Mean Things Can Happen - Stds

Mean Things Can Happen - Stds

This is really really mean .

There are many things that can happen to people when they have sex at an early age. Not only can you contract non medicated drugs but children and other non wanted events can occur. Also drugs can come in to affect at this point. Herpes, HIV/AIDS, Genital warts, Hepatitis B, Chlamydia, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Trichomoniasis, these are just a few of the many contactable diseases.

STDs are the most common of infectious diseases in the United States. Over 20 different STDs have been found and 13 million men and women are infected by it each and everyday. These diseases can be spread by any type of sexual activity such as oral sex, sex organs; also it can be spread through blood during sexual activity. The reason that STDs are becoming more known to our world today is because the early sex and the multiple partners. Most of the time women are the ones that don’t have many symptoms. Health problem can be more sever in women than in men. On the bright side most of the common STDs can be cured with treatment. The highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are those for blacks. In 2005, blacks were about 18 times as likely as whites to have gonorrhea and about 5 times as likely to have syphilis. Partly because of physical changes caused by STDs, including genital lesions that can serve as an entry point for HIV, the presence of certain STDs can increase one’s chances of contracting HIV infection 3- to 5-fold. Similarly, a person who has both HIV infection and certain STDs has a greater chance of spreading HIV to others . A recent CDC literature review showed that high rates of HIV infection for black MSM may be partly attributable to a high prevalence of STDs that facilitate HIV transmission

To start off Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The liver becomes swollen and tender and may develop permanent damage, such as scarring or liver cancer. This disease can...

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