the ovaries, uterus, and fallopian tubes. In men, a chlamydia infection can lead to conditions such as prostatitis, an inflammation of the prostate gland; or epididymitis, an inflammation of the coiled tube internally located beside each testicle.
Since chlamydia is so hard to detect doctors recommends screening test for woman and men …show more content…
The antibiotics used to cure chlamydia are azithromycin which is also known as Zithromax, Doxycycline and
Erythromycin.
Lastly the third most contracted STD is genital herpes. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-
2) according to cdc.gov. CDC estimates that, annually, 776,000 people in the United States get new herpes infections. Genital herpes infection is common in the United States. Individuals that are infected with genital herpes experience either no symptoms or mild symptoms that go unnoticed. Because of this most people are unaware of their infection. When symptoms do occur they appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals, rectum or mouth. The blisters can pop and leave painful sores that take two to four weeks to heal. Individuals get genital herpes by having sex with someone that has the disease. Meaning oral vaginal or anal sex. If a person with genital herpes touches their sores or the fluids from the sores; they may transfer herpes to another part of the body. Unfortunately there is no treatment that can cure genital
According to Dr. Ananya Mandal on news-medical.net, sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) are infections that can be transmitted through sexual contact with an infected individual.
These are also termed sexually transmitted infections or STIs. STDs can be transmitted during vaginal or other types of sexual intercourse including oral and anal sex. Today I am going to be stating and explaining the three most common sexually transmitted diseases. According to highdesertpregnancyclinic.org, 1 in 5 Americans between 15 and 55 is now infected with a viral sexually transmitted disease (STD). We need to be able to be smarter and do better. According to the center of disease control the most common …show more content…
Teens and young adults are most often affected. Chlamydia is considered a silent condition because most of those infected experience no symptoms, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
(CDC). Symptoms that do appear usually occur within one to three weeks of the infection. In woman the symptoms are bleeding between periods, pain during intercourse, vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain and many more. In men they include penis discharge, burning or pain while urinating, burning or itching in opening of penis and many more as well. When chlamydia is untreated it can be serious for both men and women. In this STD for women it can result in a pelvic inflammatory disease, which can damage the ovaries, uterus, and fallopian tubes. In men, a chlamydia infection can lead to conditions such as prostatitis, an inflammation of the prostate gland; or epididymitis, an inflammation of the coiled tube internally located beside each testicle.
Since chlamydia is so hard to detect doctors recommends screening test for woman and men …show more content…
The antibiotics used to cure chlamydia are azithromycin which is also known as Zithromax, Doxycycline and
Erythromycin.
Lastly the third most contracted STD is genital herpes. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-
2) according to cdc.gov. CDC estimates that, annually, 776,000 people in the United States get new herpes infections. Genital herpes infection is common in the United States. Individuals that are infected with genital herpes experience either no symptoms or mild symptoms that go unnoticed. Because of this most people are unaware of their infection. When symptoms do occur they appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals, rectum or mouth. The blisters can pop and leave painful sores that take two to four weeks to heal. Individuals get genital herpes by having sex with someone that has the disease. Meaning oral vaginal or anal sex. If a person with genital herpes touches their sores or the fluids from the sores; they may transfer herpes to another part of the body. Unfortunately there is no treatment that can cure genital