STD Symptoms
Click on the links to learn more about STD symptoms:
• Chlamydia - Known as a "silent" disease, as most experience no STD symptoms. Ignoring STD symptoms can cause serious health problems, like infertility.
STD Symptoms -If you have any of the below STD symptoms we suggest getting tested. Call 1-888-978-3435 or Order Online
STD Symptoms in Men:
Burning during urination
White, cloudy, watery discharge from tip of penis
Itching around penis opening
Anal infection STD symptoms: pain, bleeding, and/or discharge from anus
STD Symptoms in Women:
Abnormal/odorous vaginal discharge
Lower abdominal and back pain
Nausea
Burning during urination
Fever
Pain during intercourse
Bleeding between menstrual periods
Itching or burning in or around the vagina
Transmission
Through oral, anal, or vaginal sex
Diagnosis
Urinalysis (SFHT Diagnostic)
Treatment
Single dose of Azithromycin or week of BID dosing doxycycline. Re-infection possible if partners haven’t completed treatment before resuming intercourse
• Gonorrhea -Ignoring STD symptoms can lead to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), infertility, chronic pelvic pain, and sterility. It can also spread to blood or joints, resulting in life threatening disease if STD symptoms are ignored.
STD Symptoms- If you have any of the below STD symptoms we highly suggest getting tested. Call 1-888-978-3435 or Order Online
Incubation period of 1-14 days
STD Symptoms in Men:
Many will have no STD symptoms
Painful, burning, or frequent urination
Abnormal discharge (Clear or milky, later becoming thick, yellow, excessive, and sometimes blood-tinged)
Painful or swollen testicles
Anal infection STD symptoms: pain, bleeding, and/or discharge from anus
STD Symptoms in Women:
Early STD symptoms sometimes mistaken for bladder or vaginal infection
Yellow vaginal discharge
Lower abdominal pain
Irregular menstrual bleeding
Swollen or painful glands at vagina opening
Genital itching
Fever and general tiredness
Pain during intercourse
Transmission
Through oral, anal, or vaginal sex
Diagnosis
Urinalysis (SFHT Diagnostic)
Treatment
Single dose of Cipro XR, Levaquin, or Tequin
• Hepatitis B / Hepatitis C - Ignoring STD symptoms can lead to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), infertility, chronic pelvic pain, and sterility. It can also spread to blood or joints, resulting in life threatening disease if STD symptoms are ignored.
STD Symptoms -If you have any of the below STD symptoms we suggest getting tested. Call 1-888-978-3435 or Order Online
STD Symptoms:
Dark urine
Extreme Fatigue
Nausea
Vomiting
Mild Fever
Constant discomfort on right side of the abdomen, under rib cage, where liver is located.
Jaundice (skin, whites of eyes appear yellow)
Transmission
Contact with blood or other bodily fluids
Unsafe injection practices or sexual contact
Diagnosis
Blood testing for antigens/antibodies
Treatment
Acute hepatitis: usually, only medications for STD symptom relief and support.
Chronic hepatitis: injections of interferon for 4-6 months or oral dosing of lamivudine for minimum one year.
• Herpes - Caused by either of two herpes simplex viruses. Generally, HSV-2 causes genital herpes; however, it can be caused by genital infection of HSV-1.
STD Symptoms -If you have any of the below STD symptoms we suggest getting tested. 1-888-978-3435 or Order Online
STD Symptoms:
Initially, flu-like STD symptoms (headache, muscle aches, fever), swollen lymph nodes in groin
Tingling, burning, itching, and redness at site where outbreak is about to occur
Small red bumps or tiny white blisters that become oozing ulcers
Painful urination if internal ulcers
Recurrent outbreaks cause painful blisters that rupture, become sores, and heal after 6-12 days.
Transmission
HSV-1: Through sexual or skin-to-skin contact. Causes cold sores or fever blisters. Can be transmitted to the genital area
HSV-2: Through sexual or skin-to-skin contact. More contagious than HSV-1. Can be transmitted without an open sore.
