STD's

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's) are caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites.
Bacterial infections can be cured with anti biotics, and anti retriviral drugs can be used to treat some of the viral infections.
Lotions can clear infestations of scabies or pubic lice (sometimes called crabs).

Chlamydia.
Transmition.
Bacteria called CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS cause chlamydia. It can be transmitted during anal, oral and vaginal sex if no condom is used, and can affect the anus, penis, cervix, throat and eyes. It can be transmitted to a baby during delivery, resulting in eye and chest infections.
Symtoms.
Symptoms of chlamydia normally occur one to three weeks after infection. However, many people who have chlamydia are unaware that they have the infection. It is thought that as many as 75% of women and 50% of men with chlamydia have no symptoms.
Where symptoms do occur, in men they usually consisy of a "milky discharge" from the penis, particularly in the morning, and a burning sensation when urinating. The testicles can swell and be very painful.
Women with chlamydia may notice a "milky discharge" from the vagina and/or lower back or abdominal pains, or pains when having sex. There may be vaginal bleeding during sex and bleeding between periods, or pain when urinating.
If a person has been infected anally, there may be soreness around the anus and a discharge.
If chlamydia is left untreated, it can lead to pelvic inflamitory disease (PIDP in women, which can cause ectopic pregnancy and infertility. Men can also became infertile. Men and, less frequently, women may develope Reiter's syndrome (sore eyes and joints, skin rashes) as a result of chlamydia, and this can lead to disabling arthritis.

This is one of the most frequent yet most unknown STD's amoung under 30's.

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