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Sexually transmitted diseases, commonly called STDs, are diseases that are spread by having sex with someone who has an STD.

Sexually transmitted diseases (previously termed venereal disease or VD) are serious infections of the reproductive organs acquired during sexual contact.

Sexually transmitted diseases can pose major health problems so it is important to be informed about STDs such chlamidia gonorrhoea, HIV/AIDS, trichomoniasis, syphilis, genital warts, Non-Specific Urethritis and more.

In particular, sexually transmitted diseases in women often cause the serious condition of pelvic inflammatory disease.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have a significant health and economic impact on the US population.

Approximately two million pregnant women are affected by sexually transmitted diseases or STDs during each year in the United States. Pregnancy offers no protection against sexually transmitted diseases leaving pregnant women vulnerable to the same STDs as women who are not pregnant.

Prior to the invention of modern medicines, sexually transmitted diseases were generally incurable, and treatment was limited to treating the symptoms of the disease.

Babies born to women with sexually transmitted diseases may suffer death or severe damage as a result of the mother's STD.
Cervical cancer is almost always caused by an STD called the human pappilloma virus or HPV.

Condoms are one of the best ways for people who are sexually active to help avoid sexually transmitted diseases (also known as sexually transmitted infections) as well as help prevent an unwanted pregnancy.

Non-specific urethritis, as with all forms of sexually transmitted diseases, is on the increase. STDs occur most commonly in sexually active teenagers and young adults, especially those with multiple sex partners. Many sexually transmitted diseases are highly contagious. Teenagers are particularly susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases or STDs. Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease involving infection of columnar and transitional epithelium by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts called condylomas.

Sexually transmitted diseases are so common that it is not an exaggeration to say that most people who regularly have sex outside of marriage will contract a sexually transmitted disease.

The term STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) is now commonly used in the place of STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease). A sexually transmitted disease that if left untreated can cause heart and brain damage, paralysis, blindness and possibly death.

Other diseases that may be sexually transmitted include trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis, cytomegalovirus infections, scabies, and pubic lice. STDs in pregnant women are associated with a number of adverse outcomes, including spontaneous abortion and infection in the newborn.

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