Diagnosis
Blood testing for presence of HSV antibodies
DNA testing for early detection and determining which type HSV you have.
Treatment
No cure; however, prescription antiviral medications are often recommended to treat STD symptoms. They help keep STD symptoms at bay by speeding healing of sores, lessening severity and duration, reducing frequency, and minimizing chance of transmission to others.
• HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rapidly spreads infection to immune system cells. Without treatment, HIV will eventually result in AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), a condition where the immune system is heavily disabled, leaving individuals susceptible to infections. The presence of other STD's greatly increases susceptibility to HIV infection of individuals without HIV and infectiousness of individuals with HIV.
STD Symptoms -If you have any of the below STD symptoms we suggest getting tested. Call 1-888-978-3435 or Order Online
STD Symptoms:
Some get flu-like STD symptoms 3-6 weeks after exposure.
Acute HIV Syndrome STD Symptoms: fever, headache, tiredness, nausea, diarrhea, enlarged lymph nodes in neck, armpits and groin.
Majority infected will not have STD symptoms.
Despite absence of STD symptoms, you are still highly contagious and infectious.
Chronic STD symptoms:
Swollen lymph nodes
Diarrhea
Weight Loss
Fever
Cough, shortness of breath
Transmission
Through infected blood, semen, or vaginal secretions
Not by skin-to-skin contact
Diagnosis
Blood testing
Treatment
Combining several drugs to prevent viral immunity to single drugs
A drug treatment plan can reduce viral load to where it is undetectable
• Syphilis - Bacterial infection. STD symptoms develop in stages. Known as the "great imitator," as many of its STD symptoms resemble other STD symptoms. This makes differential diagnosis difficult and laboratory testing necessary.
STD Symptoms - If you have any of the below STD symptoms we suggest getting tested. Call us at 1-888-978-3435 or Order Online
Primary Stage: Marked by several STD symptoms, including chancre sore at infection site. Sores don’t have to appear on genitals; appear at location of exposure/infection. Multiple sores possible if infection occurs in multiple locations. Sores can appear internally and go unnoticed. More STD symptoms include swollen lymph nodes near the chancre. STD symptoms begin approximately 21 days after exposure and last 28-42 days. Even if chancre has healed and no other STD symptoms are present, individuals can still be infectious. Secondary Stage STD symptoms begin 4-10 weeks after chancre’s appearance. Some STD symptoms include full-body rash of reddish brown, small, solid, flat or raised sores less than 2 cm across. STD symptoms also include small, open sores on mucous membranes; they may contain pus. Moist sores resembling warts may be present around mouth or genitals. Individuals with these STD symptoms are highly contagious. Skin rash usually heals in 2-12 weeks on its own. Even if STD symptoms have subsided, you may not be cured and can still infect others.
After Full Body Infection: STD symptoms: fever usually less than 101°F; sore throat; weakness or discomfort throughout body; weight loss; patchy hair loss, especially in eyebrows, eyelashes, and scalp; swollen lymph nodes; nervous system STD symptoms of secondary syphilis: headaches, stiff neck, vision or hearing problems, irritability, paralysis, unequal reflexes, and different-sized pupils.
Tertiary Stage: If STD symptoms untreated after secondary stage, the disease may go dormant for years only to return and damage the brain, eyes, nerves, heart, liver, bones, and joints. This occurs in 15-30% of people who don’t treat their STD symptoms.
Transmission
Contact with sore of infected individual. Enters through minor cuts/abrasions in skin or mucous membranes
Contagious during primary and secondary stages, sometimes early latent period
If previously infected and cured, re-infection is possible
Diagnosis
Blood testing for presence of antibodies
Treatment
Penicillin injection can eradicate the disease if caught early
If you have any STD symptoms we suggest getting tested. Call 1-888-978-3435 or Order Online.
 |
|||||