| STDs | What to watch for | How you get it | If you don't get treated |
| Chlamydia or NGU | - Symptoms show up to 7-28 days after having sex.
- chlamydia affects women and men. In men, Chlamidia can cause NGU.
- Most women and some men have no symptoms.
WOMEN: - Discharge form the vagina.
- Bleeding form the vagina between periods.
- Burning or pain when you urinate.
- Need to urinate more often.
- Pain in abdomen, sometimes with fever and nausea.
MEN: Watery, white drip from the penis. Burning or pain when urinate. need to urinate more often. swollen or tender testicles.
| - Spread during vaginal, anal,or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia.
| - you can give chlamydia to your sex partner(s).
- can lead to more serious infection.
- reproductive organs can be damaged.
- women and possibly men may no longer be able to have children.
- a mother with chlamydia can give it to her baby during chidbirth.
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| Genital warts (HPV) | - Symptoms show up 1-8 months after contactact with HPV, the virus that causes genital warts. (another type of HPV is linked to cervical cancer in women)
- Many people with HPV have no symptoms.
- Small, bumpy warts on the sex organs and anus.
- Itching or burning around the sex organs.
- after warts go away, the wirus sometimes stays in the body. The warts can come back.
| - Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex, and sometimes by genital touching, with someone who has genital warts.
| - You can give genital warms to your sex partner(s).
- Warms may go away on their own, remain unchanged, or grow and spread.
- A mother with warts can give them to her baby during childbirth.
- You can have a type of HPV that's linked to cervical cancer.
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| Gonorrhea | - Symptoms show up 2-21 days after having sex.
- Most women and some men have no symptoms.
WOMEN: - Thick yellow or gray discharge from the vagina.
- Burning or have a bowel movement.
- Abnormal periods or bleeding between periods.
- Cramps and pain in the lower abdomen (belly)
MEN: - Thick yellow or greenish drip from the penis.
- Burning or pain when you urinate or have a bowel movement.
- Need to urinate more often.
- Swollen or tender testicles.
| - Spread durning vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who has gonorrhea.
| - You can give gonorrhea to your sex partner(s).
- Can lead to more serious infection.
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| 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 (yellow skin).
- Dark urine, light-colored bowel movements.
| - Spread during vaginal, anal or 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 hepatiits B to your sex partner(s) or someone you share a needle with.
- Some people recover completey.
- Some people cannot be cured. Symptoms go away, but they can still give hepatitis B to others.
- Can cause permanent liver damage or liver cancer.
- A mother with hepatitis B can give it to her baby during childbirth.
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| Herpes | - Symptoms show up 1-30 days or longer 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 durning vaginal, anal or oral sex, and sometimes by gennital touchig, with someone who has herpes.
| - You can give herpes to your sex partner(s).
- Herpes cannot be cured.
- A mmother with herpes can give it to her baby durning childbirth.
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| HIV/AIDS | - Symptoms show up several months to several years after contact with HIV, the virus that caused AIDS.
- Can be present for many years with no symptoms.
- Unexplained weight loss or tirednes.
- Flu-like feelings that don't go away.
- Diarrhea.
- White spots in mouth.
- In women, yeast infections that don't go away.
| - Spread durning vaginal, anal or 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 tou your sex partner(s) or someone you share needle with.
- HIV cannot be cured.Can cause illnes and death.
- A mother with HIV can give it to her baby in the womb, durning birth or while breastfeeding.
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| Syphylis | - 1st Stage:
- Symptoms show up 1-12 weeks after having sex.
- A painless sore or sores on the mouth or sex organs.
- Sore last 2-6 weeks.
- Sore goes away, but you still have syphilis.
- 2nd Stage:
- Symptoms show up as the sore heals or after.
- A rash anywhere on body.
- Flu-like feelings.
- Rash and flu-like feelings go away, but you still have syphilis.
| - Spread durning vaginal, anal or oral sex , and sometimes by genital touching, with someone who has syphilis.
| - You can give syphilis to you sex partner(s).
- A mother with syphilis can give it to her baby durning pregnancy or have a miscarriage.
- Can cause heart disease, brain damage, blindness and death.
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| Trichomoniasis ("Trich') or NGU | - Symptoms show up 3-14 days after having sex.
- Affects both women and men. In men,trich can cause NGU.
- Many people have so symptoms.
- WOMEN:
- Itching, burning or irritation in the vagina.
- Yellow, greenish or gray discharge from the vagina.
- MEN:
- Watery, white drip from the penis.
- Burning or pain when you urinate.
- Need to urinate more often.
| - Spread durning vaginal sex.
| - You can give trich to your sex partner(s).
- Uncomfortable symptoms will continue.
- Men can get infections in the prostate gland.
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