Early Symptoms Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Sexually transmitted diseases are a concern for sexually active teens and adults. Bacteria, viruses and parasites can be transmitted during sexual contact, causing diseases that may be mild to potentially life threatening. Knowing what to look for can help you identify STDs early and seek treatment before complications develop.
HIV
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, may cause an initial flu-like illness in some people, although not everyone experiences acute retroviral syndrome. Symptoms typically develop one to four weeks after infection and may include fever, headache, fatigue, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, rash, muscle aches, mouth sores and loss of appetite.

CANDIDIASIS
Candidiasis is another term for a yeast infection. Common early symptoms include genital itching, painful urination and a thick, odorless discharge.
CHLAMYDIA
Chlamydia is a bacterial STD caused by Chlamydia trachomatis; it is the most frequently reported STD in the United States. Most people do not experience symptoms with this infection. When symptoms do occur, women may experience painful urination and an abnormal discharge. Men may experience painful urination, itching at the opening of the urethra and a clear discharge from the penis.

GENITAL HERPES
Genital herpes is a viral STD that causes episodic crops of genital sores. Symptoms include itching, pain, tingling, burning and fluid-filled blisters in the genital area; fever and swollen glands sometimes occur with the initial outbreak. You can transmit herpes even when you do not have sores. If you know you have herpes, you must tell your partner and use condoms to avoid transmitting the virus.
GENITAL HPV INFECTION
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, causes genital warts. Women may not be aware of an HPV infection because the warts often grow internally. External warts on women and men appear as cauliflower-like growths anywhere in the genital or anal area. Unlike herpes sores, genital warts are painless and do not disappear after a few weeks.

GONORRHEA
Gonorrhea is a bacterial infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Early symptoms in men include a yellowish discharge from the penis and burning with urination. Women usually do not develop symptoms with an early gonorrhea infection. Increased vaginal discharge, burning with urination and bleeding between periods may occur in the minority of women who experience gonorrhea-related symptoms.

PUBIC LICE
Pubic lice, or crabs, cause intense itching in the genital area. Upon close examination, you can often see white specs, or nits, attached to the pubic hair and may notice the tiny insects crawling in the area.
SYPHILIS
Syphilis is a bacterial STD caused by Treponema pallidum. The earliest symptom of syphilis is a painless, ulcer-like sore called a chancre, which develops at the site where the bacterial entered the body. There is usually only one chancre, although some people develop several. The chancre appears approximately one to three weeks after infection and disappears in roughly three to six weeks.
TRICHOMONIASIS
Trichomoniasis is caused by the single-celled parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. Women commonly experience intense itching of the genital lips and vagina, burning with urination and a foamy, foul-smelling discharge. Men may be asymptomatic or experience mild burning upon urination or ejaculation; some men experience mild irritation inside the penis and a small amount of discharge.

Early Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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