STD

What To Watch For

How Do You Get This STD?

What Happens If You Don’t Get Treated

Chlamydia or NGU

-Symptoms show up 7-21 days after sex

-Most women and some men have no symptoms

Women

-Discharge from the vagina

-Bleeding from the vagina between periods

-Burning or pain when you urinate (pee)

-Pain in abdomen (belly), sometimes with fever and nausea

Men

-Watery, white or yellow drip from the penis

-Burning or pain when you urinate (pee)

--Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has Chlamydia or NGU

-You can give Chlamydia or NGU to your sexual partner(s)

-Can lead to more serious infection

-Reproductive organs can be damaged

-Both men and women may no longer be able to have children

-A mother with Chlamydia can give it to her baby during childbirth

Genital Warts

-Symptoms show up 1-8 months after having sex

-Small, bumpy warts on the sex organs and anus

-Itching or burning around the sex organs

-The warts do not go away without treatment

-After treatment to remove the warts, the virus stays in the body and the warts can come back.

--Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has genital warts

-You can give genital warts to your sexual partner(s)

-Warts cannot be cured

-More warts grow and are harder to get rid of

-A mother with warts can give them to her baby during childbirth

-May lead to precancerous conditions

Gonorrhea

-Symptoms show up 2-21 days after having sex

-Most women and some men have no symptoms

Women

-Thick yellow or white discharge from vagina

-Burning or pain when you urinate (pee) or have a bowel movement

-Abnormal periods of bleeding between periods

-Cramps and pain in the lower abdomen (belly)

Men

-Thick yellow or white drip from the penis

-Burning or pain when you urinate (pee) or have a bowel movement

-Need to urinate (pee) more often

--Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has Gonorrhea

-You can give Gonorrhea to your sexual partner(s)

-Can lead to more serious infection

-Reproductive organs can be damaged

-Both men and women may no longer be able to have children

Can cause heart trouble, skin disease, arthritis and blindness

Hepatitis B

-Symptoms show up 1-9 months after contact with the Hepatitis B virus

-Many people have no symptoms or mild symptoms

-Flu-like feelings that don’t go away

-Tiredness

-Jaundice

-Dark urine, light colored bowel movements

--Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has Hepatitis B

--Spread by sharing needles to inject drugs or for any other reason

--Spread by contact with infected blood

-You can give Hepatitis B to your sexual partner(s) or someone you share a needle with

-Some people recover completely

-Some people cannot  be cured

-Symptoms go away, but you can still give Hepatitis B to others

-Can cause permanent liver damage

-A mother with Hepatitis B can give it to her baby during childbirth

Herpes

-Symptoms show up 1-30 days after having sex

-Some people have no symptoms

-Flu-like feelings

-Small, painful blisters on the sex organs or mouth

-Itching or burning before the blisters appear

-Blisters last 1-3 weeks

-Blisters go away, but you still have Herpes

-Blisters can come back

--Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has Herpes

-You can give Herpes to your sexual partner(s)

-Herpes cannot be cured

-A mother can give Herpes to her baby during childbirth

HIV/AIDS

-Symptoms show up several months to several years after contact with HIV, the virus causes AIDS

-Can be present for many years with no symptoms

-Unexplained weight loss or tiredness

-Flu-like feelings that do not go away

-Diarrhea

-White spots in mouth

-In women, yeast infections that do not go away

--Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has HIV

--Spread by sharing needles to inject drugs or for any other reason

--Spread by contact with infected blood

-You can give HIV to your sexual partner(s) or someone you share a needle with

-HIV cannot be cured

-Most people die from the disease

-A mother with HIV can give it to her baby in the womb, during birth or while breastfeeding

Syphilis

1st Stage

-Symptoms show up 3-12 weeks after having sex

-A painless, reddish-brown sore or sores on the mouth, sex organs, breasts or fingers

-Sore lasts 1-5 weeks

-Sore goes away, but you still have Syphilis

2nd Stage

-Symptoms show up 1 week – 6 months after sore heals

-A rash anywhere on the body

-Flu-like feelings

-Rash and flu-like feelings go away, but you still have Syphilis

--Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has Syphilis

-You can give Syphilis to your sexual partner(s)

-A mother with Syphilis can give it to her baby during childbirth or have a miscarriage

-Can cause heart disease, brain damage, blindness and death

Vaginitis

-Some women have no symptoms

-Itching, burning or pain in the vagina

-More discharge from the vagina than normal

-Discharge smells and / or looks different

--Can spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex

--Men can be infected without symptoms

-You can give Vaginitis infections to your sexual partner(s)

-Uncomfortable symptoms will continue

-Men can get infections in the penis, prostate gland or urethra