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Puddles
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Lots of questions on the board about STD's it seems recently. I've found that a lot of questions can be answered by doing a search on Google.com. Try different combo's of words. 
Here's a link to start out with.
http://aim-med.org/STDtable.html
What to Watch For:
How Do You Get This STD?
What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
Chlamydia
NGU * Symptoms show up 7-21 days after having 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.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
Genital Warts * Symptoms show up 1-8 months after having sex.
* Small bumps, warts on the sex organs and anus.
* The warts do not go away.
* Itching or burning around the sex organs.
* After warts go away, the virus stays in the body. 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.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
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 the vagina.
* Burning or pain when you urinate (pee) or have a bowel movement.
* Abnormal periods or 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.)
Spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex with someone who has gonorrhea. * You can give gonorrhea to your sexual partners.
* 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 gonorrhea can give it to her baby during childbirth.
* Can cause heart trouble, skin disease, and blindness.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
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 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 they 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.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
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 with herpes can give it to her baby during childbirth.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
HIV/AIDS * Symptoms show up several months to several years after contact with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
* Can be present for many years with no symptoms.
* Unexplained weight loss or tiredness.
* Flu-like feelings that don't go away.
* Diarrhea.
* White spots in mouth.
* In women, yeast infections that don't 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 breast feeding.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
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 1-3 weeks.
* Sore goes away, but you still have syphilis.
2nd Stage
* Symptoms show up 1 week to 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.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
Vaginitis * Some women have no symptoms.
* Itching, burning or pain in the vagina.
* More discharge from the vagina than normal
Can be spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Men can carry vaginitis infections without symptoms. * You can give vaginitis infections to your sexual partner(s).
* Uncomfortable symptoms will continue.
Here's a link to start out with.
http://aim-med.org/STDtable.html
What to Watch For:
How Do You Get This STD?
What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
Chlamydia
NGU * Symptoms show up 7-21 days after having 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.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
Genital Warts * Symptoms show up 1-8 months after having sex.
* Small bumps, warts on the sex organs and anus.
* The warts do not go away.
* Itching or burning around the sex organs.
* After warts go away, the virus stays in the body. 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.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
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 the vagina.
* Burning or pain when you urinate (pee) or have a bowel movement.
* Abnormal periods or 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.)
Spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex with someone who has gonorrhea. * You can give gonorrhea to your sexual partners.
* 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 gonorrhea can give it to her baby during childbirth.
* Can cause heart trouble, skin disease, and blindness.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
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 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 they 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.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
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 with herpes can give it to her baby during childbirth.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
HIV/AIDS * Symptoms show up several months to several years after contact with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
* Can be present for many years with no symptoms.
* Unexplained weight loss or tiredness.
* Flu-like feelings that don't go away.
* Diarrhea.
* White spots in mouth.
* In women, yeast infections that don't 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 breast feeding.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
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 1-3 weeks.
* Sore goes away, but you still have syphilis.
2nd Stage
* Symptoms show up 1 week to 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.
What to Watch For How Do You Get This STD? What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?
Vaginitis * Some women have no symptoms.
* Itching, burning or pain in the vagina.
* More discharge from the vagina than normal
Can be spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Men can carry vaginitis infections without symptoms. * You can give vaginitis infections to your sexual partner(s).
* Uncomfortable symptoms will continue.
