Sexually Transmitted Diseases

A sexually transmitted disease (STD), also known as sexually transmitted infection (STI) is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between humans or animals by means of sexual contact, including intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex. While in the past, these illnesses have mostly been referred to as STDs or VD, in recent years the term sexually transmitted infection (STI) has been preferred, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without showing signs of disease. Some STIs can also be transmitted via use of an IV drug needle after its use by an infected person, as well as through childbirth or breastfeeding. Sexually transmitted infections have been well known for hundreds of years.
Sexual Transmitted Diseases:
Bacterial

BV-Bacterial Vaginosis
Chlamydia and LGV
Gonorrhea
Herpes, Genital
HPV-Human Papillomavirus Infection
PID-Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Syphilis
Trichomoniasis

Fungal

Tinea Cruris
Yeast Infections

Viral

Viral hepatitis (Hepatitis B virus)
HIV/ AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Herpes Simplex (Herpes simplex virus(1,2)skin and mucosal, transmissible with or without visible blisters
Genital warts-(“low risk” types of Human papillomavirus HPV) – skin and muscosal, transmissible with or without visible warts
Cervical cancer, anal cancer-(“high risk” types of Human papillomavirus HPV) – skin and muscosal
Cytomegalovirus CMV – Herpes 5 – saliva, sweat, urine, feces and venereal fluids.
Epstein-Barr virus EBV – Herpes 4 – saliva
Kaposi’s sarcoma (Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus KSHV – Herpes 8) – saliva